Monthly Archives: March 2005

REAL World was, once again, a great time. It was fantastic to get to talk with the folks who make the development environment that enables me to do things like Tangelo, Frequency, and Kodiak. Geoff Perlmann, CEO of REAL Software … Continue reading →

Well, there’s nothing quite like being on the 15th floor of a hotel in a strange city when they’re calling for possible tornados in the vicinity. The wind’s starting to howl like crazy. The lightning looks like kinda cool from … Continue reading →

Well, I think somebody had the wrong idea about what’s really going on here this week. Somebody’s going to be mighty disappointed. See, MTV’s Real World isn’t here. It’s REAL Software’s REAL World 2005 conference. A fun time, to be … Continue reading →

From The Guardian: Easter is one of those occasions on which human beings entertain a number of contradictory ideas. Christians celebrate a pagan fertility cult, while non-believers make their biannual journey to church. People whose lives are dominated by godless … Continue reading →

Ten Reasons You’re a Software Developer By Donna L. Davis Via developer.*: Article teaser: I still remember the welcoming speech a computer science professor (who looked a lot like Coleridge’s ancient mariner) gave his class of eager freshmen almost 20 … Continue reading →

Jen wasn’t feeling well, so Grace and I went to the grocery store unsupervised. And it wasn’t one of those quick and dirty trips, either; it was a full-blown week’s worth of groceries type of things. Jen was apprehensive, but … Continue reading →

There’s nothing quite like a nice juxtaposition. This is a screen shot from UbiSoft’s main page a few minutes ago. I just love the thought of my five year old daughter looking for information about the new Winnie the Pooh … Continue reading →

I’ve been getting some amazingly good junk mail lately. I got one tonight that I just can’t pass up; it requires a response. But emailing back to the sender is no fun, because I’d rather share the joy with you. … Continue reading →

Speaking of new tricks, Tangelo 1.1 was released today! This version adds support for RSS enclosures (this means podcasting and its cousin screencasting), full Unicode support (blog in Japanese if you’d like), and improvements to the FTP publishing engine (now … Continue reading →

David Berlind, on the subject of Microsoft pulling support for all pre-.Net versions of Visual Basic, writes: But if you’re really steamed and thinking that maybe it’s time for a change, perhaps you should consider Realbasic from Real Software, which … Continue reading →