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Quoted: These are the kind of application that the vendor is unlikely ever to consider a core feature, usually because it’s vertical — it’s not something everyone is going to want. There is exactly zero chance that Apple is ever going to add a feature to the iPhone for dentists. Zero.

Quoted: The Windows SDK includes documentation, samples, and tools designed to help you develop Windows applications and libraries using both Win32® and .NET Framework 3.0 technologies targeting Windows Vista.

Makes sense to me...

Quoted: "Rather than struggling, as it currently does, to design sites that meet each end-user need, it should focus on creating a simple, reliable and publicly accessible infrastructure that "exposes" the underlying data," says the draft version of the article (emphasis theirs). In other words, the government should become a data platform, exposing their vast amounts of data to the public -- i.e., via API -- and let the private sector mash it up to make helpful services for people.

With the release of Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) running on a compact version of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), Sun Microsystems opens Java to the rapidly expanding Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) market.

This comprehensive tutorial and reference provides an in-depth look at developing PDA software with J2ME, covering both Palm and PocketPC. Succinct and practical, Java? Development on PDAs focuses on real-world programming tasks with extensive code examples and a full-scale PDA application for an enterprise environment.

This book describes the J2ME platform and the KVM and discusses design issues specific to constrained resource devices. It also provides in-depth coverage of networking and Internet access, the user interface, data storage, and integrating PDAs into the corporation.

You will find such specific topics as:
# J2ME configurations
# CLDC and CDC profiles
# Selecting a PDA for development
# The J2ME wireless toolkit
# Designing for constrained computational capability
# Designing for constrained screen and memory size
# User interfaces in PersonalJava
# Storing information using MIDP
# The RMS APIs
# The generic connection framework
# Internet access from the Palm
# Networking on the PocketPC
# Web service access from the Palm
# PocketPC ImageViewer

Java? Development on PDAs concludes with a look into the future of PDA technology and the expanding role of these devices in the enterprise.

Written for anyone with a basic knowledge of Java, this important resource is a must for all those interested in the Palm and PocketPC markets.Free Ebook

diy platform bed made out of hollow-core doors! pretty inexpensive and could look pretty nice.

The 3 types of platforms.

Quoted: Marc Andreessen, technology entrepreneur, Internet, Mosaic, Netscape, Opsware, Ning

Interesting post about developing a facebook app.

Quoted: It did drive home the point that we’ve all felt that there’s something problematic about the complete ownership of personal data by Facebook. That control, combined with a hair-trigger banning without warning and a probably overwhelmed appeals process, is scary.