Author Archives: Andrew

Yahoo Fire Eagle Now Public

Posted on August 12, 2008 by Andrew

Yahoo Fire Eagle has come out of private beta, and it’s now open to everyone. Fire Eagle provides a unified way for applications and web sites to share location data tied to specific users. For your average web surfer or … Continue reading →

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Cuil is Uncool

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Andrew

For anyone who missed the flurry of news over the startup Cuil, I think it’s an interesting look at what’s wrong (at times) with Silicon Valley. Despite being full of ex-Google employees and $30+ million in funding, all they have … Continue reading →

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We’re Getting Close to Photo-realism in Games

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Andrew

Check out this screenshot from Crysis Warhead, and this one, too. Now if only the colors could be a little less brown and gritty, and maybe go a little less on the bloom.

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The State of the Web Illustration – Summer 2008

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Andrew

I liked this illustration of 2008 Internet and tech trends by Matt Inman. He did one back in 2007, too. It’s not particularly comprehensive, I just think he’s a good illustrator. His portfolio is creative and vibrant. Now that I’m … Continue reading →

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Mobile Web Panelist Discussion

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Andrew

Just yesterday I attended a panelist discussion about mobile web browsing organized by Mobile Monday Boston. I did a write-up of the event here. This is a good opportunity to plug my new blog, Boston Startups (where the write-up exists).  … Continue reading →

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Location Tracking and Heat Maps

Posted on June 11, 2008 by Andrew

Citysense by Sense Networks launched two days ago. Since the cat’s pretty much out of the bag, I might as well talk about this. Quote: What if you could look at your cell phone and see a heat map of … Continue reading →

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More on Maglev

Posted on June 6, 2008 by Andrew

After a little more searching around, I found some good pieces which bring back to reality the performance claims of Maglev and potential problems with object oriented databases. Let’s not forget that Maglev isn’t even out yet, and we have no idea … Continue reading →

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On Database Abstraction, PHP, and Ruby

Posted on May 31, 2008 by Andrew

It took me a couple days on my current PHP/MySQL project to get the DB abstraction with proper error handling, input validation, and relational support coded to the point where I’m happy with the model. This was after trying Zend_Db, … Continue reading →

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Barcamp Boston 3 Recap

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Andrew

I spent this last weekend attending Barcamp Boston 3, a two day grassroots technology event on Saturday and Sunday, as well as the Barcamp pre-event party at Betahouse. I put some pictures from Barcamp up on Flickr, and here are … Continue reading →

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Paradigm Shift in Web Development to MVC

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Andrew

A few days ago, I started development on the web site portion of one of my new projects. The project is comprised of mobile applications working in tandem with a main web site to deliver a service. However, this post … Continue reading →

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