May 2005 - Posts
I have this theory that from the time you can understand the concept of death you start preparing yourself for the day when a parent will pass away. As the years go by and you get older and your parents get older you realize that day is closing in. It's kind of like looking at a countdown clock which has most of its bulbs incapacitated. You know that it is there looming, continuing to count down, but you just can't see the details. Based on that, a parent's death is never completely unexpected (because...
We, Onlinefocus, have been looking into Macromedia Flex recently and are considering it for some upcoming projects. It is an interesting technology and I'm having fun working in it right now (again more on this later). Interesting blog posting about Laszlo, which is a very similar technology to Flex and open source: http://www.adtmag.com/blogs/devcentral/blog.asp?id=11076 . Seems like IBM is jumping is on the Laszlo bandwagon. That’s not inconceivable considering IBM’s recent trend of...
No, not Electronic Arts, the game developer. Electronic Art, the internet solutions provider. Electronic Art is a company founded and run by a friend, Tim Burke. The company is doing well and he is looking to expand (again!). You can't do much better than to work for Tim - he is a nice guy. Hell, I'd be working for him now, except for the fact that the company is located in downtown Cincinnati and after having worked for a company downtown and experiencing 2+ years of making the daily commute I grew...