• Posts Tagged ‘review’

    Location Aware Applications (Part 3, Final)

    by  • November 23, 2010 • Reviews

    This is the third and final part of my review of Location Aware Applications by Richard Ferraro and Murat Aktihanoglu. Please read parts 1 and 2 first if you haven’t already done so. The last segment of this book focuses a lot on the business and ethics related to building your first LBS application. I [...]

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    Location Aware Applications (Part 1)

    by  • September 20, 2010 • Programming, Reviews

    The Manning Early Access Program, or MEAP, is a program that allows you to purchase an electronic copy of a book even before it is published. This allows readers to participate in the development of the book’s content. You will of course receive the final version of the book when it goes gold. I recently [...]

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    Better Movie Experience on the Revo

    by  • August 31, 2010 • Gadgets, Reviews

    Last weekend, I purchased an Acer Aspire Revo R3610 from FutureShop. I would like to think that I got a pretty good deal, but more importantly, I was glad that my family members were enjoying the use of this nettop. The initial experience for me was not too pleasant thought. Perhaps a mistmatch of expectations. [...]

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    Major Changes

    by  • August 31, 2010 • Technology

    After weeks of deliberation, I finally decided to abandon the Drupal platform and go with a framework that is more niche and simpler to maintain. Drupal is an excellent platform for managing content, no doubt about that. However, it had more features than I needed, more time needed to maintain. Here’s a big plus with [...]

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