September 28, 2011
Sony, Panasonic, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, HTC. All big names in the consumer electronics market. All struggling to find relevance in a newly connected world.
Enter Apple, and Amazon?
Apple begin the revolution with the iPod, and iTunes. Vertical Integration. They added the iPhone, and soon after added an App Store to iTunes. And then the iPad. And importantly (in the long run), the Apple TV.
Amazon joined the revolution along the way with the Kindle tied to their ebook store. It really is ‘an iPod for books’. And guess what, people still read.
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August 28, 2011
USA Pro Cycling Challenge brought pro cycling to Colorado, including Golden. I headed out to take in the race and capture a few pictures. You can see all of my pictures here.
This was my first time shooting a cycling race, and I learned a lot about what works and what doesn’t. I’m already looking forward to next year’s race.
For more pictures, see the official gallery.
Racers go past ‘in neutral’ as they approach the rolling start.
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June 3, 2011
There is much hubbub around the internet yesterday and today about Groupon’s announced IPO. With their public S-1 we now have a window into their business, plans, and competitive concerns.
DHH has come out bearish on Groupon, both on twitter, and then summarized in a tumbler post. DHH is relatively bearish on any business that requires funding, as he has successfully built (or helped build) a business, and an ecosystem, without splashy VC investments or IPOs. He has some valid points, but many people will dismiss them based on the known bias of the source.
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May 5, 2011
My first commercial Apple OS X application, Playlist Export, is now live in the Mac App Store. You can see the listing here (web summary). Buy it now!
The application, Playlist Export, is a rewrite of my long time Open Source project iTunes Export as a native Cocoa application. Since switching to an iPhone and MacBook Pro about 18 months ago, I’ve become increasingly interested in iOS/OSX development. I was also interested in getting some first hand experience with the Apple App Store.
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March 28, 2011
With my recent move into a new home, I have the opportunity to install all sorts of cool technology.
With DirecTV’s new Whole House Video solution, I didn’t need to utilize my previous whole house audio/video solution, so I needed a new challenge.
The ‘Problem’
I needed a new toy to install, and luckily for me my wife provided a great excuse. You see, like many women, she is deathly afraid of light switches. Or at least turning them off. She’s never explained it in so many words, I’ve just come to this conclusion based on the number of lights that are left on around the house for no apparent reason.
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March 25, 2011
While the fire is not out, the Evacuation Warning for my neighborhood has been lifted, and Golden has enjoyed clear skies for the last 36 hours. So while the fire isn’t over, its direct impact on me is. I wanted to capture my thoughts and experiences while they were still fresh…
The fire, known as the #goldenfire on Twitter, or the Indian Gulch fire in the media, was first visible during the morning of Sunday, March 20th. I first noticed it late Sunday morning while near Lookout Mountain. The fire was not far from our home, so we headed home quickly to see what was happening. Upon arrival we were greeted by two messages on our answering machine. The first message notified us to evacuate immediately! The second message (approximately 30 minutes later) notified us that we should simply prepare to evacuate, but that evacuation was not necessary at this time. We were glad we were not home to get the first call!
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March 21, 2011
I’ve started a separate gallery for today’s pictures, check them out here.
March 21, 2011
This morning I took a second look at some of the pictures I took yesterday. I’ve updated the original photos here and added a new one. As part of cleaning up the pictures, I identified a few of my favorites:
March 21, 2011
A large fire is burning in Golden today. My neighborhood is under the threat of an evacuation. While the fire has not moved closer today, tomorrow is an unknown with possibly higher winds.
May be tough to get to sleep tonight...
March 4, 2011
Nearly 10 years ago I created a fork of the CSRMail project, with the permission and encouragement of Calvin Smith, the project’s founder. The new fork was called Java Email Server.
Java Email Server (JES) started as a ‘scratch the itch’ project. I wanted to run an email server on my home Windows computer to host a few different email domains. I found the available options overly confusing or expensive, so I developed a solution to meet my needs.
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