Spending the day at google makes for a great mind-bending exercise on where they see the future of computing.
Here is what I see coming down the oo's tubes.
Google has denied that they are making an OS. I 100% believe them. They don't care. Especially about the desktop.
The desktop is dying. In the future we will have two types of machines: Mobile devices, and 'smart-dumb terminals'. The smart-dumb terminals, as I am henceforth dubbing them, will have some OS, and a moderate (probably still high by today's standards) ammt of computing ...
There is a lot of crap about startups NEEDING to be in the valley. Most there say you have to be there, and many outside say 'but why?'. I'm in the second camp for sure.
I like starting my business in the middle of Ohio. I market Servee directly to businesses. My stats show 397 new businesses in the Central Ohio area in the last four weeks. Not bad at all for this economy.
I also market to designers. Columbus is not lacking at all when it comes to designers. There is most certainly ...
I recently posted about how setting up and managing a web-site doesn't have to feel like you're buying a used car from a traveling salesman. There is another way.
It's the 21st century, and managing your web site does not have to be a task for the super-geek elite.
You can do this, and you can maintain good design and practical, powerful, easy to use tools.
On the web separating design, functionality, and content has emerged as an important idea. This makes all parties in the chain much happier. Content creators and site managers ...
Today on Twitter I had an exchange with a guy who I have yet to meet in real life (but we're at least from the same town, thanks @genuinechris. His name as far as I know is just ikeif. He was a bit annoyed at all of the twitter apps that have yet to inevitably pop up (tweet these shoelaces or some-such). It did get me thinking however, and the idea was developed, in about 4 exchanges between he and I.
Here it is (ikeif...I developed it further in my own head). You're ...
I'm Issac. I live in Oakland. I make things for fun and money. I use electronics and computers and software. I manage teams and projects top to bottom. I've worked as a consultant, software engineer, hardware designer, artist, technology director and team lead. I do occasional fabrication in wood and plastic and metal. I run a boutique interactive agency with my brother Kasey and a roving cast of experts at Kelly Creative Tech. I was the Director of Technology for Nonchalance during the The Latitude Society project. I was the Lead Web Developer and then Technical Marketing Engineer at Nebula, which made an OpenStack Appliance. I've been building things on the web and in person since leaving Ohio State University's Electrical and Computer engineering program in 2007. Lots of other really dorky things happened to me before that, like dropping out of high school to go to university, getting an Eagle Scout award, and getting 6th in a state-wide algebra competition. I have an affinity for hopscotch.