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- SoundCloud vs. Mixcloud for DJ Mixes
I started mixing together some music lately, and one of the things I want to do is properly host it online somewhere. Not just an MP3 to download but the whole mix with possible track listing and so forth. Right now from what I’ve found are two services that work really well but have their [...]
- 59 Days of Code: StructureMap Dependency Injection with ASP.NET MVC
To continue on my blog posts discussing some of my research and technologies I am going to utilize for the 59 Days of Code competition here in Fresno, I wanted to touch on the use of Dependency Injection. Dependency Injection is a technique to supply an instantiated external dependency to another component of your code. [...]
- Google Fiber for Fresno
If you haven’t heard, Google announced an experiment to implement ultra fast high speed fiber networks to trial locations located in the country. I am very excited about this as our city is getting involved in this matter and is participating with an RFI in the works. Also there is a Fresno Facebook Page which [...]
- 59 Days of Code: Fluent NHibernate OR/M
To begin elaborating on frameworks and development decisions for the 59 Days of Code contest, the first thing I wanted to invest in was a good and stable OR/M framework. Initially I was going to go with the new version of Entity Framework 4.0 with .NET but reading a little more into my options, I [...]
- 59 Days of Code
There is a local competition brewing up here in Fresno. It’s a mobile and web app showcase where you have two months to write an application or at least polish the one you have and present it. There will be prizes like sponsorship, media coverage and things like that. I think this is a very [...]
- I’m Buzzing about Google Buzz
Google Buzz was released the other day and I’m really liking it. One of the original things that attracted me to Facebook, was the ability to easily import data from my social networks to display to others. Be it information automatically being imported from Youtube or Hulu, but also if I wanted to share a [...]
- Try Cloudberry S3 Explorer
Recently I had the need to work with Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) on large volumes and needed a way to easily work with the files. Since their S3 service is on fact a service, I needed some sort of front-end application to manage this. My friend referring me to a very cool application called [...]
- PayPal X Innovate 2009 Was A Success
My trip down to San Francisco for the first ever PayPal X Innovation conference has wrapped up. I must say I left with an overall feeling of excitement this is by far one of the best conferences I’ve attended. And for the $49 price tag we paid for the whole thing not counting hotel, I [...]
- Off to PayPal X Innovate 2009 Conference!
Today I’m off to the PayPal X Innovate 2009 conference, to discover some geek goodness on their new platform and API they are releasing. This should have some huge advantages for both my company and I in removing banks and processors as the middle man for credit card transactions. I am particularly interested in learning [...]
- Apple Rejects Someecards iPhone App
With all of the fuss going on lately about Apple being so strict on their guidelines or even unclear regarding their App Store approval process, you would think that they would start to rethink their process. Especially after the other day AT&T announced they will start to allow VOIP applications on their network over 3G. [...]
