Aug 15, 2011 Posted by Bruce

EBook Innovations Needed

I have had my Nook eBook Reader for a few month, and I am really hooked – so hooked that it bothers me when I have to resort to “paper solutions” for anything.  It is so nice to be able to carry the Nook around with all kinds of books, news feeds (ala Calibre), PDFs and more. Four notable issues I’ve had seem like they could be turned into solutions by someone who has the time and resources to do... read more

Feb 1, 2010 Posted by Bruce

Silverlight Kata: IFS Fractals with TransformGroup and MessageBus

At the CodeMash conference this year many things stuck with me, and two have been bugging me enough to do something about them this last weekend.  One was the idea that programmers need to practice and refine their skills, which was probably best described in the ideas of “Code Katas” ala Dave Thomas in the Pragmatic Programmer.  The other was my recent concentration on all-things-Silverlight,... read more

Jul 19, 2009 Posted by Bruce

Kodu Review and First Impressions

One of the other fortunate things we were able to spend some time on last week was Kodu for the XBox 360.  Kodu is one of those things that is difficult to describe in words or even screen shots, and really needs to be experienced to understand.  In a nutshell it is a programming environment and visual programming language that lets kids create fully functional games using just the XBox 360... read more

Jun 22, 2009 Posted by Bruce

Dell Latitude 2100 “kidbook” – Detailed First Impressions and Tips

Kidbook vs. Netbook I wrote almost a year ago of how I’ve been looking for a netbook that would meet some basic requirements for use by kids for their daily work.  There have been a lot of netbook models which are basically all the same specs, but none have really stood out as something that was designed and intended for kids, especially younger kids, to use on a daily basis.  Enter the... read more

Feb 20, 2009 Posted by

Tech Trends and Netbooks

I had the opportunity to attend Keith Brophy's 10th Annual "Tech Trends" Wednesday last night.  It is great to have regular events like this to bring people together and stimulate conversation and ideas – which is exactly what it did.  Talks like this are inspirational and thought-provoking, but are really meant to start the conversation, not be the entire conversation. ... read more