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IPhone 3G S: the ultimate mobile video blogging tool

OK, so I caved in and got an iPhone 3G S approximately half-a-day after it was released and not before bitching up a storm on Twitter about o2's upgrade policies (I finally ponied up for the pay-as-you-go version which means that I'm approximately £450 poorer now and will be living on beans for the rest [...]

Focus!

In my talks on user experience, I mention the importance of focus (in the context of user experience being the central focus-point of the development process). It's time to apply the same principle to my life in general. My interests, the technologies I work with, my various projects, and activities have somewhat accumulated to the [...]

The change from Fx prefix to namespaces is an EPIC FAIL for Flex opportunity to concentrate on making Flex 3 to Flex 4 migration seamless

Update: OK, so everyone's caught up on the EPIC FAIL title (hey, it got your attention!) so I've changed it — I retract my original statement: it's not an EPIC FAIL, heck, it's probably not even a FAIL. However, it's definitely a FOL, so let's move on to address the real issue here which is [...]

WTF? Song Of The Century: Obama Song

First there was I KISS YOU!!! Mahir and now, not to be outdone, a famous Turkish "singer" called Mustafa Topaloğlu is out to prove that no, there really aren't any limits to how much you can ridicule yourself on the Internet. And can someone please tell me what the heck the guy at the end [...]

More lies: Sys-Con editor is really actress from San Diego, Sys-Con writer is British male supermodel

Salvatore Genovese (http://salvatoregenovese.sys-con.com) is a Sys-Con/Ulitzer author. Unlike Ulitzer authors who don't know that they're Ulitzer authors, Salvatore has an email address at Sys-Con listed on his page (which, strangely, is hamilton@sys-con.com -- I guess Hamilton is a common middle name in Italy, where Salvatore apparently lives). What's more interesting is what Salvatore Genovese looks [...]