Monthly Archives: January 2007

On how GUI toolkits need more than a good language to be great

A few days ago I was pointed to this very interesting post from an Apple engineer who had jumped off the Java bandwagon after getting a peek of Cocoa. One could think that Java being more advanced that Objective C … Continue reading

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e-paper is coming ? (really ?)

After dozens of “real soon now” false alarms, may be e-paper is finally coming around. One of the consequences should be that book editors will join the MPAA and RIAA (and their siblings from other countries) in the Great Big … Continue reading

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social networking galore

Yesterday, at the suggestion of a former colleague, I’ve opened an account on linkedin. I used to have one on Orkut, but I closed it a while ago (after months of not using it at all) just so that it … Continue reading

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DRMs

So DRMs are dying. Gee, how surprising. More and more music vendors are giving them up or at least seriously considering the possibility (EMI, VirginMusic, Yahoo, the FNAC here in France). All those years to realize a basic principle of … Continue reading

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3rd post : the iphone

‘kay, gotta talk about something a bit more current. Beyond the huge buzz this baby has created, it’s been long since a device has generated this kind of geek lust. Pretty much everybody I know wants one. That doesn’t mean … Continue reading

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2nd post, the alibi

Along with a comment from my friend Cédric regarding that last article of mine, this post made me give this blogging thing a try. then again…

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First post, first rant :-p

(actually recycling a recent article of mine, but I guess blogs are the default channel for those nowadays, so here goes) This blurb is meant as a quick answer to ERS’s World Domination 201. It’s christmas so I figure I … Continue reading

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