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Article Archive for June 2010

iPhone 4 Grip of Death
June 25, 2010 – 7:29 pm | No Comment
iPhone 4 Grip of Death

I’ve been following the iPhone4 release pretty closely.  My employer is an iPhone app developer so it’s a pretty big deal for us. 
The reception problems that have been reported seem to be related to them metal strip running around the edge of the phone.  Unfortunately, holding the phone the way any normal user might hold it causes cell reception to decrease significantly.  Maybe all of those reported dropped call weren’t …

More than a Short URL
June 23, 2010 – 10:08 pm | No Comment
More than a Short URL

In the world of micro-blogging where every character counts, URL shortening services demonstrate their value all day long.  Follow nearly anyone’s Twitter feed and you’ll see that nearly every link has been shortened.  But is that all that services like http://bit.ly are good for?  Many URL shortening services offer click tracking as well.  But why is this important?
Many good bloggers and other webmasters know their audience.  They’ve got log analyzers …

The Value of a Certification
June 18, 2010 – 11:48 pm | No Comment
The Value of a Certification

The technology industry is full of acronyms.  You’ve got LAN, WAN, CPU, and DSL.  We’ve got OSPF, EIGRP, BIOS, NIC and MTU.  How do you find someone that understands what they all mean?  Do you look for someone with some level of certification?  Maybe you hire someone with a CCNA, CCIE, MCSE, MCP, MCITP, RHCE or a VCP?  See the problem?