Niclas Gustavsson

This is not new, but it is very cool.

Now this is cool. For those in the bunch who are providing technical support for your friends and family, this might be the best thing ever. A quick way to do secure desktop sharing. Each party download the client app. One is a host and one is client. Next thing you know, you are both able to do desktop sharing and that is cool.

Take a look at CrossLoop and see for yourself. 

Gang,

just got a new toy. After some looking around I grabbed a Blackberry Pearl from Cingular and it is really nice. Not much bigger then my Razr and a bunch more good stuff.

Having been involved with RIM and Blackberry for over 10 years, I had to try it and once again I think they have done a really nice job.

Here is something I just got from a fiend. It is flight data from the FAA which in turn is made into a rather interesting animation. Take a look for yourself. It is really cool.

We are putting on some new big name customers and the press is taking notice. Take a look at this nice article in USATODAY.com. If you are not familiar with the service, please head on over to www.e2campus.com and have a look. I think this one has some legs and as one of the founders I guess I am pretty proud.

We have all long known that our political leaders are out of touch but man this takes the cake. Senator Ted Stevens from Alaska is heading up a committee on Net Neutrality. What is that you say? That is the concept that all internet traffic is the same and should cost the same. The argument goes something like this. Consumer pays for internet access. Google pays for internet access. I get a movie from Google and all of a sudden they claim that Google is getting a free ride. It is so bogus that is should never even make it into a committee at all. Then on top of that, Senator Stevens is less articulate then a pet rock.

Download the mp3 here

Then listen to this recording and then get off your butt and write your Senator. They must hear from the informed masses that this is bull and lots of it.

Dude! Ruby on Rails is some cool stuff. I have been developing software since college back int he early 80’s and I have not been this excited about something since my first Basic app on a Apple II (C even I think). Ruby is a very cool language in and of itself, but together with Rails it totally rocks. It is all about making Web Applications and making them fast. But wait there is more. Not only fast, but more robust then most as it inforces the MVC design model and provides some outstanding testing features.

Any one who has been doing PHP for a while and especially if you want to move into Ajax, should take a look at Rails. I have not seen anything that makes it as easy to get good Ajax apps going. Check it out.

I am very proud to introduce RainedOut.com. This service has been a few months in the making and is based on the Omnilert.com service we launched last year. The new service is aimed at organized youth sports in particular, but can be used by anyone who ever has reason to cancel and event does to weather or location change.

RainedOut.com allows players and parents to receive cancellation notices directly to their cell phone, no matter where they are. Imagine the time saved, when you get the message while still at the store and you no longer have to rush to make it to the game on time. Now in fact, you can use the hour and a half you just got dropped in our lap to get little Johnny a haricut. Read the rest of this entry »