- America’s founding Geekdads http://tinyurl.com/6nkphn #
Peter Mancini has written another excellent blog post entitled “Measurement improves software development“.
In it, Pete discusses how we started down the path using F1 (or F-Measure) to develop and improve one of our current products, GeoLocator. This approach to using measurement throughout development and software refinement is taken much, much farther in a new initiative we will be announcing in coming weeks.
Watch the Digital Reasoning company blog and here for more on that!
- The Bill of Rights always protected the rights of individuals http://tinyurl.com/6g2s6o #
Apple has released the latest iPhone software update, version 2.0.
This brings ye olde iPhones up-to-software-snuff with the software features on iPhone 3G phones on sale as of today. Biggest new feature: App Store. The related iTunes 7.7 update also adds in something I’ve desperately wanted for the last year: The ability to synchronize your iPhone contacts with your Google GMail contacts, yeah!
During installation you are presented with the following “Important Information” for this release:
iPhone 2.0 Software Update
This version of the software includes the following improvements and supersedes all previous versions.
• Third-party application support
• New App Store
• Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync support
– Push email
– Push contacts with Global Address List lookup
– Push calendars with meeting invites
– Passcode Policies
– Remote Wipe
– Autodiscovery (Exchange Server 2007)
• Cisco IPSec VPN support
• WPA/WPA2 Enterprise with 802.1x authentication
• Certificates and identities support
• Device configuration with Configuration Profiles
• MobileMe support
– Push email
– Push contacts
– Push calendars
– Bookmarks
• Mail, Contacts and Calendars enhancements
– Mass delete and move of messages
– Microsoft PowerPoint and iWork attachment viewing
– Blind carbon copy (bcc) support
– Easier POP/IMAP account setup
– Multiple calendars
– Display meeting invitees
– Contacts search
– Import SIM contacts
– New Mail, Contacts, Calendars settings
• Save images to photo library from Safari and Mail
• Scientific calculator in landscape mode
• Parental controls/restrictions
• New languages, dictionaries, keyboards and input methods
• Turn Wi-Fi back on while in Airplane Mode
• Tapping the status bar scrolls to top of page
• Sync Google contacts with iTunes
• Bug fixesFor feature descriptions and complete instructions, see the users guide for your iPhone at:
http://www.apple.com/support/manuals/iphoneFor more information about iPhone, go to:
http://www.apple.com/iphoneTo troubleshoot your iPhone, or to view additional support information go to:
http://www.apple.com/support/iphoneFor information on the security content of this update, please visit this website:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222
Jeremy Gossett has posted a fab-o interview he did with our co-colleague Matthew Russell.
In it, Matthew talks about Dojo, how he started writing for O’Reilly, his upcoming OSCON talk on using Dojo’s GFX graphics project, and other things.
If you are involved with Web development, especially Ajax, check out the interview and Matthew’s book. Recommended.
- The Senate has voted to gut the 4th Amendment http://tinyurl.com/5slagz #
- Senate passes ‘Eye of Sauron’ act http://tinyurl.com/5ms9ms #
- Find out if your Senators tore up your 4th Amendment http://tinyurl.com/55suff #
- Do armed citizens deter criminals? Convicted felons say yes http://tinyurl.com/5chm6k #
- iTunes “Check for Updates” is showing 7.7 available, but failing when I smack the “Download iTunes” button; manual download time #
Brought to you by The Poetic Poet, aka SEO Rapper, purveyor of the previous “Conversion Closing Rap“.
Tip o’ the hat to Bre Pettis for his fine tweet bringing this to my attention.
- Dopplr trying to catch-up with TripIt http://tinyurl.com/5jztrx #
- When will we see cloud computing standards? http://tinyurl.com/6lpxjr #
- Partner Preview last week went well and now we’re full speed ahead! More asap #
- Press release for my friend Matthew Russell’s new Dojo O’Reilly book http://oreillynet.com/pub/ec/844 #
Happy Birthday USA!
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