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All Rhodes Lead To Mobile

One of the reasons I love what I do is that every day I find something–some project, some person, some thought–that expands my thinking.  This constant adventure in software development keeps me learning and I love it.  Recently, I discovered Rhodes, the cross-platform mobile application development framework. The Rhodes framework is an open source Ruby-based platform [...]

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  • On Wednesday, New York Times Co. (NYT) reported disappointing second-quarter earnings, and on Thursday the stock continued in its steep descent. At the end of trading it stood at 12.48, or virtually half the price it commanded one year ago. This part of the story is unsurprising, given how the Street is slamming any newspaper stock. What's startling is something else: If you back out much of the rest of the company's portfolio, you arrive at a surprisingly teeny valuation for the vaunted New York Times itself, despite all the respect the brand commands. How Can The New York Times Be Worth So Little? #
  • Well, tonight I was part of the magic, inevitable train-wreck that was Pradipta's Rolodex.  As one of the fated 416 Rails developers, I feel honored.  I was highly entertained with the community response and the interesting social experiment that flowed naturally from the snafu.  (Even a Twitter meme popped up -- #pradipta.) Thursday night never rocked so hard. #
  • Thanks, Seth. #
  • I discovered a pretty cool technique for you image-manipulators. You, too, can make some of your favorite photos look like they were actually photographs of miniatures... Why, you might ask? That, I don't know, but it sure is fun. (more...) #

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