Black Ops

In my spare time I have been playing Call of Duty Black Ops. This game is awsome! Linked is a good guide to all things CoDBo:

http://boards.ign.com/call_of_duty/b6860/197935741/p1/

http://callofdutyblackopsmultiplayer.net/call-of-duty-black-ops-guide/

Llama is the Best

I have been a long time lover the of the Blackberry but about a year ago, I traded my Bold in for an iPhone 3GS. There were a few reasons, my day job now allows the iPhone to connect to internal mail, the screen on my Bold cracked, and I was looking to explore more platforms for mobile development research.

Check out Llama for the best new iPhone app: www.llamainc.com
Having owned the phone for ~1 year, I still think its a great device and plan to buy one again.

Travel

1. Providenciales, Turks and Caicos


2. Newport, RI, USA


3. Munich, Germany

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Promiscuous Integration

Did the title grab your attention? Good, check out Martian Fowler's bliki post addressing parallel development techniques and how they fit with Continuous Integration.

Check it our here:
http://martinfowler.com/bliki/FeatureBranch.html

Greg the Architect

I found a great set of videos on youtube: http://www.gregthearchitect.com/

Each episode follows the an action figure named Greg as he tries to make sense of vendor jargon, C level buzzwords and the hype of SOA.

Direct links:
Greg the Architect - SOA This. SOA That.
Greg the Architect - ROI of the Beholder
Greg the Architect - FocusPocus
Greg the Architect - Off the Grid


Enjoy,
Freeon

New Blackberry Bold

It's finally here! After numerous delays reportedly due to 3G compatibility issues, AT&T finally released the Bold on November 4th. After work I went down to my local AT&T store to find a very disturbing trend. At least two other customers were purchasing iPhones on the release day of the Bold, how can that be? It just goes to show the iPhone is gaining ground in the consumer even though the Storm is rumored to be released soon.

While researching my stocks this morning I found a interesting article that stated iPhone is now #2 in the smart phone space.
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2008/11/07/iphone-beats-blackberry.aspx

RIMM has been slow to market with it's new touch screen the Storm and the price point still seems a bit high compared to the iPhone. The lack of new products appears to have hurt earnings and thus share price. I don't expect earnings this quarter to be much different based on my observations at the Bold launch. Although I do expect Q1 2009 to look much better.

Enjoy,
Freeon

CT .Net Developers Group - on Facebook

Here is a link to the new Facebook page:
http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=69303965623

Take a look at the pictures to see images from the first Hartford, CT Code Camp.

Enjoy,
Freeon