One of the great things about this time and age is the variety of products available to us as consumers.  From the perspective of Operating Systems, or OS’s, the spolight has been pointed at Microsoft and Windows for the longest time.  Though the majority of computer users still use some form of Windows, the evolution of the competition has allowed for two powerful competitors to get some major attention: OSX and Ubuntu Linux.  Click to read more…

If you’re looking for a post with my first WinMo app, don’t bother.  It didn’t work out too well 🙂  But it did allow me to learn a lot about developing on the .NET platform in C# for Windows Mobile 6 and I was even able to reuse a lot of my code for this app.  I named the program GParkS.  Click to read more…

This is the age of blogging. Everyone can do it because it requires so little technical knowledge, but it is also a great opportunity to learn the basics of web design with HTML and CSS. There are sites like Blogspot.com that allow you to just create an account and start blogging.  All of the software is already in place so that you just pick your theme and then use a WYSIWYG (which stands for What You See Is What You Get) editor to create your posts.  The alternative, which gives you greater power but requires more technical know-how, is WordPress.  Click to read more…

A little while ago I participated in an IT Solutions Journal open call article about my experience with the Rockbox open source project.  I am a big fan of open source projects because they are built on voluntary effort by communities of people who want to see some product reach its full potential (which is not provided by the original manufacturer).  My first, and current, mp3 player is an iRiver H120.  This thing is 4-5 years old and still working great.  I got this over an iPod because of its hardware capabilities and because of the custom software that was available from the Rockbox project.  The article describes more about Rockbox software and open source projects (like those in the Useful Programs section) in general.  It’s posted here at the ITSJ website, but I also included it below. Click to read more…