Why Gnomes?
From Wikipedia: A gnome is a mythical creature characterized by its extremely small size and subterranean lifestyle. The word gnome is derived from the New Latin gnomus. It is often claimed to descend from the Greek gnosis, “knowledge”. Growing up gnomes were never the lawn ornaments they are today. Gnomes were secretive creatures of tinkering with things arcane and things mechanical. That’s Digital Gnomes – tinkering, prodding and creating with the digital arcane… since the days of the Radio Shack TRS-80 and a tape deck. I wouldn’t say secretive –...
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At first glance, I pegged Adobe’s AIR product as gimmicky and left it at that. Recently a client asked for a tool that could convert some data from CSV format to a XML format. Easy enough. “What Platform” I asked assuming Windows. “Well – some of my clients have Macs” my client replied. Sounds like a Job for Flash! Only the app needed to run off the various clients desktops and once I saw the size of some of these files…better they be processed over the clients several machines than one server. I took a second look at Adobe AIR – and I am...
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I got my walking papers about this time last year from a company that outsourced it’s software development to Beijing – then was bought by a Canadian company. I miss the folks I’ve worked with -but the lesson isn’t lost on me. Change is a charging minotaur breathing down your back as you navigate the maze. Like it or not you’re going to have to think like Theseus – or wind up dealing with the business end of some horns. It’s the one thing you can absolutely count on, and still not be prepared. There is an African wisdom that says: Every morning...
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