John West
Blog Posts
iPhone SDK
--A couple weeks ago I was having a conversation with a friend who was convinced that Apple would screw up the iPhone SDK by making it a closed ecosy...
Random, Unorganized Thoughts on Mobile Web
--So there's this quack, Daniel K. Appelquist (Hi Dan!), who was recently captured on video, no less, making proclamations about how the mobile web i...
Hobby vs. work
--My high school guidance counselor opened our initial meeting with the question: "What do you like to do?" I don't remember my response, but I'm sur...
Prescience
--'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over' Make sure to notice the date -- January 17, 2001. Why is it that fake news i...
CS Education
--NYT: Computer Science Takes Steps to Bring Women to the Fold Jens Alfke: Computer Science's Image Problem If I ever want to get a graduate degree...
No, Just Rotten
--On my way in to work today, I heard Kenneth Turan savage "Beowulf" on NPR's Morning Edition. I was expecting that, since Manohla Dargis didn't have...
