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Know Your Library, Yo

You can definitely file this one under “what a n00b!”. First, a little backstory. When we started out creating the Flickr integration for ShutterGuides, we used what seemed to be the most mature and stable Python Flickr API binding out there, flickrapi. The only drawback with this library is that …

A Rant about Ubuntu 11.10

Every 6 months when Ubuntu releases I throw caution to the wind, click the upgrade button on my desktop, and leave, expecting to come back shortly to an awesome new operating system. And every 6 months it seems I don’t come back to something awesome, but to a whole collection …

Smartphone Multitasking Fail

When Apple announced that it was going to offer multitasking (some time ago) I was a bit nervous about the experience. I was not sure I was a fan of the idea because I’ve seen others try it and fail miserably. I’m not sure about Android, but I know that …

Who’s More Closed Than Apple and Adobe? AT&T

There’s been a significant amount of chatter lately around the Adobe v Apple we’re-more-open-than-thou pissing match, but AT&T has proved once again that vendor lock-in and control in the software industry is nowhere near as bad as the cell phone industry (heck, Verizon will even disable GPS devices in phones …