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  • 10 surprising things from my 20 years with Network World

    Yep, I've been writing for Network World for 20 years and a lot has happened in that time ... here are 10 of the most surprising

    Written by Mark Gibbs • 03 June 13 07:15

  • No more Adobe Dreamweaver, so how about Xara Web Designer?

    If you're doing serious Web content engineering you might well choose an all-singing, all-dancing product such as Adobe's Dreamweaver. The latest version of Dreamweaver in Adobe's Creative Suite 6 (released just over a year ago) was really impressive with new features such as an improved user interface, support for jQuery UI widgets, better cascading style sheet Version 3 support and support for PhoneGap. All in all, a very cool and comprehensive Web development platform.

    Written by Mark Gibbs • 16 May 13 22:14

  • Directly connected to the Internet of Things

    Last week here in Backspin I discussed how real-world "things" that aren't easily augmented with digital instrumentation, such as bicycles, cars and even dogs, can be indirectly connected to the Internet of Things (IoT) using physical ID tags and online proxies. This is, as I pointed out, a powerful concept.

    Written by Mark Gibbs • 25 April 13 22:21

  • NAB show roundup: Cool gear for videophiles

    I've spent the past few days at the annual show for the National Association of Broadcasters, also known as NAB. The trade show, held in Las Vegas, features events and products geared toward television and radio stations, as well as filmmakers and other video creators.

    Written by Keith Shaw • 11 April 13 19:21

  • The 'Minority Report' shopping experience

    Everywhere you go these days -- every store, every urban street, every car park, every ATM -- there are video cameras watching where you go and what you do. Just what are "they" (whoever "they" are) doing with all of that video surveillance?

    Written by Mark Gibbs • 15 March 13 17:15

  • AppNeta: A compelling multi-site wide area and network performance management suite

    Before look at wide area and network performance management tools this week I want to add a couple of other languages to the list of worthy tools I suggested in Gearhead the week before last.

    Written by Mark Gibbs • 24 Jan. 13 16:53

  • Pure and Julia are cool languages worth checking out

    Gibbs starts the New Year with two languages and a new productivity tool.

    Written by Mark Gibbs • 09 Jan. 13 19:14

  • Realtime's push beats Ajax pull

    How's that there cloudy thing working out for you? Sure, you get flexible, elastic infrastructure at a pretty good price, but what about your data transfer costs? The same question applies to "traditional" hosted apps; data transfer costs can mount up quickly for large client populations.

    Written by Mark Gibbs • 16 Nov. 12 00:46

  • What do 100% of mobile users want? No fails!

    The rush to make everything mobile has generated new ways to do business, new ways to organize ourselves and new ways to communicate, but mobile apps aren't your father's mainframe, desktop or laptop applications.

    Written by Mark Gibbs • 05 Nov. 12 05:58

  • PhoneGap fills the smartphone development gap

    Mobile apps are all the rage these days, but to get one built for your organization can be a daunting financial prospect. Should you decide to go to a bespoke shop to have your dream iOS or Android app coded you would be looking at a seriously large price tag.

    Written by Mark Gibbs • 01 Nov. 12 19:47

  • 5 examples of "really good stuff"

    In the quest to keep you, dear reader, entertained and informed I undertake extensive research to find what's hot, interesting and useful. This means that I spend a lot of time looking at "stuff" of which only a small fraction of the "really good stuff" gets published.

    Written by Mark Gibbs • 12 Oct. 12 14:36

  • 12 industry disaster scenarios

    The end of the world may or may not be nigh, but in the tech industry, many of these possibilities could easily become reality

    Written by Andrew C. Oliver • 11 Oct. 12 10:12

  • Will the future be written entirely in JavaScript?

    No popular language may be as maligned as JavaScript. But its migration to the server side opens the possibility it may become all-pervasive

    Written by Andrew C. Oliver • 09 Oct. 12 10:10
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    Real programmers as an endangered species

    The ship early, patch often philosophy has put real programming and programmers on the endangered list

    Written by Mark Gibbs • 08 Oct. 12 04:37

  • What comes next as Facebook and Twitter slowly die?

    Gibbs follows up on his column from two weeks ago wherein he claimed " I think I know just what might be the smart [social media] tubes of the future.

    Written by Mark Gibbs • 28 Sept. 12 14:31

  • Ill-informed haters go after MongoDB

    NoSQL databases like MongoDB are great for some tasks but not for others. Is it MongoDB's fault if misguided developers use it to solve the wrong problem?

    Written by Andrew Oliver • 27 Sept. 12 10:17

  • Is a computer science degree worth the paper it's printed on?

    Self-taught technologists are almost always better hires than those with a BSCS and a huge student loan

    Written by Andrew Oliver • 11 Sept. 12 10:17

  • 6 home truths about rock star developers

    You want the best and the brightest money can buy. Or do you? In fact, you're better served by a group of developers with mixed skill levels who focus on getting the job done

    Written by Andrew Oliver • 30 Aug. 12 10:05

  • What developers can learn from Anonymous

    The reason Anonymous has a permanent place in our collective imagination: For a time, its organizational model worked very well

    Written by Andrew Oliver • 23 Aug. 12 10:18

  • 10 practices of highly ineffective software developers

    Some are bad habits to overcome; some are poor decisions forced by managers who don't know what they're doing. Read 'em ... and weep

    Written by Andrew Oliver • 09 Aug. 12 10:03
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