I moved to a rural part of Japan six years ago with no prospects. There was no job waiting for me and I didn’t have a college degree to help me become employed. My Japanese speaking skills were nonexistent unless you want to give me credit for mistakenly asking people if I could “have” their toilet. I knew I needed to figure out a way to earn a living. I tried several ideas...
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I am a big fan of simplicity. Some of my favorite quotes reflect this; “less is more”, “keep it simple”, and “are you going to eat that?”. I live in the land of sushi and believe the world would be healthier if everything people ate had 5 ingredients or less. I don’t own a TV or use a cellphone for anything other than testing new apps and responsive...
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I thought I had my first Mac computer virus a couple of years ago. It turns out the vicious hacker was a baby blue stuffed manatee in another room. It was pressing down on a wireless keyboard I had stopped using weeks earlier. It took me longer than it should have to figure out. Very embarrassing! Wouldn’t it be nice if all computer problems were human error? Unfortunately, this is not the...
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You have to love Apple. They really want HTML5 to be big. They managed to come up with a way to force major companies to invest boat loads of money in HTML5. Last year Apple began requiring third-party app developers to sell any available content inside their apps instead of linking out to browser based items on a website. Apple wanted their 30 percent of all sales bad…or did they? They...
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There is an HTML5 app contest taking place called the AppsFuel HTML5 App Challenge. There is no entry fee so even the HTML5 developers sustaining themselves on ramen noodles and two year old gummy bears can enter. Voting will be done via Twitter and Facebook so the most popular app will win. It is not a complete popularity contest as the best app selected by a jury may also be a winner. I know...
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If I had a C++ poster on my wall growing up, I might have had more success with the programming language later in life. Having a firm grasp of the basics in anything you wish to master is crucial for your success. This is why I think the HTML5 Poster Kickstarter project is a fantastic idea. It is raising funds for the printing and distribution of a poster that educates beginners on the basics of...
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