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Zeichick’s Take: Radio moves from analog waveforms to digital packets
By Alan Zeichick
Streaming radio highlights the need for streaming applications to be designed to take up as little bandwidth as possible
2/10/2012 4:15:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Looking for the best of the best of the best
By Alan Zeichick
It's time once again for readers to send in nominees for the SD Times 100
2/3/2012 4:05:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Services change. Get used to it
By Alan Zeichick
Services like Facebook will undergo redesigns to generate more money, and there's nothing customers can really do about it
1/27/2012 11:00:00 AM
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Zeichick’s Take: Put away the forklift, I've got FORTRAN on my mind
By Alan Zeichick
Programming languages today are a good mix of updated legacy languages and new tools based on modern concepts
1/19/2012 4:30:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Fast cars! Fast phones! And a new developer conference!
By Alan Zeichick
The North American International Auto Show and the Consumer Electronics Show made headlines, but another show is coming...
1/13/2012 10:40:00 AM
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Zeichick’s Take: Remembering John McCarthy
By Alan Zeichick
A reader shares his own perspective on the most important contributions of the legendary creator of AI and LISP
1/6/2012 10:05:00 AM
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Zeichick’s Take: Securing the data
By Alan Zeichick
Security can't account for every last threat or vulnerability, but programmers should still strive for maximum protection
12/19/2011 1:30:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Introducing AnDevCon III, May 2012
By Alan Zeichick
Scheduling the next Android Developer Conference turned into an odyssey
12/12/2011 1:30:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Why is video conferencing so hard?
By Alan Zeichick
Problems with audio, service-sharing and multi-party conferencing plague this method of communication
12/2/2011 2:45:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Was Apple right about Flash?
By Alan Zeichick
The company picked HTML5 over Adobe's technology; time has proven it to be the right decision
11/28/2011 1:30:00 PM
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Zeichick's Take: The latest from SD Times World Headquarters
By Alan Zeichick
SD Times has new bloggers, upcoming shows, and a new section to the website
11/18/2011 2:30:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: On slide rules and smartphones
By Alan Zeichick
Thinking about the old contraptions gave Alan an idea for a smartphone app
11/14/2011 1:30:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Google searches and quantitative methods
By Alan Zeichick
Alan stumbles upon a study that lays out a solid strategy for educating developers and testers
11/4/2011 4:00:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Measure twice, scoop once
By Alan Zeichick
Measuring progress is important, because how do you know what to fix if you don't know how you're doing?
10/21/2011 3:00:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: What, exactly, is Android?
By Alan Zeichick
After attending Android Open, Alan asks how exactly Google envisions its mobile OS
10/14/2011 4:30:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: The passing of Steve Jobs
By Alan Zeichick
Steve Jobs was a world leader and innovator, so let's remember him for what he did for his friends, family and beyond
10/6/2011 2:15:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: The mobile world is taking over the desktop—or is it?
By Alan Zeichick
Do we really want mobile features on desktop environments? There's room to consider this question
10/3/2011 1:30:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: With Windows 8, Microsoft may have its mojo back
By Alan Zeichick
Alan likes what he saw in Windows 8, particularly its look-and-feel and the touch-screen capabilities
9/16/2011 2:30:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: BetaCity: Windows Phone, Android, iOS and the shape of the mobile landscape
By Alan Zeichick
Are these three companies locked in a race? Or are they guaranteed a spot in the market for the forseeable future?
9/12/2011 1:30:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Apple, and computing, after Jobs
By Alan Zeichick
The mission for Jobs' successor now is to make the company his own, not endlessly second-guess what to do going forward
8/25/2011 12:50:00 PM
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Zeichick's Take: Google to buy Motorola Mobility – it may be a patent play
By Alan Zeichick
Google might be calculating that Android will be strengthened by buying Motorola Mobility’s patent portfolio.
8/15/2011 11:59:00 AM
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Zeichick’s Take: Memories of two keyboards: IBM’s Selectric and Personal Computer
By Alan Zeichick
The Selectric was great for offices, but the IBM PC took word processing and office work to new heights
8/12/2011 4:30:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Perforce is now versioning everything
By Alan Zeichick
The company is transitioning over to version control; what will it have to offer going forward?
8/4/2011 4:00:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Speling misteaks mattter
By Alan Zeichick
Good spelling is an overlooked component of successful communications, and not paying attention to it could be costly
7/26/2011 2:30:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Two new toys: a Lion and a Chromebook
By Alan Zeichick
One's an operating system, one's a notebook; how does Alan feel about either?
7/25/2011 1:30:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Media scandals
By Alan Zeichick
The controversy over News Corp. is an example of a problem that is endemic to modern journalism
7/18/2011 1:30:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Summer reading: 'The Clean Coder'
By Alan Zeichick
Bob Martin's "The Clean Coder" is a look into the ideal world of software development
7/11/2011 1:30:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Cutting waste by getting lean, but without getting mean
By Alan Zeichick
Lean software development is a great way to boost efficiency, but be sure you know where you want to trim the fat
6/27/2011 1:30:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: What’s black, white and scanned all over?
By Alan Zeichick
The barcode is back and in a really big way
6/17/2011 5:00:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Take my credit card. Please.
By Alan Zeichick
Nowadays, a company that can't take credit cards is behind the times, which is unacceptable
6/13/2011 1:30:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Nobody is setting the direction for our industry
By Alan Zeichick
IBM has overtaken Microsoft's market cap, but that doesn't make it a trendsetter in enterprise computing
6/3/2011 4:30:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Leaking the 2011 SD Times 100: The Mono Project
By Alan Zeichick
In a sneak peek at the SD Times 100, Alan laments the travails that the Mono Project has undergone
5/20/2011 4:00:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Novell is (was) super-stodgy; Microsoft, not so much
By Alan Zeichick
Results from this (un)scientific poll show some obvious and some not-so-obvious perceptions from readers
5/9/2011 1:30:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Novell is gone, and yes, it matters. Here’s why
By Alan Zeichick
With Novell under Attachmate's banner, SUSE Linux should be fine, but Mono will probably be in trouble
4/28/2011 1:10:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Skynet didn’t take down Amazon Web Services
By Alan Zeichick
Problems with Amazon highlight that no system, not even cloud computing, is perfectly secure from mishaps
4/22/2011 12:30:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Thinking back on MKS Inc., a.k.a. Mortice Kern Systems
By Alan Zeichick
MKS has made the news again recently, which is good because the MKS Toolkit is a nifty product
4/13/2011 2:15:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: What is UX? An overloaded operator
By Alan Zeichick
Unix or User Experience: What does UX mean today? And what can we do to make User Experience more streamlined?
4/6/2011 2:00:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: If you can’t innovate, litigate
By Alan Zeichick
The recent flurry of lawsuits, particularly from Microsoft, is disconcerting
3/31/2011 4:25:00 PM
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Web resolution revolution as screens get bigger, smaller
By Alan Zeichick
Since there is no one standard for screen size, how will Web developers cope with all the options available?
3/28/2011 1:30:00 PM
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Zeichick’s Take: Responding to tragedy
By Alan Zeichick
The disasters that have struck Japan remind us of what's really important
3/21/2011 1:30:00 PM
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