Adventures with Appcelerator

December 10, 2011

I developed my first mobile app prototype using Jquery Mobile (http://jquerymobile.com/) after spending lots of time reading threads about building webforms vs native mobile apps. Since the app is basically a mobile interface to my company’s server side business management system, webforms seemed to be the way to go. Grab an iPhone or Droid and [...]

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My iTunes Saga – A happy ending

October 31, 2011

After a few more email back and forth with Apple iTunes Support (which only seem to be available during working hours in India) I was able to resolve the iTunes issue I had with the missing songs. A gentleman named Naresh in Apple’s Support Group actually replaced the songs diredctly into my account. Thank you [...]

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My favorite iPad apps

October 25, 2011

Like most people I enjoy games and fun apps on the iPad. But to me the iPad is more than just a toy or entertainment console. I seek out business apps that help me be more efficient and stay connected. These are the iPad apps that I use almost daily to run my business and [...]

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Tangled up with Apple iTunes Tech Support

October 25, 2011

I upgraded my iPhone, iPad and copy of iTunes to the latest version recommended by Apple. The iTunes version is now 10.5. The problem is that a number of my songs were missing. This seems to be a recurring problem when you have an external drive and the link between iTunes and the physical media [...]

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Do the Work

October 20, 2011

I am juggling some interesting opportunities at the moment. None of which are really “in line” with my core business. I spoke a fellow Twist Producer about one particular opportunity and told him I was going to pass. His comment to me was, “it’s difficult to keep centered when things like that show up”. Keeping [...]

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Two interesting news items from yesterday…

October 7, 2011

This is an email I sent to my company on Thursday, Oct 6th, the day after Steve Jobs passed away. I felt compelled to make it public: Team, By now everyone on the planet knows that Steve Jobs passed away yesterday. He only resigned six weeks ago from Apple so the world was pretty shocked [...]

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Steve Jobs – May his legacy endure

October 5, 2011

Apple has been a part of my life since high school. I remember having one of the original Macs and installing a retrofitted hard drive myself. I also remember cursing my newly minted Newton as I struggled to make it work. Little did I know that I was holding the artifacts of what would evolve [...]

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I screw this up all the time

October 3, 2011

I was typing out an email to an old friend and colleague when I ran into the dreaded grammar dilemma or “me” vs “I”. In my writing, I’ve become relatively good with writing things with a reasonable amount of grammatical accuracy based on how the sentence “sounds’ to me. But I am sorry, when it [...]

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Why is this happening to me?

September 29, 2011

People wonder — why is this happening to me? When will I get paid what I am worth? When will the normal that we knew return? Newflash — it won’t. Welcome to the new economy. Its different and it’s painful, but the shift from 30-years working for one company and getting the gold watch is [...]

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Write more, talk less

September 28, 2011

In a world where people spend a lot of time talking and likely even more time reading email, I agree with people like Seth Godin, Guy Kawasaki and Stephen Pressfield that its time to start writing more – essentially to create more and create often. I spend a lot of time reading and writing emails. [...]

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