Monthly Archives: March 2009

Building the high spires – enabling elastic cloud computing

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Joe

Somewhat related to my previous post – I’ve been thinking a lot about packaging lately. At work, I’ve jumped into a team that’s responsible for a whole bunch of infrastructure – envisioning it, building it, and running it. Two months … Continue reading →

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Infrastructure (python)

Posted on March 28, 2009 by Joe

I’m taking some time today to read up on the events and talks at PyCon 2009 happening this past week in Chicago. I’ve been watching a few folks on twitter who are there (John DeRosa and Ted Leung). It’s been … Continue reading →

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On making tools…

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Joe

My favorite tool is an 12oz ball peen hammer. I should probably have prefixed this with the fact that I’ve spent a lot of time doing metalwork, and if I thought of myself more as an artist, I’d say that … Continue reading →

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I’m hiring…

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Joe

Not related to iPhone or Mac development, sorry. My team at Disney has an open position, so I’m out scouring the world for folks who’d like to work in an Automation Tools Team for the group (Disney Interactive Media Group) … Continue reading →

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iPhone development course – Apr 25 & 26 in Seattle

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Joe

For the past several months, I’ve been coding away madly for a new iPhone application – a course to teach other folks the basics of programming on the iPhone. I’m developing the course for OReilly Media and will be teaching … Continue reading →

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Transit development

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Joe

It’s pretty clear, from my iPhone application at least, that I’m a fan of mass transit and interested in using data that’s already available to make it more useful. One of the hardest nuts to crack in that space is … Continue reading →

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Watchmen

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Joe

No spoilers… I went and saw the movie Watchmen this morning/early afternoon – a break from my “usual” weekend routine of the past 8 weeks or so. I’d hoped to see if Friday afternoon at a mid-day show, but I … Continue reading →

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Seattle Bus updated to version 1.2.0 – ready for sale

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Joe

I received the email notification tonight – Seattle Bus 1.2 is now available for sale again on the App Store. The new version is all about the new parser which is able to read the not-quite-valid HTML page that provides … Continue reading →

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SeattleBus 1.2.0 sent in for review

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Joe

Seattle Bus 1.2.0 has been pushed up to the App Store for application review. This update changes out the underlying parser, allowing the application to use King County’s provided real-time data feed (http://trackerloc.kingcounty.gov/avl.jsp) instead of the one hosted by UW … Continue reading →

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