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CoachQuest

jlee — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:28:31 +0000

coachquestleader.com

Bonafide Boarding

jlee — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:21:11 +0000

http://bonafideboarding.com

Spirit Photographers

jlee — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:20:23 +0000

http://spiritphotographers.com

P.A.C.T

jlee — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:18:02 +0000

http://eastpact.org

Columbus Code Camp 2011

Ben Snider — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:06:11 +0000

This Saturday, October 22, 2011, is the day for Columbus Code Camp. The event is hosted at Tech Columbus and will feature a full day of code centric presentations. The event is sponsored by a number of large tech corporations, which means that it is totally free to attend.

As a working developer I greatly respect their core values:

by and for the developer community

always free

community-developed material

no fluff – only code

never occurs during working hours

The schedule is packed with interesting talks. I’ve seen the talk Your database, exposed: HTSQL presented before (at Ohio Linux Fest) and it was really great. HTSQL is a cool python utility that you point at a database, and it serves up a really nice RESTful HTML (and other format) interface to it.

Being a mobile app developer, I also look forward to attending Mobilizing your HTML5 app with PhoneGap and seeing what PhoneGap can do. I’ve read a fair amount of background information on PhoneGap and have read some of the docs, but nothing beats seeing a working example take shape.

The other talks literally all sound awesome, and I’m excited to see them. Luckily the event is scheduled all day so I rarely have to choose between multiple talks I *really* want to see.

Don’t miss Columbus Code Camp this year!

10 Technical Papers Every Programmer Should Read (At Least Twice)

Subathra Thanabalan — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 16:11:26 +0000

I came across this compilation of papers recently. Although I have yet to read any of them, maybe one of these days…

An important lesson about passwords

Jason Profitt — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:48:05 +0000

An incredibly valid point, courtesy of xkcd

Amazon to launch digital subscription service for Kindle?

ltrimmer — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:48:31 +0000

Last night, The Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon.com Inc. is in talks with several publishers about launching a subscription service for their Kindle line of e-book readers. The service would charge users a monthly fee to access a digital library of e-books, similar to Netflix’s current video-streaming library. This would prove to be great news for those Kindle users who finds themselves consuming books at a rate that might cause purchasing a la carte to become cost prohibitive. Unfortunately, there will almost certainly be a limit on the number of newly published books made available through the service. Most publishers, despite earning a “substantial fee” for their participation, will want to maintain a period of exclusivity after publication to sell as many copies of a book as possible before handing it over to subscribers. An issue which has caused contention with other subscription services, most notably Netflix, for some time. However, if access to new releases is not a primary concern, readers could greatly benefit from the ability to access a large collection of digital books without having to commit to purchasing each title individually. As with Amazon’s own recently launched video-streaming service, it could be expected that the e-book library would be tied to Amazon Prime, whose $79/year subscription also includes free two day shipping with no minimum purchase amount.

Center for Community Lending

ltrimmer — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 04:07:40 +0000

ccl.org

TechStar

ltrimmer — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:02:18 +0000

This client TechStar specializes in building bridges and engineering. They have over 100 years experience around the world, building smart bridges for the 21st century.