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Ethical Software by Alex Bunardzic

Seventh Annual Russian River Morning Party

Just to let everyone know that we’re gearing up for hosting the Seventh Annual Russian River Morning Party. Details to follow.

Posted: Apr. 15, 2008 11:29 AM

Cavatina

Written by Stanley Myers, “Cavatina” rates as one of the most beautiful songs ever recorded. Its lush harmonies are worth studying; I’d like to offer my rendition here. The song is in the key of E. I usually play it on the guitar i

Posted: Apr. 7, 2008 04:51 PM

Santana Give Me Love

One of the most underrated ballads ever recorded, “Give Me Love” is a pearl in the mud that is worth every effort seeking after and transcribing. Recorded in 1977 and released on Santana’s album “Festival”, this gem repr

Posted: Mar. 25, 2008 06:27 PM

Oh Happy Day

Today I’ve figured out how to play the outta this world song “Oh Happy Day” by Edwin Hawkins Singers (1969). It’s very simple, but also very effective on the guitar. Many people, myself included, have experienced the burst-int

Posted: Mar. 7, 2008 02:03 AM

Delusion and Arrogance

The defining characteristic that separates humans from animals is that humans tend to be very self-congratulatory. We humans think of ourselves as being the ‘bees knees’ in the grand scheme of things. We are at the top of the food chain,

Posted: Feb. 8, 2008 05:53 PM

Out and About the Web

I’ve started recently bumping into all kinds of people who seem to share similar sentiments about the world wide web. That sentiment could be summed up in one sentence: the web is broken! Lots of people seem to think and feel that something is

Posted: Feb. 6, 2008 03:20 PM

In Memory of my Mother

My mother, Dragica Bunardzic (1933 - 2008), died of heart attack this Saturday, January 26. She was 74 years old. Last time I saw her was on September 18, 2007, when I bid her farewell at the Vancouver International Airport. I would now like to say

Posted: Jan. 31, 2008 07:34 PM

Cloverfield: is it an A+ or an F Movie?

Being an avid admirer of the monster cinematography since my early childhood, I simply couldn’t wait for Cloverfield to hit the movie theaters. As soon as the film became available, I made sure to reshuffle things around my insanely busy schedu

Posted: Jan. 23, 2008 03:00 PM

Why is Software Development on the Web so messed up?

It’s been said that those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it. In the spirit of absolutely not wanting to go again through the excruciating pain of software development that was the norm in the ’90s and the first 5 - 6 years

Posted: Jan. 19, 2008 03:04 PM

How to Improve Search Engines

It’s been more than 10 years (actually, closer to 15 years now) since web search engines became mainstream. Anyone who’s been using google or similar engines is certainly becoming painfully aware of the woeful inadequacies that these engi

Posted: Jan. 4, 2008 05:05 PM

ShoZu Adds Eight New Destinations to Mobile Social Media Service

ShoZu announced that it has expanded its mobile social media service to Photobucket, Dailymotion, Fr

Oracle Previews Fusion Middleware 11g

Building on its November 2007 preview, Oracle previewed additional planned feature enhancements of O

3rd International Virtualization Conference & Expo: Themes & Topics

From Application Virtualization to Xen, a round-up of the virtualization themes & topics being discu

Infragistics Announces New AJAX Tool

Infragistics announced the availability of Infragistics NetAdvantage for JSF 2008 Volume 1 enabling

Gluecode Creator Thinks He Can Take Google's App Engine

A Philippines-based Web 2.0 start-up called Morph Labs thinks its cloud can rain on Google's newfang

Artech Launches GeneXus X to Expand Business Opportunities

Artech launched GeneXus X, the tenth GeneXus version, designed to expand the business opportunities

The Way of the Widget in the Age of the Social Web

As the Internet's newest way to connect brands with consumers, widgets have officially arrived. Thes

HCL Technologies Introduces New Breed SaaS Service Delivery Platform

HCL Technologies announced the launch of its new SaaS Service Delivery Platform (SDP) AGORA. Service

AJAX E-mail Client Integrates Into Web 2.0 Applications

Zapatec introduced the Zapatec AJAX E-mail Client, the second in a series of self-contained modules

Are Social Networks Just Another MMO Grind?

You remember back in the early days of video games when there wasn't enough capacity on the carts th

IBM Debuts Virtualization Server for Web 2.0

IBM introduced t a new category of server designed to address the technology needs of companies that

Force10 Networks Supports IBM's iDataPlex Solution For Web 2.0

Force10 Networks announced its enterprise switching technology will support IBM's iDataPlex. iDataPl

GoGrid Launches Facebook Servers for Developers

GoGrid announced the availability of GoGrid's QuickStart Facebook servers, which allow businesses to

End-User Computing Powered by User Mashups Growing, Says Gartner

According to research firm Gartner, more than 30% of Global 2000 organizations will enter a new era

Two Doors to Enterprise Web 2.0 Adoption

Ben Worthen of the Wall Street Journal recently posted an entry about Web 2.0 adoption. He cited a F

The Latest World Wide Web Sub-Species: "Domainers"

Pizza.com sold recently for $2.6M, and vodka.com for $3M. Domain names are now a global business. Th

DreamFace Interactive Announced "Outsider" A New Version Of Their DreamFace Web 2.0 Open Source Framework

At the AJAXWorld 2008 East Conference, DreamFace Interactive announced the availability of 'Outsider

The Invisible Hand of BI

While software developers consider their business intelligence (BI) applications to be successful if

Engelbart's Usability Dilemma: Efficiency vs Ease-of-Use

The mouse was the original idea of Doug Engelbart who was the head of the Augmentation Research Cent

Early Notes on GoogleApps

Now, what Google announced is really exciting! I'm not kidding. It's even better than I hoped. Yes,