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Google+: It’s not Facebook!

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Chief Cobra

Never before in the history of mankind has one privately owned company with such little accountability been in possession of so much personal data about so many people. It always seemed odd to me that the population of this country … Continue reading →

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I used to be indecisive but now I am not sure

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Chief Cobra

It is time for May’s iPhone game update and progress has been made! A whole nine hours of work went into creating a working map editor and it was great fun to create. I learnt a lot about Cocoa, Interface … Continue reading →

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Germs! GERMS!

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Chief Cobra

Ihad a four day week last week! So, on one hand, yeah! On the other hand, bloody hell. What happened to Wednesday? No, seriously, where did it go? Now if I wasn’t the typical yellow-bellied male who believes that even … Continue reading →

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Scheduling the baby out with the bathwater

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Chief Cobra

When it comes to true innovation, try you must or do you will not. Whilst the larger companies have whole R&D departments dedicated to experimentation with new techniques and technologies, the smaller outfits or individuals have to innovate as they … Continue reading →

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It lives!

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Chief Cobra

Et voila, a map editor was born. It took a couple of hours longer than I expected, but I got a tad carried away with the odd extra feature or two as well as bumping into the unexpected. Fortunately, I … Continue reading →

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How to take over the world

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Chief Cobra

1. Take over the world. At a high enough level, everything looks easy. Needless to say, the devil is in the detail. Have you considered where you’re going to find a tropical island with an extinct volcano to use as … Continue reading →

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April cactus: the weather’s dry, the schedule’s a tumbleweed

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Chief Cobra

Well, play my piano and polish my sideboard, another month has gone by. Not a drop of rain has fallen and I recently saw the phrase “April Showers” pack his bags and trudge slowly to catch a bus out of … Continue reading →

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Thready McParallel: the patron devil of programming

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Chief Cobra

Afair while back, I had a call from someone who wanted to know if I could fit in some consultancy time to help solve some development problems. It turned out to be the least profitable work that I have ever … Continue reading →

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PlayBook: Hahahahaha!

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Chief Cobra

What do you know the BlackBerry chaps for? What’s that? As industry leaders in secure mobile e-mail solutions you say? Absolutely. So, if YOU were RIM and you were releasing a tablet computer thingie to compete with the iPad, what … Continue reading →

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Tweet, twooo!

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Chief Cobra

So I have joined the social media revolution now by signing up to Twitter. Apparently the average age of Twitter users is now 40 so I figure I am ripe and ready. Now you, yes, you, can keep up with … Continue reading →

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