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Switching to Android

By Nick On 2010/05/31 · · In Techie

A few months ago I started compiling the iPhone libraries for Linux to allow syncing without WIFI. I thought I was king of the world as I bypassed all of the Apple controls to sync with Rhythmbox. With each upgrade of the iPhone OS I would diligently ”git clone” and start the process over again. The last few times [...]

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Software Project Mgmt Reading and Blogs…

By Nick On 2010/05/26 · · In Personal

As I learned in a sink vs. swim situation, I wanted to share some books and blogs that helped me. UP FRONT LET ME STATE: I am still learning and screw-up ALL the time. I by no means have this figured out and would love to hear what works for you guys. We are all [...]

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Ubuntu 10.04 on Sony Vaio P

By Nick On 2010/05/25 · · In Personal

With the latest poulsbo hack for 10.04:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupp…sPoulsbo#lucid

It is now possible to upgrade to 10.04 Lucid with no issues. In fact the previous gobi WWAN, sleep, and qcserial hacks are no longer needed. On first boot everything worked other than the videocard. Go Linux!

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The Batman Belt

By Nick On 2010/05/18 · · In Techie

Everywhere I look in the work place I see two phones on everyone’s belt or desk. There sits the company issued blackberry next to the iPhone or Android device. In an era of financial concerns I cannot help but wonder what the outside world thinks about us. Based on BillShrink.com we can [...]

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Left Facebook and “Why you should too”

By Nick On 2010/05/16 · · In Personal, Techie

The amount of banter on the topic is extensive, but there really are good reasons to leave Facebook. When I started dabbling in Social Networking back on the BBS days there was always a desire and reason for anonymity. It could have been for the illegal activities going on or for the fact [...]

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    • Nick Schmidt lives passionately in the digital world advising and advancing technology everywhere he goes. He has served in the US Air Force, been a self-employed consultant, a senior manager and chief engineer at Boeing, and now co-founding and running Spec Ops Technology. Decorated in his military and professional career you can find his work in the nations networks and across the web.

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