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Hey Web Developers: Step up!
In my career, I’ve been fortunate (or unfortunate depending on your point of view) to become heavily involved in the process of recruiting and hiring engineering talent for multiple companies. I’m discouraged to say that the User Interface Engineer (which … Continue reading
Dear MSFT and AAPL, Embrace Theora!
I swear; I’m not a hypocrite. I 100% stand by what I wrote to Mozilla about supporting H.264 or risking killing video on the Web sans plugins. I also continue to believe that H.264 is a significantly superior codec to … Continue reading
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Dear Mozilla, Please Don’t Kill HTML5 Video!
Mozilla and I have a long and not-so-storied history together. I first began running what was at the time called the Mozilla App Suite with the “Milestone 10” release in October 1999. I was (I believe) one of the first … Continue reading
Could Anything Make You Use IE9?
There’s been a fair amount of publicity lately about Microsoft bringing Internet Explorer much more in-line with modern rendering engines with the upcoming release of Internet Explorer 9.0 which they plan to unveil at Mix10. There’s talk of strong HTML5 … Continue reading
Boxee, Hulu, and Corporate Lies
My favorite part of owning my own home is that have a dedicated home theater. It’s certainly not as impressive as the basement theaters showcased on AVS Forum but I enjoy it. I also have a dedicated Home Theater PC … Continue reading