Carlos Enrique Ortiz (CEO)

Tag/Word Cloud (Apr 2013)

ceo — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:18:49 +0000

Every so often, I like to run a “tag or word cloud” against my Weblog (and Twitter). I then capture the output for future reference. This is a great, cool way of capturing a snapshot of topics that I write … Continue reading →

Facebook buys Parse :-/

ceo — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:31:30 +0000

Interesting — Facebook Buys Parse To Offer Mobile Development Tools As Its First Paid B2B Service (via TC). First congrats to Parse, for the monetization event. I have been a Parse.com fan for a while and even wrote a few … Continue reading →

V for Vendetta, C for Constitution

ceo — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:08:55 +0000

“…cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did … Continue reading →

UcATX – Innovation in Communication Apps Architectures (Austin, TX) Meetup

ceo — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:35:59 +0000

I am very excited to announce Austin’s first UcATX – Innovation in Communication Apps Architectures meetup, where we will be focusing on the future of Unified Communications, but from the Apps, APIs, Services and Architecture perspective, and related technologies including … Continue reading →

Android Dev Austin | March 2013 Meet up with Apigee

ceo — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:01:53 +0000

Join us at our March 2013 Android Dev Austin Meet up with Apigee! Apigee, experts on all things “API”, is one of the coolest companies out there. Seating is limited! Please RSVP: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4577513466 Topic: Making the Backend as easy as … Continue reading →

Namibian Nights (Squiver)

ceo — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:41:55 +0000

Gorgeous work by Squiver – beautiful imagery and music… Namibian Nights from Squiver on Vimeo. (Watch in HD and fullscreen) ceo

On Voice Apps (2013)

ceo — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:38:52 +0000

Image Source: The Future of the Web and Mobile (Feb 2007) For years I have been working on mobile and related software development. This has been a world of “data”-and consumer and enterprise applications and infrastructure, that for me started … Continue reading →

Brokering the Cloud for IP Telephony Services

ceo — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 05:56:13 +0000

I wrote a piece, the special feature on @tmcnet, regarding why VoIP providers are leveraging cloud service brokers like Shango. Titled Brokering the Cloud for IP Telephony Services, it is about the potential of cloud service brokers on communication service … Continue reading →

Android In Action 3rd Ed. Translated to Portuguese

ceo — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:58:23 +0000

Nice… I just received a copy of Android in Action 3rd edition, which I co-authored, translated to Portuguese! (I would like to learn Portuguese.) ceo

Dell is going Private (2013)

ceo — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:40:19 +0000

A month after I wrote Dell to exit global smartphone business, now I hear rumors that Dell is going private. Many years ago I was predicting that an Asian company would buy Dell, but I wasn’t expecting Dell going private. … Continue reading →