John C. Bland II

ColdFusion Position at Adobe

John C. Bland II — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:54:57 +0000

This just came through the RSS tubes. Passing on this job notice from Adobe. It is a contract position with the possibility of converting to full time. We have an open contract position for a CF engineer that I was … Continue reading →

First Gem Work

John C. Bland II — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:00:49 +0000

I’ve been in Rails a lot lately, like daily, and one of my favorite aspects of Rails dev is the ecosystem. Another post will detail my love for the entire ecosystem but this post is about gems and the community. Practically … Continue reading →

Claim Chowder: “Maybe He’s High?” and “Is He Nuts?”

John C. Bland II — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:29:47 +0000

Gruber pondered whether Eric Schmidt “was high” and Matt Rosoff questioned whether Schmidt is “nuts” when he said: By the summer of 2012, the majority of the televisions you see in stores will have Google TV embedded. Actually…he was neither, at that time. … Continue reading →

Can’t leave out 3.1M

John C. Bland II — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 07:42:23 +0000

Seeing as Android did 3.7M and Flurry Analytics reported Android and iOS did 6.8M together on Christmas, that leaves us with iOS doing 3.1M. I wonder how many of the 6.8M were tablets/media devices and how many were phones. Now is … Continue reading →

3.7M

John C. Bland II — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 07:12:36 +0000

Andy Rubin on Google+: UPDATE: There were 3.7M Android activations on 12/24 and 12/25. Congrats team-android! Wow. Just…wow.

Google, FIX THIS!!

John C. Bland II — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:11:39 +0000

What is “this”? Here is what I said on March 4, 2011 in my Where Android blows itself away, for me post: Why are manufacturers not releasing their updates within days or weeks of Google releasing their bits? Google: if you’re holding … Continue reading →

My response to ‘Does Adobe really care about ColdFusion? Doubt it’

John C. Bland II — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:27:19 +0000

Alan Williamson went on the attack in an attempt to call out Adobe for their lack of ColdFusion updates/support. I commented on his blog but wanted to replicate it here. I hesitated to do this seeing as it would bring … Continue reading →

Nuance Puts Swype and Dragon Together

John C. Bland II — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:42:50 +0000

Nuance bought Swype, the popular Android keyboard, in October 2011 and already has their popular Dragon Dictation software implemented. I’m not a Swype fan, much prefer SwiftKey X, but this makes me definitely want to try Swype again. Oh and … Continue reading →

Kindle Fire, Team Coco Style

John C. Bland II — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:33:33 +0000

Speaking of funny commercials, this one takes a shot at the Kindle Fire and, in normal Team Coco fashion, is a funny one.

T-Mobile’s Android(s) vs iPhone 4S

John C. Bland II — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:24:42 +0000

Being a gamer, I love these commercials. It definitely is slanted in Androids favor but it is still funny. Round 1 Round 2