If I can stereotype for a moment – I admire Indian people – and enjoy their food. I’ve spent some time working with Indian engineers in the tech industry, and they are some of the most hardworking, good-natured, and polite people I know, with strong family values. Like the French, Indian culture holds some qualities [...]

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As primarily a unix developer who prefers running Windows and MacOS on the desktop, I’ve relied on powerful terminal clients for years to get my job done. On Windows, that client has always been SecureCRT. Ever since the day I installed it, it has been the most powerful, usable, and well-supported terminal client I have [...]

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The iPhone has bluetooth, 3G, and WiFi, but for some reason still needs to do an frustratingly awkward dance involving a computer, iTunes bloatware, and a proprietary USB cable in order to update.

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MTA CEO Jay Walder recalls his impressions upon reading about the StationStops vs MTA controversy prior to his nomination last year. I identified myself to him and thanked him later for his comments.

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Walder didn’t just meet developer’s hopeful expectations while addressing them at Google’s transit developer conference last night – he left us slackjawed.

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Last year Google and MTA had a sweetheart deal for transit data which left the rest of us developers out in the cold. Since Jay Walder came on, MTA has both embraced and supported third-party developers, and now Google joins the group hug by hosting a dinner and conference for MTA developers, with Walder to attend…

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[Note, I had a lot of drafts piling up, so this post is a little late and some criticism of Train Time will seem out of place in previous posts] Wow, I have so much going on lately I really can’t take the time to write the detailed post this announcement deserves (yet) – but [...]

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