November 2010
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October 2010
4 posts
September 2010
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June 2010
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April 2010
5 posts
Bye Tumblr: I Moved My Blog
Went back to wordpress and all that. Blog is now located at http://davidstrack.com
March 2010
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February 2010
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David Strack's 5 Month Plan™
Sup peeps? This is just my tentative 5 month (and beyond) schedule:
Feb 22-May 10: Finish another semester at MSU in Mankato, MN
May 17-June 18: Summer courses at MSU in Mankato, MN (sucks)
June 18-20: My bachelor party in SE Wisconsin (awesome)
June 26: My wedding in SE Wisconsin to one lucky lady (super super awesome)
June 28-July 5: My honeymoon in Napa Valley with aforementioned lucky...
January 2010
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Hello, world. Introducing Cabbie: a taxi locator...
My first webOS app, Cabbie, has been approved by Palm and is available in the App Catalog.
Cabbie was written for two purposes. The first was to get me familiar with webOS development on the Mojo framework. I was able to learn how scenes are set up, how widgets work, and how to access services on the device (such as the GPS radio).
The second purpose for Cabbie is to help people make smart...
December 2009
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Changes to my personal life and business coming in...
It’s that time of year again where we all start thinking about what we’ve accomplished the past twelve months and what the next twelve have to offer. 2010 is going to be a huge year for me. I’m going to skip the attempts at a witty introduction and pop straight into the list.
I’m getting married to my lovely fiancee, Sarah, in June. That’s a huge change, obviously....
November 2009
15 posts
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Google Bans Tooth Whiteners And Weight Loss Ads... →
“The company has decided to live up to its “don’t be evil” motto and ban advertisers who place ads that lead to sites peddling products like scammy free trials, get-rich-quick schemes, and malware….”
[via Consumerist]
Note: this story was auto-imported by Tumblr from my Digg feed.
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Buy super cheap VAST music & support a charity
Some of you may know what a big fan of VAST I am. Recently, the band launched a new charity program. You can download any one of their 4 most recent albums (Me and You, Relay EP, April, or Nude) all for $2.49 each. If you’re like me and already own all of these great recordings, there is a small package of bonus tracks (three live songs and a demo of “Thrown Away”) that is also...
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Should developers even waste their time on a...
One of the questions my fiancee asks me when I’m working on WebOS applications is “Are there even enough people that use that phone?” It’s a genuine concern, and one that I’ve had to wrestle with many times - is developing paid applications for WebOS going to be worth all the effort that I put into it? PreCentral just posted a great analysis of how much money...
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Twitter's new Retweet feature would be great if it...
Recently Twitter enabled its new Retweet feature for my account. If you’re a regular Twitter user I’m sure you’ve heard all the controversy this new feature is causing. Instead of maintaining the already widely used Retweet format (people prefixing retweets with RT followed by a tag to the original user) Twitter is posting the Retweets so they almost appear as regular tweets from...
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MySQL vs SQL Server 2008
So for my main gig for the past year I’ve been developing some custom software for a construction contractor in the Milwaukee area. In order to keep the project costs down, I opted to develop the software in VB.NET (arguably the quickest development platform) and use a MySQL database.
Last weekend I was working on modifying some tables and the whole dataset just got detached from the...
xkcd - Academia vs. Business →
xkcd - Academia vs. Business
Palm Pre WebOS 1.3.1 update available now, a day... →
I think this update brings the long awaited Facebook app. Waiting for the installation to finish right meow!
engadget:
webOS 1.3.1 was always destined to come alongside the launch of the Pixi, but it’s surprised us by showing its face a day early. No app catalog bombshells here, but there are a slew of…
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Palm's Pixi device tempts me only slightly
Image via PreCentral.net
As you may know, I’ve been the proud owner of a Palm Pre since the day it launched on June 6, 2009. You also may know that I have what most people would characterize as an unhealthy obsession with cell phones. I’ve had 12 devices in the past four years, and it would have been more if I wasn’t restricted by this darn thing called responsibility (says the...
Buy this book. Everybody. You won't regret it. →
Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk is one of the most motivating and inspiring books I’ve read. It really makes you want to get out there and start pursuing your passion. Very quick read, I’m almost done after a couple hours. I recommend the Vook.com version. It’s $7 and it comes with a bunch of videos from Gary that really enhance the experience.
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The future of The Forest Burns?
Should I close shop on The Forest Burns? I’m thinking yes. I want to download the posts for posterity’s sake, but they really don’t offer much to my personal brand. My twitter feed has taken the place of my traditional “This is how my day was” blog (which I know no one cares about but it’s nice to write about), and there aren’t many quality posts left on...
listening to "Street Sweeper Social Club -... →
Been stuck in my head for a few days now, ever since @JoeChitel played it on his radio show. Incredible performance!
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A new adventure for David Strack
So I just signed up for Tumblr. It’s a really nice blogging service that I can see myself using a lot easier than my traditional WordPress blog. I discovered the service after I read about it in @garyvee’s AMAZING book, Crush It. Seriously, if you want to figure out how to make a living doing what you love most, or if you are just curious how you can use social media to build awareness...