My latest SD Times column is up.

I wrote some of the articles in Intel's "mobilized software" series, including one that presents source code for a GPS interface for the .NET Compact Framework. The articles are finally online.

My latest on programming for the Tablet PC is up on DevX. This is part 2 of 3. My next one will be on Tablet PC resources. If you're a Tablet PC developer, where do you turn to for advice and support? Email me: lobrien 'at' thinkingin.net (which, by …

The latest SD Times has a graphic showing that 31.7% of Linux developers said they planned to develop for Mono or Dot Gnu. The blurb highlights the "Undecided" attitude of 55.9% of the surveyed, but I think that almost 1/3 of Linux developers apparently being eager to …

In the preface to the first edition of Code Complete, Steve McConnell writes "I was sure when I conceived this book that someone else would already have written a book on effective construction practices .by someone who was knowledgeable enough about the theoretical state of the art but who was …

My article on Programming the Tablet PC -- Get Up To Speed Quickly is up on DevX. Includes source code for a Tablet PC blogging tool.

I love the TabletPC. One reason is that, like many writers, I have an abiding love for the physical act of putting pen to paper (or, for the past 18 months, pen to screen). I have a few "nice" pens, a couple Mont Blancs, two Watermans, and I use those …

I bet that a good 50% of the readers of this blog already know about thinktecture, a company that's less than 24-hours old. Because of blogging, I'm the #1 Google return for various queries about programming airline reservation systems, which is how I keep myself in Jolt Cola and Doritos …

Julien (Dumky) Couvreur comments on my sonar-discovery thoughts:

"Some problems for measuring distances: -don't you only measure the distances modulo the wavelength?"

Yes...*scratch on back of envelope*... holy cow, those are much shorter than I realized...So much for pure tones; you'd have to use a complex waveform. Which …

I lost my Bluetooth phone (actually, I put it in a McDonald's bag for "safe-keeping" at a beach known for car theft and neglected to mention to Tina that she shouldn't toss the bag in the garbage). I have a Jabra bluetooth headset which works(-ed) great and I thought …