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It’s funding (whether private or public) that decides the reality of ideas like GPS, interstellar travel, the Internet and more – what would you pay for? f you listen to podcasts and haven’t listened to Levar Burton reads, you may want to consider it. It does offer some very interesting stories and Levar’s readings are … Read more

Southwest Fox is coming up in October and as I do every year, I spoke with the organizers Rick, Doug and Tamar on the FoxShow. Deadlines for Southwest Fox: Super-saver price (before July 1): $695Early-bird price (before August 1): $770Regular price (August 1 and later): $820 This year, I took a different approach with separate … Read more

Twenty-thousand Hertz just had a spectacular episode – Sonic Illusions. I encourage everyone to listen to it and perhaps more importantly the underlying message. It starts off referring to the whole Yanni Laurel thing which has been explained in a number of places but one of the psychologists, Diana Deutsch, noted that the idea of … Read more

One thing I’ve noticed in larger organizations is that there would be a seemingly sporadic initiative to move employees into different office spaces. Most recently, I left my office to go to a meeting. During the meeting, I received a message telling me that my office had been moved – all within an hour! Yikes! … Read more

FoxPro VFP I was in a meeting the other day and someone mentioned Visual FoxPro 10. Well, we all know this doesn’t exist but I received a follow-up email with a note from the developer of the LienWriter. Definitely curious, I took a look online. There were some posts online about it but nothing really … Read more

I think I’m getting old….and it’s a sign of the times that being old means you’re looking for blog posts about conferences rather than looking for tweets or Facebook videos. The main reason I mention it is that a full week after the conference and searching for “Southwest Fox VFP” turns up four links to swfox.org … Read more

In years gone by, whenever an application had a problem, you could always count on certain steps from tech support (the three Rs) 1. Reindex (if a database application) 2. Reboot 3. Reinstall But I’ve been spoiled in recent years by the iPhone where this seemed to be a thing of the past. This might … Read more

There’s a new FoxShow available – episode 83 features a discussion with Doug, Tamar and Rick about Southwest Fox 2018. This year, we got into some broader topics such as open source vs “closed” source and what they’ve learned over the years of putting on the conference. It’s a fun listen so check it out! … Read more

A new FoxShow is about to be released related to Southwest Fox 2018 (later today) but I wanted to note that the Super Saver deadline for Southwest Fox is coming up on June 30th (the episode will be out before then) and that deadline is the conference’s “go / no go” point. It sounds like … Read more