It is that time of year again for the SystemiNetwork.com RPG and Beyond Web Conference.  Thanks to Sue from Penton for inviting me to present with the big hitters.  This conference is a nice change of pace for me because I don’t have to travel and can instead present right from my home office.  Heck, [...]

Mark your calendars for the upcoming RPGWorld conference which is going to be held in Chicago this year.  Works great for me because then I can either drive or fly (probably fly) because it is so close.  RPGWorld will be at a new venue that looks to be nicely equipped for doing technical sessions.  You [...]

Over on LinkedIn.com Nathan Andelin just got done posting the following which I thought was worth repeating.  These days we suffer from technology diarrhea and it is refreshing to see somebody making use of RPG on a Power system to provide awesome performance with very little technology overhead.
Can I turn the original question around and ask What’s [...]

The guys at ExtJS <cough> Sencha have done it again.  They are pushing the technology envelope and have produced the first HTML5 framework for mobile devices.  Why is this important?  Well, if you haven’t been following the news, a few weeks (months?) ago Steve Jobs (figure head of Apple) publicly spoke out against Adobe Flash/Flex [...]

I recently wrote an article titled “What RPG Developers Lack” which can be viewed at the following URL: http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/ibmi/enewsletterexclusive/32076p1.aspx
If you have read it and have opinions about it, please post them here.  BTW, if you feel I am off base on anything please note that also.  I did have one reader challenge me on CGIDEV2 [...]

Hi all!  Tami Deedrick just informed me of my lastest article being published in IBMSystemsMag.com’s new digital approach.  You can find the article here.
Let me know your thoughts!
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I am always looking for good icons on http://images.google.com that I can use in my web apps, but free (and good looking) ones are often hard to find.  The open source RPG framework PowerExt (www.PowerExt.com) uses icons from www.FamFamFam.com which are free and done well.
What other resources do others use?  In particular, does anybody have [...]

I am always intrigued by how we can keep IBM i shops “in business” by seeing what can be accomplished with RPG. Because of this I have started a new open source project titled “RPGUI” (aka RPG User Interface) and have started an article series with IBMSystemsMag.com to document it. Learn more on the RPGUI page.Note that [...]

Amazon today announced its latest “cloud computing” initiative for storing relational MySQL databases for you and you only pay for bandwidth and storage – they do all admin work(i.e. apply patches, keep hardware up to date, etc).  This is on top of many other services they provide including ones that allow you to store mass [...]

 Chris Maxcer has written an article in the recent edition of System iNEWS where he talks about the viability of EGL in today’s IBM i RPG shops.  I had the privilege of commenting on various points throughout the article.  Take a peek at the article at the below URL…
http://systeminetwork.com/article/does-even-free-egl-face-uphill-i-climb
I actually wouldn’t mind doing a [...]