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Dear Mobile App Developers

Obviously Apple and Google have done a good job building out the IP stack for mobile devices (I still can't believe Steve Jobs tricked AT&T into allowing them access to the data pipe back in the day), but, I thought things would have evolved further than

My 15 yr. Anniversary with Mozilla

about:mozilla Seeing everyone else's mentions/posts about Mozilla's 15 yr. anniversary got me thinking about my own experience with it. The software has had a huge impact on my life, my view of software, my view of the network, my view on security and privacy,

Does Browser HTML5 Support Matter?

A few weeks ago I watched a saddening interview that a Google guy conducted in NYC; What is a Browser [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4MwTvtyrUQ]? It was sad because effectively no-one even knows what a browser is. The neat thing about that fact though is that the browser

Speed Date with Google App Engine

I assumed that in the months since the announcement of Google App Engine [http://code.google.com/appengine/], that its glaring HTTP client deficiencies would have been resolved. Nope. Any modern platform needs a robust HTTP client (timeout controls, full method support, custom headers, compression support, authentication support, and redirect

Sockets, HTTP, XMPP, and Leap Frog

My efforts at Gnip [http://gnipcentral.com] have caused me to re-consider a few things on the protocol front. Growing up at Netscape in the "netlib" group (really just 3 of us) gave me an interesting perspective on "internet protocols." Over the years it became apparent