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Brian Redfern

Biography

I've always been most interested in the "fun" part of computing. Instead of going for the typical BSCS, I went to CalArts and wrote my thesis project in Java (while all my classmates used the more standard English language). I was first exposed to XML in 1998 when we had a meeting about the new standard while working at Geocities. Now I am interested in all the fun applications of XML, RSS feeds to share podcasts and other media, using Inkspace or Yafray to create art in XML. Despite the format wars, XML makes the Web more fun!

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Itunes get liberated

January 06 2009

Its a great day for musicians! read more

The Weather Channel on the Gphone

November 10 2008

The Weather Channel app, which was a free download for my tmobile gphone, is a great example of what can be done with the platform. You have a combination of a software that detects your location and then can give... read more

First Impressions of My New Android Phone

October 23 2008

I got myself an ipod touch a while back, but I avoided the iphone. I didn't like dealing with ATT, and am glad I waited. The android isn't the same as the iphone. Its got a different philosophy behind it.... read more

First Impressions of My New Android Phone

October 23 2008

The Android isn't the same as the iPhone. Its got a different philosophy behind it. read more

First Impressions of My New Android Phone

October 23 2008

The Android isn't the same as the iPhone. Its got a different philosophy behind it. read more

Is Linux the New Unix?

September 24 2008

Some people are predicting the death of Solaris. As a multimedia, client-side guy, I find Solaris to be pretty uninteresting, I find Ubuntu's attempt to compete with Mac osx more compelling. Solaris used to be a huge player on the... read more

the power of csound

September 04 2008

With csound you can make any sound you can think of, and then write your own opcode in c if you think of something they haven't. read more

the power of csound

September 04 2008

With csound you can make any sound you can think of, and then write your own opcode in c if you think of something they haven't. read more

taking xhtml for granted

April 07 2008

Its easy to take it for granted these days, the power afforded by the combination of xhtml and css. Just look at the Css Zen Garden website to see a great demo of the power of xhtml at work. Before... read more

Google's Ad Sense for Audio SOAP API

April 07 2008

This is an interesting new API from Google, it uses SOAP to insert audio ads into your streams, so if you have a web radio station you can use its SOAP-based API to grab audio files to insert into the... read more

the xhtml revolution

April 06 2008

Its easy to take it for granted these days, the power afforded by the combination of xhtml and css. Just look at the Css Zen Garden website to see a great demo of the power of xhtml at work. Before... read more

fun with Inkscape 0.46 svg

April 03 2008

How earth shattering could an upgrade from 0.45 to 0.46 be? In this case there are some really neat new features. For those who are unfamiliar with the software, Inkscape is a visual svg editor. When I first tried svg... read more

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