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Inside the HP TouchSmart PC software: HP SmartCenter – Part 2

10April2008GeekTieGuy2 CommentsPersonal, Software, Vista, WPF

In the first part of this mini-series, I introduced you to the early planning stages of HP SmartCenter. This time you’ll get a little more information on the early development, including a few screenshots of prototpyes. — I hacked together a very simple first version of HP SmartCenter (then codenamed LaunchPad, which still is the

Inside the HP TouchSmart PC software: HP SmartCenter – Part 1

4April2008GeekTieGuy9 CommentsPersonal, Software, Vista, WPF

I thought some people might enjoy reading a little “behind the scenes” story about the most high-profile piece of software I’ve been involved with so far. I feel pretty lucky to have had the chance to work on a unique product and to have what I helped work on be so central to the user

Tom Chapin – Not on the Test

30March2008GeekTieGuyPersonal

Our family attended a Tom Chapin concert recently. For those of you with kids out there and who may not know him, he’s a great children’s singer/songwriter whose music you can take along on a roadtrip and listen to for days without getting tired of it. He’s also got quite a few great albums for

The OLPC arrived – see what’s in the box

26March2008GeekTieGuyPersonal, Tech Toys

I had almost forgotten about the OLPC give-one-get-one campaign I took the opportunity to participate in last year. Well, the thing finally came today. I wasn’t really all that anxious to get it, so it didn’t bother me at all that it took a while. I thought it was more important that the real recipients

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Inside the HP TouchSmart PC software: HP SmartCenter – Part 2

Inside the HP TouchSmart PC software: HP SmartCenter – Part 1

Tom Chapin – Not on the Test

The OLPC arrived – see what’s in the box