brown-paper.net is Marc Van Norden's point of view on technology, social media, and development, with a little sports and politics thrown in.

Off the Grid

2008/06/12
By Marc Van Norden
Off the Grid

In the words of Eric B. “It’s been a long time, I shouldn’t have left you!“. Over the last month I have been moving, traveling back and forth from LA to Miami, and been completely enthralled with the Celtics playoff run. There is a lot to catch up personally, not to mention Lakers /...
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UFC 83 Broadcast on Yahoo! Sports

2008/04/19
By Marc Van Norden

I have been thinking about getting the Serra vs St-Pierre UFC 83 fight. My interest in MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) started with the reeeeaally amature fights on HDNet Fights. Then I graduated to EliteXC thanks to Kimbo Slice. Now I am ready for the big time UFC 83 Serra vs St-Pierre! Well, while perusing my...
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Red Sox/Dodgers at The Collesium

2008/04/03
By Marc Van Norden
Red Sox/Dodgers at The Collesium

I had been looking forward to seeing the Sox play this past weekend. The fact it was in a venue that I would never get an opportunity to see them play in only added to the excitement. We arrived at noon for a 7pm start, it was a full day of tailgating. Something...
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Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) Sessions Posted

2008/04/02
By Marc Van Norden
Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) Sessions Posted

Apple has posted sessions from it’s developer conference. There is a good amount of content covering Iphone App and Iphone Safari development. It is well worth a look. Apple WWDC Sessions Start Slide Show with PicLens Lite
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Microsoft Office on Iphone?

2008/03/26
By Marc Van Norden
Microsoft Office on Iphone?

Here is an article that talks about Microsoft downloading the iPhone SDK. It is possible that they are looking to port Office to the iphone. In they same article they talk about the likely hood of porting “TellMe” voice recognition software. Start Slide Show with PicLens Lite
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Bug Free Applications

2008/03/25
By Marc Van Norden

Paul Robertson of the Adobe Air team has an interesting blog posting on bug free apps or the lack of such a possibility. To some extent I think it is a little easier to have this mindset if you are client-side. When you are building products in house the balance...
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Boston Sports Fans!

2008/03/24
By Marc Van Norden

Today is the season opener for baseball. The Red Sox play the A’s in Japan. I am so excited I am going to be up at 3 am to watch the game. This will ultimately kill me during the day, but it is that important for me to be there! I accept the fact...
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Testing, One, Two, Three?

2008/03/22
By Marc Van Norden

So I decided to get in the blog game! I work developing content for the web space and it only took me what, 5 years to get started? I am sort of embarrassed that it has taken me this long to take a crack at it. I think a big part of...
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Hello world!

2008/03/19
By Marc Van Norden

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
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