Monthly Archives: May 2008

knowledge…

Wondering what is for each one of us knowledge?

I had been challenge to thing about this for some time. Do we experience knowledge? or we think about it? do we translate it? can we earn it? Each time I discover a person, a place a though my idea of knowledge keeps on evolving. And let me clarify, it doesn’t have to be a “new” person, place or though, it can be just a different angle of perception. Humans, we are so funny and interesting creatures. We stand firmly from the reference point we think we understand, from there we build our understanding of the worldย  (usually we do this by comparison) and we think we are right. But then it comes the question, does right and wrong exist?ย  As yesterday I was reading in the newspaper: “god create humans or humans create god?”. But then how can we do it in another way?, how make ourselves understand?, how help others to understand us if we can not express it in some way?

Anyway, this post was though before I went badly out of service (a.k.a. sick) I was in a conference where I was the only IT person. And I do not consider myself the strongest IT person available in a market (far away from it I would say) but yes I enjoy electronics, software and such things, plus I have study them from low level up. Anyway, it was interesting the whole event, but the relevance for this post was to hear for first time, in the discussion after one presentation that related the developers, the following clear comment: the developer shouldn’t be a programmer or IT person. Of course first I got astonished, after I took some air I asked who should it be then? no precise answer was given. But food for the though! ๐Ÿ™‚

For me was relevant to hear that comment. It is needed to understand the whole context to try to interpret and/or understand not only the comment but beyond that, its reasons. In addition it was outstanding to finally hear and live this situation in real life and with full colors, not only read it through literature ๐Ÿ™‚ and it supports my actual personal goal: learn to listen.

Whatever knowledge is, we all participate in its existence from different angles. I enjoy the surprising angles I must say ๐Ÿ™‚

finally adobe-macromedia reacted !

For a long time I had been a macromedia fan. To be more precise a Flash devotee. Flash is one of the softwares more under used by programmers imho.

However, as I admit it has A LOT of positive features and it is powerful, one indisputable point against it is in the development of mobile applications. Because it WAS limited conversation that the client had with the server.

I wrote WAS ๐Ÿ™‚ because it seems it will start a new living chapter about this.ย  Now SONY-Ericcson + Java + Adobe are working together to improve this limitation ๐Ÿ™‚

This is SO interesting ๐Ÿ™‚ for all the potential applications in and through mobile phones. On the other hand, now other platforms such as MUPE will have to put its antenna up in order to improve several graphical limitations for the UI development.ย  ๐Ÿ™‚ Yes!

games updates from east

It has been long without posting, but soon I will write about my research. Meanwhile some updates (it is important to keep ourselves update on what is it happening in our world.ร‚

My personal opinion on this is a clear division of tactics in reaching the market between Nintendo and Sony. One is more focus in the game play while the other is in interested in the integration of high end video visual technology.Nevertheless making use the capitalism system advantages with a no monopoly, let’s see how these companies will improve themselves to convince the marketย  ๐Ÿ™‚

Also from a global capitalist perspective, but from another point of view, for those who are into game research or with interest of the topic I recommend the article from Larissa Hjorth from RMIT University / Yonsei University.ย  About “Games @ NeotRegionalism: Locating Gaming in the Asia Pacific” Good food for the though! .

From all these, even that excites me the news and I enjoy the topic, deep inside I wonder: when other areas of our globe will be able to put their own presence in digital gaming too?!ย  – I know there are a lot of socio-economical factors on this, but still, the wish is there.