Jeff Cogswell

The picture on the emulator Web site certainly looks intriguing. That was my first impression of Android, Google’s new operating system for handheld devices. The image I saw reminded me of Windows Vista, with a clock gadget and some folder icons on it. To give Android a test run, I installed the emulator on my […]

During the past two decades, I’ve worked with some really great programmers and software developers. And, unfortunately, I’ve worked with more than a few who probably should have chosen a different field. But the vast majority of the programmers fell somewhere in the middle. They were good. Not amazing, but definitely not bad either. For […]

When JavaScript was first invented, I don’t think anybody imagined just what we would be doing with it today. In fact, a lot of people today might not realize how much it’s being used behind the scenes of all the modern Web 2.0 applications. Right now, JavaScript is virtually the only language that can be […]

In the pages that follow, I give a rundown of the new Chrome browser from Google from a technical perspective. I’m not giving every detail of the nuts and bolts of Chrome, nor am I giving an overview of the cool new features. Rather, this is an overview of some of the interesting technical aspects […]

Lately there’s been a lot of talk about privacy and safety concerns regarding online health information. This morning I read an article on CNN’s Web site where the author was shocked to find her personal, private health information “on the Internet” (as she phrased it).The problem I have with this phrasing is it’s not exactly […]