David J. Hinson's Logorrhea
Looking for the Shut-Off Valve for the Past Twenty-Five Years


Blackberry ? An Honest Assessment
I’ve been heads down on a Blackberry assignment, that is thankfully coming to a close in the next few days. I’m a pretty fair minded person.  And I am totally platform agnostic. Hands down, Blackbe...

Simple List UI using the Blackberry SDK
You want to develop complex lists on the Blackberry? By far, the easiest way to do this is to use the ObjectListField. Here is an ObjectListField that displays a graphic and a text message: import...

Right Place, Right Time
Sometimes, you get lucky. My son and I trudged through a couple of feet of snow – literally – last Friday to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.  We practically had the Mall to ourselves – gov...

Write Once, Run Anywhere? The Fourth Promise?
I’ll pay you tomorrow, the checks’ in the mail… something something… and Java is write once, run anywhere. Just like Cobol. I’m in the process of writing my second Java library for the same online ...

In Which I Detail The Differences Between the Android and iPhone SDKs?
I’ve had the pleasure of working on two side-by-side streams of development for the same app on two different platforms since January 1 – the new TweetPhoto applications for the iPhone and for the ...