John started programming computers in the 1970s when you had to use punch cards and wait until tomorrow to get your compile finished. In the ensuing years, he moved from mainframes to PCs and was an early employee at Microsoft, working on multiple products include Visual C++ and Excel. Since joining Mobilize.Net in 2012, he's been focused on helping customers understand their options to modernize legacy software. John and his wife live on a hobby farm near Seattle, WA with three chickens and two Border Collies.
Recent Posts by John Browne:
by John Browne, on Mar 4, 2013 4:07:00 AM
Microsoft is a late entry into the tablet market (that is tablets as defined by the iPad, not by the original Tablet PC). Windows 8 was clearly designed to be …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Feb 26, 2013 4:00:00 AM
Now that Microsoft is on the scene so to speak I think you will see a big push to get developers to write apps for the Windows store. Admittedly the …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Feb 22, 2013 9:26:00 AM
I was looking for something and this popped up: an interview Playboy did with Bill Gates in 1994. Since I was still at Microsoft in '94 I read it (again) …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Feb 7, 2013 2:10:00 PM
So you've got a Visual Basic application that's as old and creaky as Grandpa's Buick and it's time to modernize it? Awesome! It's going to be great to have that …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Jan 29, 2013 10:10:00 AM
Recently came across some interesting data that, rolled together, shows how some mobile application development trends are shaping up. A few factoids with spin: Smartphones are big in the US …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Jan 22, 2013 6:00:00 AM
Interesting article in the Inquirer (no, not the one with such accurate pictures of aliens) hinting that perhaps the larger 10" screen of the original iPad is quickly losing favor …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Jan 21, 2013 9:22:00 AM
In case you missed this while preparing for the Mayan end of the world on Dec. 21, 2012, the W3C announced that the specifications for HTML5 are complete. This is, …
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