Monday, May 13, 2013

Surface and GPS, Pain level 5

Incredibly, neither the Surface Pro nor Surface RT include a GPS.   Somehow almost every $300 7” and 10” Android tablets can include this feature, but it wasn’t deemed critical to include in a Surface.  DOH!

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Monthly Developer Registration, Pain level 7

I recently took the Victoria Clipper from Seattle to Victoria, planning to use my laptop en-route to do some work during the 3 hour crossing.  A few minutes into the trip, I’m confronted with the monthly dialog to “renew” my development license.

This monthly annoyance suddenly became a major pain since I can’t do any more development until I get an internet connection.   Why exactly?  At the very least, why not a few days grace period.  Good job annoying your developers!