midrange.com - In My Humble Opinion

The folks at Mochasoft have come out with a new 5250 client for mobile devices ... this one for the iPhone.

There are two versions in the Apple iTunes Store ... a free 'Lite' version and the full version for $29.99.

For what it does, the $29.99 cost is not unreasonable ... although I haven't purchased the full version yet (not sure I'm going to, as I really don't have much need for it).

As with most good iPhone applications, the 5250 emulator works in both portrait & landscape mode ... sensing the orientation of the phone automatically.  In landscape mode it's quite usable for most basic operations.

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Ha!  I'll bet you thought this blog was dead.  Well, in the words of Miracle Max, only mostly dead.

I'm in the process of reading a new programming book (well, not new to some ... new to me).  I'll probably post a review in a week or so (yeah, right).

Anyways, it got me to thinking about some of the questions I've been asked in the past ... and I've noticed a trend.

Often the questions are completely lacking in context.

The question itself is fairly straight forward and simple ... "How do I do so and so?"  And the answer is quite often just as simple ... "Oh, that's easy, just do this, that, and the other thing."

The thing that is unsaid, however, is the CONTEXT of the question.  After I answer such a question, I get to thinking ... WHY did I just get asked that question?

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