The question “What is your greatest weakness?” is a job interview trope.
I don’t know my greatest weakness. I don’t know my greatest strength. I haven’t given thought to either superlative.
Whatever is my greatest weakness today, probably won’t be for long. I make mistakes. I have regrets. But I’m continually improving. Mistakes and failings are learning opportunities. I am better prepared the second time I encounter a given issue or situation.
Part of the territory of being a software engineer is to always be learning, adapting, and problem solving. In that mutual endeavor we should be generous. We should stand on the shoulders of others and be a shoulder for others to stand on.
Back on March 2nd I wrote the following on Twitter:
If no available wifi but #VZW #iPhone4 with personal hotspot and #iPad2 connected to hotspot, will #FaceTime work on the iPad?
In longer words than 140 characters allow, if you find yourself somewhere where there is no available WiFi but you have a Verizon iPhone 4 with Personal HotSpot enabled and you have an iPad 2 connected to the Personal HotSpot, then, even though you can't use FaceTime on the iPhone, will FaceTime work on the iPad?
The answer is yes.
Solved this problem for my wife: BlackBerry Desktop Software for Mac OS X does not support CalDav MobileMe calendars. She no longer uses a BlackBerry.
Me? I’m planning on resolving this issue for myself by dumping my BlackBerry in the late June/early July time frame.
BlackBerry Support has only been able to tell me that they don’t know when or if CalDav MobileMe calendars will be supported, but keep checking for updates. Great.
I’ll give the Support people the benefit of the doubt on this issue and assume they truly know nothing. But my guess, and this is truly complete speculation, is that BlackBerry will never support CalDav MobileMe calendars. RIM is busy circling the wagons in the corporate enterprise market which is Windows-centric. An issue for individual consumers on a non-Windows OS just isn’t going to get funded.