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. John Browne has 4.9M Quora answer views; 18K+ upvotes and 1,381 followers on Quora. He's also been published on Forbes and Huffington Post. John joined Mobilize.Net in 2012, were he 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. He retired in 2024 and couldn't be happier.
Recent Posts by John Browne:
by John Browne, on Oct 24, 2013, 3:06:00 PM
The folks over at VisionMobile have updated their Developer Economics survey with some interesting changes since last year in mobile application development trends and plans. Herewith are a few nuggets: …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Oct 8, 2013, 11:46:00 AM
I don't think there's any debate that software is about as complex as anything on the planet; since the dawn of the computer in the 1940s people as diverse as …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Sep 7, 2013, 3:01:00 AM
Looking over a portfolio of legacy applications, it might be relatively easy to identify the ones that clearly need to be modernized, but figuring out to what can be slightly …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Aug 7, 2013, 5:17:00 PM
As end of support/end of life for Windows XP looms ever closer, kind of like the asteroid in Armageddon, more and more people are trying to figure out what to …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Jul 31, 2013, 4:06:00 PM
OpenSignal just released a great rundown on Android fragmentation. Summary: bad and getting worse. This is a cool graphic (you can compare 2013 to 2012). I urge you to click …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Jul 24, 2013, 9:42:00 AM
As we said in our last blog post, Forrester's global IT spending forecast shows that PC sales are going flat and tablets (and smartphones) are growing. This just in: tomorrow …
Read Storyby John Browne, on May 9, 2013, 11:54:00 AM
The Rhyme of the Ancient Programmer (with heartfelt apologies to STC) It is an ancient Programmer, And he stoppeth one of three. ‘By thy long gray beard and bloodshot eye, …
Read Storyby John Browne, on May 3, 2013, 3:55:00 PM
Perhaps because Windows 8 is pre-installed on most new desktops and laptops we're seeing a bit more confusion about how to install the VB6 AI Migrator. So I thought I'd …
Read Storyby John Browne, on May 3, 2013, 6:00:00 AM
As it happens we talk to a LOT of people who want to modernize their legacy client/server apps. So we get a certain amount of unscientific survey data about what …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Apr 29, 2013, 1:43:00 PM
On August 24, 2013, I'll be celebrating a wedding and Windows XP will be wearing a party hat for its 12th birthday. Almost 40% of desktops are still running Windows …
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