With last week’s release of Sidewiki, there have been a quite a few discussions around whether it is a good or bad thing for blogs and sites in general. Whether it is the right way to go about implementing a global commenting system, etc, etc.
Whether it is or isn’t doesn’t really worry too much – my thoughts are around what can be done with the API.
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posted on the September 28th, 2009 No Comments »
I actually had to make a new article category to capture the coolness of this great new web application. It pretty much gets a tick in the box for each of the criteria on the “Super Cool WebApp” checklist (which admittedly I am only just formally noting down now).
So what is Thounds? Well read on…
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posted on the September 16th, 2009 No Comments »
OK. My head is about to explode – which isn’t that uncommon when you are as distractable as I am. The reason for my head about to explode this time is that I have now discovered a fourth web technologies based (html, css, javascript) framework for developing iPhone (and Android usually) applications. To be frank, I am struggling for time to do a “deep-dive” into each of these frameworks so would appreciate hearing some opinions about what to use.
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posted on the September 10th, 2009 15 Comments »
Man, Gist is good. It’s basically the tool you have been waiting for to help you get on top of noise that is social media.
I would say that noise is pretty much deafening, not deafening in the way that makes you want to lock yourself in a room (well sometimes maybe) – maybe noise is not the right word. It is more like the deafening you experience when you go to a concert or gig and everything else just seems to disappear. When you are busy networking, other goals and objectives can simply cease to be…
So how does Gist help?
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posted on the September 6th, 2009 2 Comments »
If you are anything like me you have been tempted by iPhone development on a number of occasions, but you don’t currently have the time or tools available to get started. Well now there is a great toolset available for web developers who would prefer to spend their time with web technologies like Google AppEngine and jQuery rather than the likes of Objective C.
Don’t get me wrong, there is a time and place for native iPhone (and other smartphone development) but in terms I strongly believe that jQTouch will enable a large majority of applications to be built using web tools, and provide that iPhone look and feel.
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posted on the September 1st, 2009 1 Comment »
