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Steve Guengerich has been putting together a very nice idea, mapping the Austin mobile scene; excellent! Steve is managing director of BroadBrush Ventures and a member of the founding management team of Appconomy. I met Steve the other day for the first time even though we both have been in Austin for a long time. … Read more
View high-res (3.8MB) (Facebook) Created by Paul Butler, an intern on Facebook’s data infrastructure engineering team, he writes: “Visualizing data is like photography. Instead of starting with a blank canvas, you manipulate the lens used to present the data from a certain angle.” I really like the way the above was articulated. And what a … Read more
Check out Tomi’s latest book, the Insider’s Guide to Mobile, Free Edition. ceo
As a (mobile) SW developer and technologist, the state of the US Patent Office and its process has been and is a concern. In the past I’ve been vocal about this: As (mobile) technologists we must be aware of and recognize the potential for harm when obvious/weak-patents are granted by the Patent Office. We should … Read more
Write Facebook apps for the Android platform with the Facebook Android SDK… You can incorporate Facebook functionality into your own applications. From the mobile perspective, the Facebook Platform supports APIs for mobile web applications, and mobile SDKs for native mobile applications for the iPhone, iPad, and Android platforms. In this article, explore the Facebook Platform … Read more
“The ability to store data locally on the mobile device is a critical function for mobile applications that are required to maintain essential information across application-executions or the lifetime of the application. As a developer, you constantly need to store information such as user preferences or application configurations. You must also decide if you need … Read more
Folks, after a quiet, busy time, we finally have an Android Dev Austin scheduled for Dec 7, 2010; mark your calendars. >> PLEASE RSVP for headcount at http://androiddevaustin.com
One of the most beautiful things that I hope to see in person before die are the Flowing Auroras. The video below captures this beautiful phenomenon. Flowing Auroras Over Tromsø, Norway Aurora Borealis timelapse HD – Tromsø 2010 from Tor Even Mathisen on Vimeo. (Image Credit & Copyright: Tor Even Mathisen; Music: Per Wollen; Vocals: … Read more
We had a wonderful showcase at the Texas Wireless Summit 2010, with 12 companies participating: Callvine edioma Famigo Games GameSalad GetYa Learn On Hurricane Party MapMyFitness MediaSourcery QRANK SocialMuse SocialSmack TabbedOut Great interactions and demos all across… The companies were judged based on application originality, creativity and innovation as well as business model, validity and … Read more
Michael Mace wrote an *excellent* piece titled Is Symbian dead? And if so, who killed it?. A must read for anyone in mobile. [Update Nov 26, 2010] Symbian Foundation web sites to shut down. His writeup has great background info that brings lots of memories; EPOC and Psion (circa 2000), the Symbian conferences in the … Read more