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I started putting together a Mobile Web FAQ with focus on design, development and resources, including answers to questions such as what is the Mobile Web, Widgets and Mobile Widgets, future and other. This FAQ should in theory complement Ajit's Mobile AJAX FAQ. See Mobile Web FAQ; the FAQ is a living document… ceo
Congratulations to my friend Thomas Landspurg and the rest of his team on the acquisition of Mobease by Webwag. Tom, their CTO, is a mobility expert, blogger, and mobile widget evangelist, visionary, and implementer; Tom is also the person behind J2MEMap, mobile games, and other. I share many of Tom's ideas, and I am … Read more
[Update: Fixed hyperlink to part 4, and added links to previous parts (thanks Anders!)] Part 4 of Using the PIM API for Java ME covers some design considerations when using the PIM API. Now it's time to explore design issues that will affect how your application is developed. Read this, then start your application design. … Read more
On his weblog, Gregg Sporar, one of the speakers at the March's Mobile Monday Austin, wrote about the event and posted some pictures. Stuart Marks, who also presented, also wrote about the event on his blog, and posted his slides. Thanks to Gregg and Stuart for presenting, and Albert for helping set up the event … Read more
Pictured above are, from left to right, Dwipal Desai of youtube.com, Carlo Longino of Techdirt / MobHappy, Michael Sippey, VP Prod at Six Apart Ltd, Daniel Appelquist, Sr Technology Strategist at Vodafone, and Bob Morgan, VP North America at Cognima/ShoZu. The panel discussed their views on the Mobile Web, what is it, challenges and expectations, … Read more
The Bluetooth 2.1 is incorporating NFC. This is a very interesting and smart approach. The core concept is the use of NFC during the “authenticate” pairing interactions, vs. the use of passcodes over Bluetooth itself… the result, a much better and faster usage experience. Very smart indeed. I love it. This is not about Bluetooth … Read more
Part 3 of Using the PIM API for Java ME, covers security considerations when using the PIM API. Will your application protect the user's address book, calendar and to-do list? In part 3 learn how PIM is designed to work in conjunction with the MIDP 2.0 security framework. ceo
Michael Yuan has a great post on Texas as the best place for software developers… where he summarizes salary data for the top 10 cities in the U.S. After adjusting for cost of living, the first 5 spots are all Texas, with Austin #2. “On average, software developers in Austin are paid $84,460 a year, … Read more
It was supposed to be a fun day at the park… but holding that gigantic rock from tipping over was hard work! At the end I had to let it go… ceo
John Backus, a pioneer in programming languages, passed away at the age of 82. He lead the creation of FORTRAN, both the language and its advanced compiler. Also, with Peter Naur, developed the Backus-Naur notation – a (still) very important notation used to describe the structure of programming languages. Great contributions he made to the … Read more