The third language that I learnt to program in was a strange creature called Application Master. It was part of ICL’s 4GL system called Quickbuild.
This was something like 17 years ago, it was mainframe based and it had limitations of an 80×24 dumb terminal.
But what was striking about it, even now is just how fast […]
Sometimes, I have ideas for websites. Things for myself, and not for clients. Stuff where there might just be a limited market for them, but commitments and time just get the better of me. I don’t get worked up about it any more.
Anyhow, one of these ideas was to have a website for monitoring what’s […]
I’m surprised at how little attention has been paid to Opera Mini. I think it’s about the most innovative product of last year, a radical way of browsing on a phone.
Because as well as having a great browser, Opera Mini has another trick up its sleeve called a transcoder server.
What happens is that when […]
I’ve been having a look at the presentation about the Apple iPhone. I can’t get to see Steve Jobs’ keynote because of the traffic levels.
It’s brilliantly designed, and will sell out very fast in the USA.
However, there’s quite a lot of talk about it blowing other smartphones out of the water. Which ignores the fact […]
Fascinating subject, search. How to make search engines that give people the information they need, whilst removing what they don’t need, and avoiding people "gaming" them to get their answers to the top.
The original approach to search was with keywords. Search engines would examine a site for keywords and those with the most keywords would […]
There’s been quite some discussion around the decision by Microsoft to send out some very nice top-of-the-range Acer Ferrari laptops preloaded with Windows Vista to a number of high ranking bloggers.
I’ve had a little think on the subject, and I’ve decided that it doesn’t do any favours to accept such gifts. Even as "review products". […]
I was having a brief read of Ellee’s post about the Le Web 3 Conference, when I decided to see what was on the agenda.
There are talks about Web 2.0, Enterprise 2.0, Ecommerce 2.0, Education 2.0, Young Generations 2.0, Love and Fashion 2.0 and Mobility 2.0.
Next thing will probably be Venture Capitalist Flight 2.0.
Please. All […]
Who thought up the website "naming and shaming of non-payers" by the new CSA (CMEC)? Actually, I’ll rephrase that - who approved it?
This has to be one of the silliest ideas that I’ve heard for a long time. What are they thinking? That people will go to the CMEC website and spot people they know?
One […]
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