The Right Tools for the Job
Sheffield company Technophobia has two important mantras it keeps in mind when developing applications:Â
1. Use the right tool for the job, andÂ
2. YAGNI (You ain’t gonna need it)Â
These mantras were key for them when working to create a map based community website (I could tell you who it was for, but then I’d have to [...]
IP addresses depleted – but Get a Bird’s Eye view, and do the Twitter bug
Bing Maps Enhanced Bird’s Eye Goes International with 194,000 square kilometres of imagery and doesn’t limit the user’s perspective, so you can explore a location from all 4 cardinal points. ‘Scuse me while I check to see if my town’s on there…
Internet approaches addressing limit – Legacy from the 70’s (or is that me…?) means [...]
‘Realities’ – Blurring the Boundaries at The Fantastic Tavern
OK, so I’ve always had a vivid imagination and love virtual reality, 3D and the more recent Augmented Reality as they blur the lines between what’s ‘real’ and what isn’t. So when I was invited to join The Fantastic Tavern for an evening on ‘Realities’, nothing short of an ‘act of God’ was going [...]
