Yesterday Apple started removing apps from its App store if they contain “overtly sexual content”, it has since been said that Apple will actually remove apps for content such as swim suits or ice skating tights. Developers of such applications received no notice of the upcoming change in policy, they were just notified that their [...]
Using YQL to build a web app in a few hours
A couple of years ago I thought about building an ultra-simple site for browsing music videos with ease. The idea being that users may enjoy exploring artist’s back catalogues, viewing not just a band’s biggest hits, but also their lesser known tracks.
The only functions I deemed necessary for an alpha release were artist search, artist [...]
10 brilliant educational audio files for programmers and techies
Too lazy to read this article? Here are the main links:
Video podcast – TEDTalks
Podcast – StackOverflow
Podcast – Hanselminutes
Podcast – BoagWorld
Podcast – Carsonified Events
iTunes U – MIT Introduction to Algorithms
Stanford – Future of the Internet
Audiobooks – Steven Hawking
Audiobook – Getting Things Done – David Allen
Audiobook – How to win friends and influence people – Dale Carnegie
My [...]
HTML 5 – A video introduction
Today I found a great video from Brad Neuberg that goes some way to explaining why HTML 5 is important and how it is the next step in the development of the web.
Brad is a Google engineer and was one of the main developers for the Dojo JavaScript framework.
Why use web standards?
Web standards are the rules which dictate how the ‘code’ behind web pages should be written. They specify how the html tags should be ordered and which can nest within each other to ensure that the code is set out in a logical way.
However, web pages do not have to follow these rules to be [...]
Augmented Reality
The augmented reality Twitter client, TwittARound makes fantastic use of the compass capability inside the new iPhone 3GS. The application shows the user which direction and how far away their friends are and where their twitter mesages are originating from.
Initially I presumed the compass was added purely for in-car GPS applications. However I now see [...]