Habitual Thinking, An Obstacle
Being a part of the RIA community, I sometimes wonder whether we tend to forget the basics of usability while concentrating on the rich user experience. Here, I thank Jono for reawakening once again that thought with a nice example. (I apologize for not knowing his last name.)
Take a paper and draw a triangle and a quadrilateral. Now.
How many of you have drawn an equilateral or an isosceles triangle, and a square or a rectangle? I used to during most of my school days, and often misproved something because of such assumptions and the ease of constructions that they […] Continue Reading…
Rounding Up Last Week
<head> conference closed the tag this Sunday with a </head>. There was so much to take in, it might be too early to start waiting for the next round. Mark Grossnickle of ickydime has a day by day review. And thank you for the show, Aral.
Google Earth is now officially on iPhones and iPod Touches (or is that iPods Touch?). It is available in 18 languages and 22 countries in the iTunes App Store.
Google now has another example it can follow to understand betas. SlideRocket, that rich app for rich presentations, has apparently removed its beta tag within one […] Continue Reading…
Cloud is getting Gloomy
When I said Cloud Gets more Cloudy with YAP I didn’t know what’s coming next. I know now.
Microsoft just announced at PDC the Windows Azure, the Microsoft cloud platform. Here is what Microsoft says:
“Windows® Azure is a cloud services operating system that serves as the development, service hosting and service management environment for the Azure Services Platform. Windows Azure provides developers with on-demand compute and storage to host, scale, and manage Web applications on the Internet through Microsoft® data centers.
To build these applications and services, developers can use their existing Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008 expertise. In addition, Windows Azure […] Continue Reading…
Cloud Gets more Cloudy with YAP
I bet 2009 will be a fruitful Cloud year. We’ve got Amazon EC2, Google App Engine, etc and now Yahoo Application Platform, the YAP. Here is what Yahoo says: The Yahoo! Applications Platform (YAP) is the software and services that enable developers to build web applications that are available throughout Yahoo! The Yahoo! Applications Platform has the following components: Development environment - A browser-based tool that enables software developers to quickly create, preview, and publish web applications. APIs and web services - Programmatic access to OpenSocial functionality and popular Yahoo! web services. Distribution and discovery […] Continue Reading…
All in one File Format Converter
Normally I don’t talk about offline desktop applications unless it’s something coming from online such as Adobe AIR application. But this one is just too good to hold from you.
Yes, the all in one file format converter, FormatFactory. And of cause, it’s free. It covers all the media file types I can think of or I know plus the types I don’t know at all. Over time I have accumulated a good collection of media related software and be very proud of I always have something in my bag of trade when needed. Man! this one replaces a long […] Continue Reading…
Cloud is in Business, Business with SLA and no Beta
Amazon has announcement today that Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is now Generally Available and includes a Service Level Agreement (SLA). I would take this as general reminder to all the web players, especially the Web 2.0 crowd, that a beta version does has a limit life span. Beta has a end. Google, are you listening? This announcement makes those immortal beta seems very childish and is afraid of responsibilities. Yes, even Google need grow up. Anyway, here is what Amazon says: Amazon EC2 has entered General Availability (GA), after just over two years of operation […] Continue Reading…
May Simplicity the Richness of RIA
I came across this amazing video that tells how complexity that be taken for granted can be as simple as it shows. It stroke me that the same concept applies to RIA design as well. I’ve seem many efforts of RIA developments and designs emphasized on the first letter, R the Richness. However, the richness on UI doesn’t mean to be complicate. Many times the rich experience of using a web application comes from simplicity. Just watch this video. You might have the same zen moment as I did.
Unexplained Phenomenon - Simplest Electric Motor - The most amazing home […] Continue Reading…
Quick Reminder About Head Conference
The web conference is to start in a few hours. The local conference hub registration is still open for the London hub according to Aral’s blog. I’m not sure about the remaining hubs in Brighton (UK), Manchester (UK), Fribourg (Switzerland), and San Francisco (USA), but at least the official website hasn’t changed the announcement that sign-ups are underway. Try your luck now before someone else does. The early-bird discounts are over, and the ticket now costs $149.
Those who have no chance of attending the conference in person due to geographical or temporal or any other reasons can teleport to […] Continue Reading…
GeoWeb in Cloud
Mansure Raad had a very interesting post on how to create a Flex geoweb application using the Amazon S3 (the cloud). Several interesting tools he used:
ESRI ArcGIS API for Flex - will be released to public soon
Amazon S3 - If you don’t know what it is, shame on you. Heading here to regain your dignity.
S3Fox - a Firfox extension for moving files to S3
What Mansure did was to move the map tiles into S3 and redirect the Flex application to retrieve the tiles from there.
This is a simple demo but it opens a big door for many possibilities. Just […] Continue Reading…
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