Nearest Bus, my latest iPhone app, is out.
My latest iPhone app is now available in the AppStore: Nearest Bus: Nearest Bus is a simple application to answer one question: Where is my nearest bus? Nearest Bus uses the TfL Countdown prediction service to show you when the next bus is coming at the stops near you, so you know when to run for the stop, or when to think …
Read MoreApple Pundit’s R US: “the next iPhones” edition.
Righto, everyone else is doing it… so why not * Mac Rumours: One. Two. Three. Cult of Mac: One. All things D. So, being I have an ar*ehole like everyone else (and opinions are like ar*eholes), here’s my take. All this is sourced from sources close to a situation. ie, my Google Reader account and Twitter, so it can’t be …
Read More“C#, it’s just not portable!”
This announcement from Sony today looks interesting Furthermore, Sony’s expecting new games and apps to be available for the PlayStation Suite in spring, which means willing C# developers will be busy over the next few months should they wish to deploy their software across certified devices — these currently include the PS Vita, Xperia Play,Tablet S and the upcoming Tablet P. If it works …
Read MoreVery quick thoughts on Windows 8
Here’s my thoughts, in quick bullet point format: It will be huge. It’s Windows, FFS. Windows 7 is brilliant, on the desktop, and MS was so badly burnt with Vista, they will not let it go backwards, so I’d expect Windows 8 to be ask good on the desktop as Windows 7, with tablet stuff added on. The tablets will …
Read MoreTFL release a proper data feed for the Barclays Cycle Hire program
… with proper updated data (well, 3-5 mins out of date, vrs up to 20 or so for the current ones). London Bike App uses this feed now. The current version still works out docks free / bikes free based on the old method, but the latest version (4.0) properly takes broken docks and broken bikes into account. From the …
Read MoreiPad 2 – this time it’s WAR!
Nearly 12 months ago, I looked at the original iPad and came to the conclusion that it really wasn’t the computer for me. Since then – in November just before we went to NZ – I bought one with the intent on using it in NZ for tech books and reading, but I just couldn’t bring myself to like it …
Read MoreIndustry vocabulary, or how to get wound up over nothing
“We steal all our vocabulary because our industry is new” – Marco Arment, Webstock, about 31:40 into the video. A friend found this in the BBC Tech section yesterday, and one paragraph stuck out like a red rag to a bull: “User experience designers are the digital equivalent of architects,” says Andy Budd, the managing director of web agency Clearleft, …
Read MoreScaling and Rotating an image in MonoTouch
I’ve been messing with this code for a couple of days, and finally got it working over the weekend. The problem was, when using an image taken on the iPhone, the image is stored the same way each time (landscape, I think), but with the rotation stored in the EXIF data. If you want a proper JPEG – or even …
Read MoreTrip Wallet, our latest iPhone app, is out!
Apple’s approval people are on a roll! 6 days from submission to in the AppStore is quite good, in addition to the 3 day update for mobileAgent the other day…. So, Trip Wallet is out. What is it? It’s a small app for recording how much you are spending when you are on holiday (or any time, really – it’s …
Read More2 tips for being a bit more secure online: a New Years Resolution of sorts
Normally, I don’t do New Years Resolutions. I’ve tried a few times, and once I made it past Jan 15th. Just once. So here’s an easy and useful one that anyone can – and should – use. Don’t use just one password for sites on the ‘net. Actually, I’ll extend that to “Don’t use a few simple passwords for all your …
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