Picking a Platform
Posted by: Owen on Monday, 31st Mar, 2008
Great post on ReadWriteWeb about 5 issues to keep in mind when choosing a web development platform. Regardless of what sort of platform you’re after, these ideas translate well to other technologies also. Here are the things to watch out for:
Reach of the platform - the broader the target market, the more effective the platform [...]
I hope that’s just a codename
Posted by: Owen on Monday, 29th Oct, 2007
Just read on TechCruch that Google is preparing to rev up it’s social networking offering by preparing an API for developers to expand on Orkut, iGoogle and other applications of theirs. This will enable them to compete directly with FaceBook on an equal front. The codename of this project: Maka Maka. Sounds like something right [...]
FaceBook gets a taste of it’s own medicine
Posted by: Owen on Friday, 3rd Aug, 2007
It’s been interesting to watch the growth of FaceBook and the rise of applications that get hosted within it’s “domain”. However, the one thing that has risen to the surface is how FaceBook is perfectly happy to integrate other people’s data into their space, but not that happy to share the data it holds about [...]
Apple in the news
Posted by: Owen on Tuesday, 12th Jun, 2007
Quite a lot of Apple news in the media today.
Apple has released a brand new version of their Safari browser, and it only took 2 hours for someone to hack an exploit out for it. There are some good reviews around as to what makes the software so compelling, but you might want to wait [...]
