Archive for February, 2008
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
Bruce Eckel - vector of change
When I first started learning java I downloaded Bruce Eckel’s free thinking in java book
Although you may the pdf version easier to view
He has the ability to explain things simply and keep things interesting. It amazed me that the book was free.
‘Often, the most difficult part of developing an elegant and cheap-to-maintain design […]
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Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
Working with Christian Lindholm - Mobile usability guru
I got to work with Christian Lindholm while he was still at Yahoo! on the mobile site for fifa 2006. I feel guilty that I have never read his book.
He is the inventor of the Navi-key interface and spent 10 years at nokia working on the mobile user interfaces.
There where 3 things I noticed […]
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Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
Meeting Tim O’ Reilly
When I was in the US I got to meet Tim O’ Reilly - I went up to him and said “Hi, I really enjoyed your talk. I though I would come up and shake your hand so that when I am back in a pub in London I can say I met you”. There […]
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Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
Mobile patterns - Weeny window, Click pain, Server time over User time
Here are some patterns I came up with about 4 years ago related to mobile app design
Weeny window - Mobile phones have a very small window to display a world of data. Its like looking at the world though a 4cm x 5cm slot. Hence the data should be only the most relevant […]
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Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
Ikea genius invention
Ikea have created a new way of transporting small childen
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Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
What if Microsoft aquired Yahoo!?
“If the deal comes to fruition, the takeover would be one of the largest corporate takeovers in American corporate history, and likely the largest ever in the Tech sector.”
But how will they plot it on this g-y-m tool?
[Disclaimer: Though I work at Yahoo, I have absolutely no insider knowledge related to […]
