Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

App discoverability on the web – just Google it!

Posted 03 Jun 2010 — by Dale
Category Mobile, Technology

I was having a conversation recently with a colleague around the improvements in Android around mobile to desktop syncing, and where things with Google search could trend with regards to apps. Well, it has begun! Rolling out from the US and then around the world, users of Google on their Android or iPhone devices will be able to find apps in search results that are indexing the Android Marketplace and Apple App Store.

This makes total sense as a mechanism for making apps more discoverable through existing channels for information discovery using the web, and I expect that it’ll have a significant impact on how apps are marketed as well. Check out the Google Mobile Blog for full details.

Quadrocopter flies from sci-fi to reality

Posted 29 May 2010 — by Dale
Category Technology

So many cool things about this video, but as many people have said, there’s also something a little scary about it too! Anyway … watch and  … wow.

Shredding the iPad

Posted 05 May 2010 — by Dale
Category Technology

So many uses for this thing that didn’t immediately come to mind … some people will find any way possible to fit this device into their lives!

So as I used to say when I was 13 – skate or die!

webDU is here!

Posted 05 May 2010 — by Dale
Category Events, Technology

It’s that time of year again, where web and digital designers, developers and business-types descend on Sydney for the annual webDU conference! I’ve posted about it many times before but now that it’s here, I wanted to point out some of the highlights I’m looking forward to over the next 2-3 days.

  1. Seeing the “two Mikes” – Mike Chambers (Adobe) and Mike Downey (Microsoft) – back presenting at the sane conference again, although this time they’re speaking for different teams!). Mike D has a interesting session on game development on Friday afternoon
  2. Catching up with many good friends from the industry, both from locally and overseas
  3. Delivering my first webDU session in 6 years that’s NOT specifically about Flash!
  4. Seeing if Greg Rewis has mellowed out at all after getting married :)
  5. Seeing some Android action
  6. The conference party, the after conference party, and the speaker party

For those of you going, I’ll see you all at Bondi Beach in the morning!

Anti-iPad goes deeper than Flash

Posted 05 Apr 2010 — by Dale
Category Technology

Some posts I found interesting to read this morning, and neither of them got close to talking about what the iPad does or doesn’t run in the browser (well, not in words anyway – there’s a philosophical cross-over in there).