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Host names and Beer…

We have now put our mobile Good Pub Guide into beta testing. If you want to try it then text the word GOODPUB to 87080 which will take you to the download site where you can obtain the java application for your phone. During beta testing it is free to use apart from your data [...]

October 20, 2007 В· The Abingdon Drinker В· No Comments
Posted in: Software Development, mobile

Dreaming In Code

I have just finished reading Dreaming in Code by Scott Rosenberg. It follows the progress of the first few years of the development of an Open Source project called Chandler. The project which was intended to take one year was just beginning to get its first features usable after about 3 years, and the project [...]

May 7, 2007 В· The Abingdon Drinker В· 3 Comments
Posted in: Book Reviews, Software Development

So simple a child can program it

There was a discussion panel session entitled So simple a child can program it, on a mobile phone at ACCU 2007. We had a similar side discussion at a meeting of the Oxtremists and there was an article at O’Reilly called Where’s the 8 bit revolution for my kids? This is a few notes about [...]

April 20, 2007 В· The Abingdon Drinker В· No Comments
Posted in: Software Development