Darren Barefoot and Vancouver-based Nitobi posted a survey recently asking developers about their choices of development platforms. While there wasn’t an overwhelming platform of choice, open-source tools ruled the day:
The interesting aspect is that there’s no one dominant language or platform. What does dominate the survey is open source, which comprises 80% of the platform […]
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ThoughtFarmer has been cranking out the news lately, this one caught my attention since I helped build, rebuild, and throw my hands up in frustration several Intranets in the past:
Recently, IDEO embarked on a new project to empower their internal communities to create and manage their own online collaborative spaces. With more than 500 employees […]
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ThoughtFarmer has been on my radar since Office 2.0 last summer. I haven’t been a huge fan of wikis, but the ThoughtFarmer system isn’t really a wiki. It is, well, a sophisticated, easy-to-use Intranet system.
This week ThoughtFarmer has released v 2.5 of their Intranet system, which focuses on using drag-n-drop for user control giving you […]
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If you’re around Vancouver (which would probably include Victoria) and have a new web app to demo (Facebook, web 2.0, etc), put April 15 on your calendar as your day to show it off.
Gerald has put out the call for lightning talks for the upcoming VanAjax geektogether:
DateTuesday, April 15, 2008
Time2:15pm - 5:45pm
LocationVancouver Convention & Exhibition […]
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WordPress is the bloggers platform of choice and with its array of plugins it can do nearly anything. The WordPress Multiuser plugin BuddyPress let you turn a standard WPMU install into a powerful roll-your-own social network, now this plugin has been pulled into Automattic.
What I didn’t realize (doh!) was that BuddyPress was developed by […]
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If all goes according to the (by the seat of my pants) plan I’ll be attending my first SXSWi this week. I’m going to be doing double duty there covering it for b5media (therefore blogging here) and for Intruders Canada (Intruders is sending me there).
I’ll be a little busy I’m guessing, but I think we […]
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Dabble DB continues to help their users use Dabble DB better with all their applications. Today’s tip/tutorial is–Checking the right boxes–more on getting your UI just right in your application.
Might be simple, but if your users can’t use the application–then everyone’s time has been wasted.
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While I’ve been catching up this week Strutta came out of stealth and Techvibes got the first post/scoop on this new online video-based game:
Strutta is an arena, a platform for video competitions, called “games”. A game is created with a theme, such as “Best George W. Bush Impression” or “Best Surprise Wedding Dance”. Users can […]
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It’s a simple thing, but user interface is so important and when developers care about that it makes a huge difference for users. The folks at Dabble DB have a post on their blog about combo boxes that is a good read. Why? Because it shows, to me at least, that they are thinking about […]
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Rob was commenting on Techvibes about the raft of game companies in Vangroovy:
As a non-gamer, it’s hard to really appreciate how large the industry is. I’ve put together a list of BC’s game studios - both developers and publishers - and I’m asking our readers for feedback. How many staff do these studios employ? Who’s […]
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