Hi Guys,
I just wanted to give out a link to a little mobile website I developed some months ago about retrieving events from 2 big event websites, zvents and upcoming yahoo. I also added eventful, but so far, there policy didn't allow me to retrieve their data for free(till a workable amount), so I just disabled it.
Have a look at http://flyev.com and tell me what you think.
I also had an attempt for the same functionality with Cascada Mobile a framework to develop java applications for several mobile phone models at once. Check here, the app is configurable to define a period of time for search, sorting, searching by venue, etc.
If by any chance you want to drop me a line about the website or the app, you can do it here or on this forum.
My attempt was to create a nice events search engine for mobile users, in a web and java version. After some development and discussions I realized that it would not be viable since I was getting the data on top of websites which, for most of them, ask for fees too high for my little salary.. So I kind of leaved the project on the side, but today I thought "What the hell, at least talk about it!", and here I am.
Now with the Semantic Web coming, there are some further capabilities, and I may think about working on it again, but this technology again, means going on top of websites giving a payable service for an amount of data used.. so in the end, I have to think money before technologie! What a shame..
Sunday, 15 March 2009
Sunday, 1 March 2009
TaskFreak, a simple and efficient Task Managment solution
Hello,
Since the beginning of the month, I am working in a lovely company named rom.fr, where I develop/integrate solutions for our customers but also investigate for cutting-edge and open source technologies.
One of the needs of our company is to enhance the task managment in the different departments.
We need:
- Simple and easy interface that can be managed in minutes from the commercials to the developers.
- Assign tickets by projects
- Handle time spend on the tasks
- Multi users
Over the web there are numerous solutions but my preference always goes to open source systems which give more freedom to customize the solution for our specific needs.
In the open source field there are really a lot of solutions which are worth looking to, but I selected 3 of them:
- Task Coach : It consists of a simple software to install on your computer, and look pretty good. The 3 main advantages in my opinion is that it works on most OS, it can be synchronized with calendar systems on Internet as ScheduleWorld, and finally can be installed on a removable disk (Like USB key).
- OneOrZero : Multi-users (Web based), it also contains a knowledge base system. I believe it can address most of companies needs, but the interface isn't as easy to manage as it should be (Task list needs to be veeeeery simple, cause it's a simple thing which doesn't need to get complicated).
Good system but may be too big?
- Task Freak : Ultra simple interface, enhanced by ajax allowing a great and fast interaction. Because it is a web based system, it makes very easy to follow tasks per user. Furthermore, there are many plugins to add key functionalities as time spent on tasks, or files attachment.
For our needs, I think Task Freak is the most suitable, sincerely check the interface, it's so simple and efficient!
But I will keep an eye on OneOrZero which can be a possible solution for more complexe needs.
I will give updates on this blog on how TaskFreak use goes within the company
Some more Open Source Task Managment systems:
Best Regards,
Clem
Since the beginning of the month, I am working in a lovely company named rom.fr, where I develop/integrate solutions for our customers but also investigate for cutting-edge and open source technologies.
One of the needs of our company is to enhance the task managment in the different departments.
We need:
- Simple and easy interface that can be managed in minutes from the commercials to the developers.
- Assign tickets by projects
- Handle time spend on the tasks
- Multi users
Over the web there are numerous solutions but my preference always goes to open source systems which give more freedom to customize the solution for our specific needs.
In the open source field there are really a lot of solutions which are worth looking to, but I selected 3 of them:
- Task Coach : It consists of a simple software to install on your computer, and look pretty good. The 3 main advantages in my opinion is that it works on most OS, it can be synchronized with calendar systems on Internet as ScheduleWorld, and finally can be installed on a removable disk (Like USB key).
- OneOrZero : Multi-users (Web based), it also contains a knowledge base system. I believe it can address most of companies needs, but the interface isn't as easy to manage as it should be (Task list needs to be veeeeery simple, cause it's a simple thing which doesn't need to get complicated).
Good system but may be too big?
- Task Freak : Ultra simple interface, enhanced by ajax allowing a great and fast interaction. Because it is a web based system, it makes very easy to follow tasks per user. Furthermore, there are many plugins to add key functionalities as time spent on tasks, or files attachment.
For our needs, I think Task Freak is the most suitable, sincerely check the interface, it's so simple and efficient!
But I will keep an eye on OneOrZero which can be a possible solution for more complexe needs.
I will give updates on this blog on how TaskFreak use goes within the company
Some more Open Source Task Managment systems:
Best Regards,
Clem
Monday, 12 May 2008
Soon a mobile standardisation?
Hi guys,
yesterday I gived my point of view on the evolution of the mobile market concerning internet, and today, I realize that I was wrong and not up to date!!
As far as I can say, a solution to make the web experience identical through different devices is on the way..
Some resources on the subject:
iPhone policy - Interesting post with a lot of reactions
But then
Adobe moves to work on iPhone
Best of all
Flash Lit 3.1 can play on flash player 9
All of those news are great, especially to think that flash lite content will be playable from a computer browser.
The drawback for developers is that they need to code in action script 2.. But I believe this is only a temporary solution, to please most of the consumers, but they already are preparing the next step to get flash player 9 working on mobiles.
So far, Opera mobile new version will support flash lite 3, Symbian will also support it, Mozilla mobile should have a plugin as well and iPhone may get it.. There is no reason at this point that linux OS for mobiles doesn't get it.
Flash lite 3.1 will be compatible with Flash 9, meaning that if the statment above get confirmed, we could get finally a web version compatible with computer and phones!
I also think that navigation through mobile phones will standardise through the zoom in zoom out technique since the biggest players in the game are going this way..
Only good news, if confirmed ;)
Other interesting links:
http://wapreview.com/blog/?p=486
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashlite/version/
http://jessewarden.com/2008/02/mobile-flash-player-9-vs-flash-lite-3.html
http://www.beet.tv/2008/03/finally-flash-v.html
http://jajahdevblog.com/guy/2008/03/30/ria-on-the-mobile-phones-and-small-devices/
yesterday I gived my point of view on the evolution of the mobile market concerning internet, and today, I realize that I was wrong and not up to date!!
As far as I can say, a solution to make the web experience identical through different devices is on the way..
Some resources on the subject:
iPhone policy - Interesting post with a lot of reactions
But then
Adobe moves to work on iPhone
Best of all
Flash Lit 3.1 can play on flash player 9
All of those news are great, especially to think that flash lite content will be playable from a computer browser.
The drawback for developers is that they need to code in action script 2.. But I believe this is only a temporary solution, to please most of the consumers, but they already are preparing the next step to get flash player 9 working on mobiles.
So far, Opera mobile new version will support flash lite 3, Symbian will also support it, Mozilla mobile should have a plugin as well and iPhone may get it.. There is no reason at this point that linux OS for mobiles doesn't get it.
Flash lite 3.1 will be compatible with Flash 9, meaning that if the statment above get confirmed, we could get finally a web version compatible with computer and phones!
I also think that navigation through mobile phones will standardise through the zoom in zoom out technique since the biggest players in the game are going this way..
Only good news, if confirmed ;)
Other interesting links:
http://wapreview.com/blog/?p=486
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashlite/version/
http://jessewarden.com/2008/02/mobile-flash-player-9-vs-flash-lite-3.html
http://www.beet.tv/2008/03/finally-flash-v.html
http://jajahdevblog.com/guy/2008/03/30/ria-on-the-mobile-phones-and-small-devices/
Sunday, 11 May 2008
Time to share thoughts about mobile browsers
Hello World!
My name is Clement, Clem to be short, I have been working in computing for a couple of years now, especially getting involved in open source communities, so many great projects created by open communities!! What a nice concept..
My real passion in this field are the cutting edge technologies(especially web technologies), or in other word, the coming standards .
I am far from being a guru but I am creating today this blog to share point of views and discuss about some subjects I enjoy.
So let's get going!
How mobile experience of the web will evolve?
Let's establish some concepts:
The web is amazing by the diversity of content you can find, but it also give people many ways to interact with each others in rich interfaces.
Mobile market is in perpetual expension, and more and more, internet access get easier through the actual mobile operators.
My point of view is that we are in a transition phase where mobile standards have to be defined, aiming for the best compromise between computer web experience ans mobile web experience.
Who are the biggest actors in the mobile web world?
Mobile Browsers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_browser#Pioneers
Also some which are not in the list as Mobile Firefox/SkyFire/
I am sure there are plenty of others out there, but in the past months, some of them have done a big jump ahead, like skyfire in my own opinion.
Mobile Technologies:
From linux to windows ce through s60 and many others, each of those mobile operating systems have there own way to handle web browsing
This diversity makes it harder to define a standard able to recreate the richness of the web on mobile phones.
By richness, I am talking about Flash like interfaces, bringing the interaction with users to the next level.
At the end of the post you will find links to some of the resources I get my thoughts from, but in my point of view, mobile web browsers world is a real jungle! And nobody has come with a solution which can go along with all mobile technologies.
I also would like to outline that solutions which render the web content in a mobile, are splitting the web in two, the computer web and the mobile web. Of course you can interact on the web with your mobile but it would be in a different interface, the same content would have to be displayed using a source code especially created for mobile browsers.
Furthermore, mobile browsers do not accept all rich content, and each browser, even each mobile has his own capabilities.
It would be like having one web for computers, which can partially be accessed by mobile browsers. Each mobile browser having his own standards, the mobile web would be clustered, and you would have to choose between mobile devices depending on which content type you wish to acess.
Today, I was browsing around, and I came across SkyFire website, what a great browser! Have a look to the videos, this browser gives a real web experience on a mobile phone, Flash, Ajax, Javascript, etc. It just display as well as your favorite desktop web browser.
The content page is viewed in a zoom out way, you can zoom in zones you define and scroll in directions as on google map for example.
No more flash lite, no more extra code for mobile phones web interfaces, you just get what you have on the web.
My first thought would be for flash mobile games or applications.. Simply make your multiplayer game the standard size of mobile screen and here we go, any mobile with the browser installed could join!
It is still an alpha version and has not been relased widly yet, but so promising!
I have two concerns, the alpha version is free to test but will it get a price when released? And also this is a server based system, so there is the privacy matter to keep in mind.
If it stays free, it could be a huge contender on the run for mobile standardisation of the web. And even if it doesn't, may be they are the pionneers of a new way to deal with the web on mobiles..
Tell me what you think ;)
Bye
SkyFire review
iPhone/Flash matter
Little thoughts on SkyFire
Safari iPhone
Mobile Firefox vs Opera Mini
I did have a look to many other ressources but it would be long and hard to list them all going through my web browsing history.. Sorry
My name is Clement, Clem to be short, I have been working in computing for a couple of years now, especially getting involved in open source communities, so many great projects created by open communities!! What a nice concept..
My real passion in this field are the cutting edge technologies(especially web technologies), or in other word, the coming standards .
I am far from being a guru but I am creating today this blog to share point of views and discuss about some subjects I enjoy.
So let's get going!
How mobile experience of the web will evolve?
Let's establish some concepts:
The web is amazing by the diversity of content you can find, but it also give people many ways to interact with each others in rich interfaces.
Mobile market is in perpetual expension, and more and more, internet access get easier through the actual mobile operators.
My point of view is that we are in a transition phase where mobile standards have to be defined, aiming for the best compromise between computer web experience ans mobile web experience.
Who are the biggest actors in the mobile web world?
Mobile Browsers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_browser#Pioneers
Also some which are not in the list as Mobile Firefox/SkyFire/
I am sure there are plenty of others out there, but in the past months, some of them have done a big jump ahead, like skyfire in my own opinion.
Mobile Technologies:
From linux to windows ce through s60 and many others, each of those mobile operating systems have there own way to handle web browsing
This diversity makes it harder to define a standard able to recreate the richness of the web on mobile phones.
By richness, I am talking about Flash like interfaces, bringing the interaction with users to the next level.
At the end of the post you will find links to some of the resources I get my thoughts from, but in my point of view, mobile web browsers world is a real jungle! And nobody has come with a solution which can go along with all mobile technologies.
I also would like to outline that solutions which render the web content in a mobile, are splitting the web in two, the computer web and the mobile web. Of course you can interact on the web with your mobile but it would be in a different interface, the same content would have to be displayed using a source code especially created for mobile browsers.
Furthermore, mobile browsers do not accept all rich content, and each browser, even each mobile has his own capabilities.
It would be like having one web for computers, which can partially be accessed by mobile browsers. Each mobile browser having his own standards, the mobile web would be clustered, and you would have to choose between mobile devices depending on which content type you wish to acess.
Today, I was browsing around, and I came across SkyFire website, what a great browser! Have a look to the videos, this browser gives a real web experience on a mobile phone, Flash, Ajax, Javascript, etc. It just display as well as your favorite desktop web browser.
The content page is viewed in a zoom out way, you can zoom in zones you define and scroll in directions as on google map for example.
No more flash lite, no more extra code for mobile phones web interfaces, you just get what you have on the web.
My first thought would be for flash mobile games or applications.. Simply make your multiplayer game the standard size of mobile screen and here we go, any mobile with the browser installed could join!
It is still an alpha version and has not been relased widly yet, but so promising!
I have two concerns, the alpha version is free to test but will it get a price when released? And also this is a server based system, so there is the privacy matter to keep in mind.
If it stays free, it could be a huge contender on the run for mobile standardisation of the web. And even if it doesn't, may be they are the pionneers of a new way to deal with the web on mobiles..
Tell me what you think ;)
Bye
SkyFire review
iPhone/Flash matter
Little thoughts on SkyFire
Safari iPhone
Mobile Firefox vs Opera Mini
I did have a look to many other ressources but it would be long and hard to list them all going through my web browsing history.. Sorry
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