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
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