So apparently, a fellow Throne of JS conference attendee snapped this pic of me using DietCoda to hack on some Ruby between presentations. First person I’ve ever seen coding on an iPad. #throneofjs pic.twitter.com/JkDRgOHD – @lof Apparently, this is not yet that common. What editor shall I try next? I’m considering Textastic. RWW has a write … Continue reading
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Software Development on your iPad?
So I was at the Skydome ^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Roger’s Center with my good friend John Bender today when the subject of laptop woes came up. As I mentioned to him over an $11 beer in the hot sun while the Blue Jay’s played on, I was torn between spending around $500 on a Lenovo Ultrabook (the … Continue reading
Four Steps to Keep Windows 8 From Sucking
Four Steps to Keep Windows 8 From Sucking Writing apps for Windows 8 should be simple. When I say that, I mean that I expect them to run on the phone and on the tablet and on the PC, similarly to the way that I can target PhoneGap and get both iPhone and iPad – or … Continue reading
How to develop line-of-business tablet apps as a .NET developer?
This blog post is a repost of an answer I wrote at programmers.stackexchange.com A great way for a .NET developer to build line of business tablet apps that target Android or even iOS, is to leverage JQuery Mobile + Phone Gap Build. Nitobi’s Phone Gap Build service (now owned by Adobe) allows developers to convert HTML5/JavaScript apps to “native” apps … Continue reading
Nexus One
First of all, from what I’ve heard from my international West Coast super secret technology spies, the Nexus One is very cool. Fast processor, great OS, shiny, tiny all that great stuff. I do want one, and though I’m miffed that it won’t work with Rogers 3G network here in the frozen North, if they … Continue reading
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