We won the Islay Beach Rugby Tournament this past weekend.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I hope this one speaks volumes:
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Some Personal Reflections on South by Southwest
Well what can I say? For the past week, I’ve been at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas.
From a business perspective, it was a productive week. I managed to speak to and show a few people the alpha version of our iChalkboard app and got some great feedback. I also met some amazing people working in startups; talking to minded people to exchange views/opinions without having to give a social media 101, or transmedia basics class means that we can get to the good stuff, quicker. Continue reading
Honeycomb to sweeten android for tablets
Today, Google announced that there would be a tablet specific version of android. Codenamed Honeycomb, the release is rumoured to have higher resolutions and APIs that are tablet specific. Apparently, according to Google – apps will know if they are being run on a tablet device.
Video Demo: http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20101206/googles-andy-rubin-shows-off-prototype-motorola-tablet/
Transcript of Demo: http://mobilized.allthingsd.com/20101206/googles-andy-rubin-dives-into-android/?mod=dive-into-mobile
There are some interesting multitouch gestures that Andy Rubin used to rotate and pan the map view.
Interestingly enough, we wonder whether this is just Google catching up to Apple (with a lot of the interface design principles being borrowed from the iPad). Also, we wonder what other features Honeycomb will have that are very specific to tablets besides the multiple frames/views. Google is famed for producing great, usable UIs, but I still have yet to be convinced about android. Maybe Honeycomb will sweeten me up on that one?
Times Education Supplement and Guardian Tech Podcast in the same week!
This week has been a rollercoaster! Just a quick update to say that I’m ecstatic that both Interface3 and Startupcafe were in the media. Interface3 was featured in both the Scotsman (last saturday) and the Times Education Supplement for Scotland (today).
Then as if that wasn’t enough, the wonderful Nicola Osborne pointed out that Startupcafe and myself got mentioned on the Guardian Tech Weekly podcast (which I listen to all the time!) this week. We got a mention around the 28th min, regarding the Startup Shuttle!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/audio/2010/nov/02/tech-weekly-call-duty-limewire-audio
Enjoy!
