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bluepulse; konfabulator for mobile phones January 20, 2006

Posted by James Webster in : mobile , 4 comments

MobileCrunch has a writeup on Bluepulse, and since they are an Aussie startup in the mobile space I feel obliged to bring them to your attention.

Isaac Timothy makes a good point in the comments however:

Just a thought. Hasn’t Opera released a software development kit using AJAX technology that allows developers to create also platfrom independent applications. What is the difference between these two products?

That is indeed true! And I’m keen to hear about the differences as well. If the products are indeed technological similar, Opera has an advantage with its existing relationships with carriers. Read more about the Opera Mobile Platform at the source or over at Russell’s blog.

Still, gotta wish the Aussies the best of luck, and hopefully I’ll get to check it out on my Nokia 6600 soon!

XML sux0rs January 19, 2006

Posted by James Webster in : development, xml , 1 comment so far

Whilst dealing with some XML and XML namespace issues today, I came up with the following motto that I thought was worth sharing…

If you want to dance to the XML tune, you have to pay the namespace piper.

If you are developing using XML, ignore namespaces at your peril!

My favourite XML quote is still the following;

Some people, when confronted with a problem, think ‘I know, I’ll use XML.’ Now they have two problems. — dirtsimple.org

Server-to-Server interop with Google Talk now live January 18, 2006

Posted by James Webster in : google, xmpp , 1 comment so far

As speculated by Melo, the server-to-server port of Google Talk is now live (via Om). The days of proprietary IM networks are now numbered. Or are they? Despite the breathless praise that many are heaping on Google (and don’t get me wrong, this is a GOOD THING) I think it will be a while before we see much migration away from MSN or YIM. The fact is, those networks and their clients have all sorts of additional ‘value-added’ ‘features’, such stock alerts, a million different smilies, parlour games, video chat, etc, etc that have hooked many of their users. If you are using messaging purely to CHAT however (now there’s an idea!), you should take a long look at what XMPP offers you.

I am eagerly looking forward to seeing the new applications that will be built on top of XMPP due to the broader take up given Google’s participation.