How to brew better software: The Monki Gras in London

By tim, on February 2nd, 2012 Follow tim on Twitter

I attended The Monki Gras in London yesterday, a distinctive developer event arranged by the analyst firm RedMonk.

This was not only a developer event, with the likes of Andre Charland and Dave Johnson from the PhoneGap team at Adobe, Mike Milinkovich the executive director of the Eclipse Foundation, and Jason Hoffman with

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Asus Transformer Prime update: Google video rental or unlocked bootloader, you choose

By tim, on January 3rd, 2012 Follow tim on Twitter

Asus has responded to demands for an unlocked bootloader for its its latest Transformer Prime tablet.

It turns out that DRM is the culprit – at least, that is what Asus says on its Facebook page:

Regarding the bootloader, the reason we chose to lock it is due to content providers’ requirement for

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ITWriting.com awards 2011: ten key happenings, from Nokia’s burning platform to HP’s nightmare year

By tim, on December 29th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

2011 felt like a pivotal year in technology. What was pivoting? Well, users are pivoting away from networks and PCs and towards cloud and devices. The obvious loser is Microsoft, which owns PCs and networks but is a distant follower in devices and has mixed prospects in the cloud. Winners include Apple, Google, Amazon,

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Google and the UK Citizens Advice Bureau – an uncomfortable alliance

By tim, on December 5th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

I picked up a Guardian newspaper today and could not miss the full-page Google+ advertisement. Or was it? The advertisement stated that it was from the Citizens Advice Bureau in partnership with Google. The Citizen’s Advice Bureau (CAB) is a well-respected (and genuinely useful) service which runs a network of offices in the UK

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Google’s real-time analytics, and why it gives it away

By tim, on November 23rd, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

The free Google Analytics has added a real-time view which is great fun to watch:

Aside from distracting bloggers, is there much value to real-time analytics? I’m not sure there is much advantage but it does demo well.

Why does Google invest so much in giving away analytics? Simple: it gets your data

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Google App Inventor not dead, MIT to offer public service in 2012

By tim, on November 10th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

Google’s App Inventor is a visual and mostly browser-hosted development environment for Android. There is a design tool:

and a "Blocks Editor” which lets you create program logic using visual blocks:

App Inventor is a great concept but in practice most developers find it easier to use more traditional tools to code

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The power of Google: how the Panda update hit Experts Exchange

By tim, on November 1st, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

Searching Google recently it struck me that I rarely see results from Experts Exchange. I used to see a lot of these, because I typically search on things like error messages or programming issues for which the site is a useful source.

The site is controversial, because it (kind-of) charges for access to its

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Google gets serious about App Engine, ups prices

By tim, on September 1st, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

Google App Engine will be leaving preview status and becoming more expensive in the second half of September, according to an email sent to App Engine administrators:

We are updating our policies, pricing and support model to reflect its status as a fully supported Google product … almost all applications will be billed more

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HP discontinues WebOS, considers PC spin-off. Should have stuck with Microsoft

By tim, on August 18th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

Oh yes, and buys Autonomy, a fast-growing specialist in enterprise knowledge management.

Here’s the news from HP’s announcement:

As part of the transformation, HP announced that its board of directors has authorized the exploration of strategic alternatives for the company’s Personal Systems Group. HP will consider a broad range of options that may include,

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Google is now a hardware company as it announces acquisition of Motorola Mobility and its patents

By tim, on August 15th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

Google is to acquire Motorola Mobility, a major manufacturer of Android handsets. Why? I believe this is the key statement:

We recently explained how companies including Microsoft and Apple are banding together in anti-competitive patent attacks on Android. The U.S. Department of Justice had to intervene in the results of one recent patent auction

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