Monthly Archives: August 2010

Google Voice (sort-of) available in Canada

Posted on August 27, 2010 by David Megginson

I installed the Google Chat Voice plugin today, and found that I was able to make free Google Voice calls from Canada to both a US and a Canadian POTS number. I’m still unable to register for Google Voice at … Continue reading →

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RIP Java, 1995-2010

Posted on August 13, 2010 by David Megginson

Java is dead. A lot of developers have thought they were too hip for Java, but I still liked it. I implemented SAX in Java first of all, and have developed software in Java and encouraged my enterprise customers to … Continue reading →

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Mobile users want fresh data

Posted on August 9, 2010 by David Megginson

Summary: Mobile web users’ needs differ by more than UI features (small touch screen): they may check information more often, and expect it to be fresher. Last night, I finally got around to installing Google Analytics on ourairports.mobi, the mobile … Continue reading →

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Evil or misunderstood? Google and net neutrality

Posted on August 8, 2010 by David Megginson

So what happened last week?  Did Google backtrack after getting caught trying to be evil about net neutrality and the mobile internet, or were they a victim of a misunderstanding (gleefully amplified by blood-thirsty Apple and RIM supporters)? Net neutrality … Continue reading →

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Balisage 2010 Silent Auction

Posted on August 1, 2010 by David Megginson

The Balisage 2010 conference runs next week in beautiful Montreal, focusing on XML and other markup technologies. I cannot make it this year, unfortunately, but I gave some help (far too little) to Sam Wilmott to organize the silent auction. … Continue reading →

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