Note: this is an english adaptation of an article originally posted en français on the Pheromone Lab by yours truly. Discussions at work about Steve Job’s recently published thoughts on flash brought up an interesting question: is Jobs trying to tell us that there is no point in making Web sites any more, and that [...]
For the past week, the tech community has been abuzz about the new (and beta) developers’ agreement coming with the upcoming iPhoneOS 4.0 SDK. In particular, with this statement: 3.3.1 — Applications may only use Documented APIs in the manner prescribed by Apple and must not use or call any private APIs. Applications must be [...]
In my recent work around Mobile augmented reality I came across the idea that MAR was merely a new name for mashups, under a thin disguise of 3d and video feeds. Mashups were all the rage but a few years ago! Every Web developer and her dog were creating a “mashup application” – most often [...]
A few months ago I was writing a post on the Pheromone Lab entitled “The Death of the Mobile Website”. The basic point of it was, as the landscape of web-ready devices become less segregated between “Desktop”, “Smartphones” and “Mobile”, and as we advance towards a more continuous ecosystem, we need to learn to design [...]
In the past few months I have started a reflection on trends for the mobile web, where it may be going, what it means for our lives… Nothing revolutionary yet, but I have started with an article over at the Pheromone lab (my employer) on “The Death of the Mobile Website?” and interface/device trends. Any [...]