HTML5 and CSS3

By On December 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Future Thinking, Software Development, User Experience

Is the advent of HTML5 and CSS3 going to make an impact on the quality of the web? I believe so which is most of the new projects we are doing focus on using this new technology coupled with the fact it works on the iPad.

This overly dramatic but equally as funny vide from [...]

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DADAPP

By On October 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Diary, IT Project Management, Management Information System, Software Development, User Experience

Today sees the launch of DADAPP an application to organise, index and share files with any one or no one. The team I work with worked on the Photo element of this application and We/I have some ideas to develop other applications on top.

Watch this video of the DAD staff.

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Agile Product Development

By On May 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Agile, Diary, Project Management, Software Development

The Slides from my recent presentation to the BNS on Agile Product Development.

Agile Product Development View more presentations from ianburgess.

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Mary & Tom Poppendieck – Failure Cost

By On May 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Agile, Lean, Project Management, Software Development

This week I attended a course organised by Lean Data Solution which covered the content of much of the books and helped to refocus some of the practices. … Over the two days we covered several topics: Systems Thinking Technical Excellence Great People Reliable Delivery Relentless Improvement The Journey (change and mental models)

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Facebook as a Collaborative Knowledge Management System

By On March 9, 2010 · 4 Comments · In Business Intelligence, Software Development

What is Collaborative Knowledge Management?

To answer this question we need to first look at what is Knowledge and then think about how we as individuals, organizations and communities use and manage knowledge. First lets look at the definition of Knowledge.

Knowledge is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as (i) expertise, and skills acquired [...]

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50% of Facebook User Access on a Mobile Device

By On February 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Mobile Technology, Software Development, Technology, Windows Mobile

With over 100 million mobile users Facebook is quickly becoming an expert in mobile web and app access, this presentation outlines their road map. It is interesting how they are targeting network carriers and mobile manufactures.

Also the strategy to allow easy integration with mobile software developers with the connect library, This is something I [...]

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Adobe Air for Mobile

By On February 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Mobile Technology, Software Development

Adobe have committed to launching the Air platform on all mobile devices. Due to my involvement in Mobile Software I can only see this as a good thing.

Read more at Adobe Air Blog it is only a matter of time before this is fully ruining on Windows Mobile, iPhone and Blackberry.

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Google Wave: Under the Hood

By On October 29, 2009 · 1 Comment · In Cloud Computing, Open Source, Software Development

Currently the development projects that are being discussed or I am currently working on are around SAS products and tools to integrate within existing collaborative platforms. The architecture of Google Wave is explained clearly in this video and it has shaped the way that I am structuring these developments. Its worth the hour to watch [...]

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Why Critical Chain Project Management

By On October 28, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Best Practice, Project Management, Software Development

Why would I use Critical Chain Project Management?

If you are currently experiencing projects having problems with schedule, budget and scope along with the common event of people over committing through their own acceptance or by the plans of the project manager. If so then it is definitely worth looking at adopting Critical Chain Project [...]

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Google Wave Need an Invitation

By On October 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Cloud Computing, Diary, Open Source, Software Development

Still trying to get a invite for Google Wave and reading everything I can on it at the moment. Found this really good video explains Google Wave. As open source products go this may have the most impact on web development so I am following with great interest.

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