Dave Riley

insanely great

Steve Jobs dies, it's taken a few days for what this means to me to sink in. I guess I'm more empathetic to say Steve Wozniak or maybe Bill Gates than Steve jobs, as they are more technical, I can still admire Steve Jobs communication skills and vision. Years ago in the late 80s I was a Mac developer (not working for Apple directly) up until 1993/4 when I bought my self a PC and learned VB. You had to be in that scene in order to realise how bad Apple had become over the 10 years of Steve...

iPad 2 cover – Japanese bath

I must admit having a Japanese girl friend and going to Japan many times I did have a laugh at the new iPad's cover and it's amazing similarity to a domestic Japanese bath. So much so I wanted to blog this so that people that didn't realize it could join in. I googled Japanese bath and got numerous images of the iPad. It looks like I joined the iPad/Japanese bath debate too late :-( Anyway all is not lost I found a great site: http://nihongoup.com/blog/totally-looks-like/ Which...

New Google APP Inventer for Android

Google have released a beta version of App Inventor, this allows anyone to build Apps for the Android OS without knowledge of how to program. Apps are created with drag and drop of visual tools onto a window, like a beginners version of Microsoft's Visual Studio, however the code logic and maths functions that drive the app are also built with simple drag and drop actions. Some people might say that this will result in some very inefficient code, but it really doesn't matter at the...

iPhone… the waiting!

Ok, so I finally did it. I've commited to building some iPhone apps. The mac has been ordered, a mac mini with 4gb memory and 360hd. The developer community has been joined and now we wait. No idea where this is going to go. it's exciting but nervous at the same time. I've got some ideas for some free apps that I want to introduce and will put some of the tech details here. But beyond that I do not know, hoping for some inspiration. Any suggestions or ideas for new iPhone apps to...

My name in meat

Ok, look at the banner above, this is the story of how it came about: Don't think I've been planning this,there was no months of preparation. I was up late doing a coding session and fancied a lamb and rosemary sandwich. but while cutting the lamb I noticed how easy it was to use the lamb as a method of communication. What next? Lamb-verts? Sponsored meat? Ad-beef? Pork-words? The possibilities are endless... If you want to sponsor my next sandwich, then please leave a...