I recently installed on my Galaxy S3 a new keyboard called Swift Keys. I’m amazed at how good it is. Ok, I can still type on a keyboard faster, but still it’s a marked improvement from other keyboards out there. I have felt lately that whomever can find a way to make text input on a tablet/smartphone would go a long way to bridging the gap between the traditional PC and current hand held devices.

Where I work in Brando we got an opportunity recently to work on an interesting project. The project was a website for Qatar based Agency 222. They wanted the site to have as it’s central point a 3D cube. While evaluating the project, it became apparent that the web has reached an interesting point in it’s relationship with 3D. 3D in the Browser Since the days when Director was one of the main web plugins for advanced multi-media projects there has been something of a dearth in 3D capable plugins for the web.

I recently have been thinking about some of the above I’ve seen in some corners I’ve seen in relation to how programmers should learn some different programming languages. The accepted thinking seems to be that learning a couple of languages is advantageous to a developer because: See different ways to solve problems View different tool sets Freshen things up, just in case you get bored Maybe force you to look at how you are doing things in a different light Keep you skill-set strong and up to date I’ve been finding recently though that learning a new programming for website development isn’t generally applicable.

I have an itch. This itch has been bothering me for probably ten years now. I am drawn to idea of doing most of my work on Linux. Every year or so I attempt to scratch this itch to see if it’s finally possible. Why do I want to move to Linux? Lately I’ve become conscious about where Microsoft and Apple seem to be taking the desktop experience. Closed Wall == Max Profit.

We recently finished up on a couple of facebook apps at Brando. The first, an app for Lifestyle Sports, gave me a chance to look further into the Wowza server and live streaming. The cam seems to be broadcasting though and I’ve learned a few things about setup for this. I’m quite happy with the results. The first was for BUPI. It allowed the user to upload an image of their child, and then put them in a Christmas card.