ajfisher

Working on my first book was quite good fun, though hard work, and today after all of that effort it's finally released.

The coming of age of online retail in Australia crashed and burned in Australia tonight due to lack of preparation and hubris.

Device responsive design is only one part of context.

How can physical interaction with digital media augment the experience of both and what part does the web have to play in this space?

A sacred cow has been bumped off over at Micrsoft with Linux now available in Azure instances.

Just making your device "smart" isn't enough - it needs to also be usable.

A quiet revolution is taking place in the Internet of Things world and it isn't one being orchestrated top down by the companies who want to Internet enable everything and make smart cities.

The main purpose of the app store is not discovery, it's to simplify the installation process to get an app on your device.

The "problem" with the web is it's lack of control, but it doesn't need control, it only needs an unruly mass of champions to defend it and let the process unfold to win.

Finally the gloom of the GFC appears past and the web community are attempting to dream big ideas again - a summary of WDS11.

Sacred cows in the Adobe world finally appear to be on the BBQ.

Modern smartphones are jam-packed with sensors attached to them.

Web applications could handle common tasks such as sharing or pinning using an Intent oriented design.

Nokia's partnership with Microsoft is a bid to re-enter the smartphone race, but timing and developer mindshare are critical.

Android fragmentation is real but manageable, and hardly unique in software history.

A holiday without a laptop highlighted how computing has shifted to personal, consumption-first devices.

Twitter backchannels can amplify a speaker's success or failure in real time.

Sony could regain consumer electronics leadership by turning its Android phones into a hub for movies, gaming and home displays.

Commodity values always drop towards their cost of production.

As consumers engage more directly with each other, how to brands understand what is happening in the "backchannel"?

App counts reveal platform health, and Android crossing 75k marks a key maturity point.

Google's move away from Windows is less unusual when you map roles to browser-based work.

Adobe's Flash-era dominance is crumbling under mobile pressure and a lack of strategic focus.

Australia's proposed internet filter is winning the emotional argument, not the technical one.

The iPad hardware is outstanding in its simplicity but is a little weak presently on the software but will get better.

Netbooks are drifting away from their lightweight roots, so 2010 should belong to web books and tablets.

EC2 spot pricing turns compute into a real market, and that changes architecture choices.

2010 is going to be a cage match between Apple and Google for mobile dominance.

Google's SPDY could speed up the web, but browser upgrades alone are too slow.

The AdMob purchase by Google paves the way for some interesting developer funding opportunities

There is only one real reason Linux isn't ready for prime time desktop usage - but it is close.

Notes from a Web Directions South talk on cloud computing that outlines public, private and hybrid models.

Facebook's official Android app signals that the platform is now a serious iPhone rival.

A rapid Sportsgirl community rebuild used Django, Pinax and an agile workflow to ship in under eight weeks.

With smartphones, data plans and app stores exploding in 2009, it feels like the golden age of mobile is near but not here yet.

Network presence and haptic feedback combine to create a jacket that can simulate a hug from your network.

RFID is a wonderful technology, but attached to personal documents it could be a gift for identity thieves.

Build your own or buy someone out.

Huge, real time data sets can provide leading indicators of disease spikes well before they become evident to traditional sampling methods.

Mobile data access is rapidly taking off with smartphone sales growing ever faster.

Retail is trying out new experiences, leveraging new mobile technologies.

ICANN opens the door for new top level domains, with a chance that the ubiquitous .com may become less relevant. .shop, .motor, .club anyone?

The EeePC is compelling not because of specs but because it is a lightweight tool that thrives on constant connectivity.

Ubuntu 8.04 finally delivers a Linux desktop that just works, even on finicky laptops.

Build a rating system that won't set your servers on fire.

Phorm's ISP-level tracking raises serious privacy concerns even if the data is anonymous.

Yahoo's spam filters began deleting legitimate customer emails with no clear appeal path.

Security needs to be appropriate to the value of the asset it protects.

DVD Jon's latest hack targets iTunes lock-in and revives the argument that purchased media should be playable anywhere.

Too many industries still ship broken, confusing websites, which means basic design and information architecture can still be disruptive.