Dear friends.

I have met so many interesting people since Google+ started. Some treat this service as "just another social platform" and some treat it as "a new revolution".

I can't help but feel we are engaged in something special.

Thank you to everyone for your enthusiasm. It's contagious :-)

Are you a mobile developer?

What does your testing space look like?
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I’d pick a passionate amateur over an uninterested professional any day
The secret sauce to any interesting story is passion. A story told without it is just boring...
http://pulse.me/s/1BT2M

Good morning beautiful world!
It feels like anything is possible!

Talk JSON to your MySQL database - would that be cool?

What if all you needed to do is upload your schema to a web site and you would get a tested RESTful server back in return - would that be useful to you?

Please Sign this petition!

Today's operating system update for Galaxy Tab 10.1v improved browser performance :-) Thank you Samsung!

Your browser can do this without Flash :-)

JavaScipt animation in your browser.
http://paperjs.org/examples/tadpoles/ <<<<= CLICK HERE

Thanks to +Seb Lee-Delisle and +Jay Moretti for sharing and re-sharing.

A Red Hot Chili Pepper Morning

A new and growing resource for finding people with similar interests.
http://www.group.as/

Google Chrome on Ubuntu Linux really sucks :-(

This is the world's first open source HTML5 SIP client entirely written in javascript for integration in social networks (FaceBook, Twitter, Google+), online games, e-commerce websites... No extension, plugin or gateway is needed. The media stack rely on WebRTC.
The client can be used to connect to any SIP or IMS network from your preferred browser to make and receive audio/video calls and instant messages.

What a lovely OpenSource alternative to StackOverflow.

I like it for in-house teams :-)
http://bitnami.org/stack/osqa

Pre-beta performance preview - more than 2X faster ExtJS performance.

Report: Samsung Passes Apple to Become Top Smartphone Maker
Apple's reign at the top of the smartphone heap lasted just one quarter as Samsung moved past the iPhone maker to claim the top spot in smartphone...
http://pulse.me/s/2C0LJ

RESHARE:


Reshared text:
This is a Google+ Ripple test.

You need to reshare this publicly for it to work!

The more reshares the more interesting the test will be.

This will be posted on imSocial.com after we complete the test.

To view the ripple: http://plus.google.com/ripples/details?activityid=K8zv4tBUioB

Thank you to the Google+ Search team for rolling out "search everything", finally I can meet people with common interests :-)

https://plus.google.com/u/0/107117483540235115863/posts/dXovwc1hSyY

So finally my Galaxy Tab 10.1v runs Android 3.1

Not without significant pain and suffering.

At least its a big improvement :-)

Well now my Android Tablet is just like IPad. Neither have Flash in the browser. Fuck!!!

+Josh Adell did a really great thing today. He went out of his way to solve a problem for me that really had nothing to do with him. How often do we do that for others?

SOMETHING broke the peer to peer message system by removing the ICON and the GROUP from the fly-out menu! On my machine this applies to all stream views where I want to add a single recipient to a post.

Now I type +Name Surname or @Name Surname and I don't know where the message is going because I see a list of names nearly spelled the same with some duplicates even.

WHO AM I SUPPOSED TO CHOOSE?

JOHN SMITH
John Smith
John smith
JOHN SMITH
etc...

THIS MAKES THE WHOLE IDEA OF PERSONAL COMMUNICATION REDUNDANT!

I am pissed off

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I am really glad I did not buy one.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4034848?start=0&tstart=0

These guys understand and support API creation workflow.
They have abstracted it to the simplest possible steps and built amazing tools to support it.

Well done http://apiary.io/

The HUAWEI E5331 works really well with Cell C Data SIM.
I am surprised that it is as fast as the Cell C high speed modem (black).
The bonus is that it does not drain your laptop battery while on the move. 

A Google Samsung - ChromeBook for Christmas ;-)

"Write client and server components in the same language (JavaScript), using the same framework."

Now that is a promise many would like to see fulfilled :-)

Nice - automation, examples, docs, guides ... enough to get started :-) Thanks Yahoo !

http://developer.yahoo.com/blogs/ydn/posts/2012/04/yahoo’s-mojito-is-now-open-source/

We get really intense electric storms in Johannesburg.
One just passed over. It's exhilarating and fresh when it's passed :-)

If you want an API for mobile data access to your "mojomotor" web site - we can do it for you in an hour.

http://soapbox.io
http://mojomotor.com/

Completed an initial integration of iScaffold and REST server http://goo.gl/qVa2c will put it in soapbox.io repo when more refined :-) See what it does - http://cl.ly/EarM/o

Vote please!

Does this tag line work for you?


"You send us the Schema. We do the REST"

:-)

THE ABC'S OF UNIX /usr/share/games/fortune/songspoems

A is for awk, which runs like a snail, and
B is for biff, which reads all your mail.
C is for cc, as hackers recall, while
D is for dd, the command that does all.
E is for emacs, which rebinds your keys, and F is for fsck, which rebuilds your trees.
G is for grep, a clever detective, while
H is for halt, which may seem defective.
I is for indent, which rarely amuses, and
J is for join, which nobody uses.
K is for kill, which makes you the boss, while
L is for lex, which is missing from DOS.
M is for more, from which less was begot, and
N is for nice, which it really is not.
O is for od, which prints out things nice, while
P is for passwd, which reads in strings twice.
Q is for quota, a Berkeleytype fable, and
R is for ranlib, for sorting ar table.
S is for spell, which attempts to belittle, while
T is for true, which does very little.
U is for uniq, which is used after sort, and
V is for vi, which is hard to abort.
W is for whoami, which tells you your name, while X is, well, X, of dubious fame.
Y is for yes, which makes an impression, and
Z is for zcat, which handles compression.

Well done, Apple!

I am already an App Publisher but can't publish an Ebook for FREE because I am an App Publisher :-(

So let's say I want to publish a EBook for my App - how do I give it to my customers for FREE?

The following error(s) occurred:
The iTunes Store account entered is already being used for an iTunes Connect account that distributes Apps. To continue with this application, you must enter a different iTunes account.

AND - it gets better - Neither can I publish an Ebook for Sale - WTF are these people thinking?

Happy holidays everyone :-)

Sencha Touch 2 Developer Preview Rocks!

Public opinion is a powerful and frequently uninformed beast.
Public communication is difficult to manage in our networked world.

The damage done through recent cascading events reach far beyond the confines of the announcements.

The lack of Brand differentiation between tools and platforms are at the heart of the communication problem Adobe is now facing.
HTML5 is not a platform - WebKit is.

Lumping every initiative under Flash has value if you intend to grow the Brand, but if you kill any of the sub programs you damage the Brand more than just removing the effects of the initiative (e.g. Mobile).

Given the negative climate (iOS etc.), the Flash brand was already under pressure from a public opinion perspective.

The cascade that ended in "Flash is Dead" may well be the last straw that will make it impossible to recover from, regardless of the actual value of the technology linked to the Brand Name = Flash.

The shortcut would be to say AIR is the future, but Adobe killed it's AIR app store and stopped supporting Development of AIR for Linux. Also too far gone to have credibility.

I suggest adding the Brand Architect to the petition. There is clearly a problem with Brand strategy at Adobe.

My Style Catalog has improved with some tough love and feedback from friends here and off line.

Here are the latest changes:

1. Click through to your mobile browser - from the detail page.
2. Removed Date value in detail page.
3. Changed the loading behavior.
4. Changed the loading indicator behavior.
5. Cleaned up the layout of the detail view.

And I know it's not done, so all comments are still welcome :-)

Download it here for Android: http://cl.ly/Adsg

Screenshot Links:
http://cl.ly/Adhi
http://cl.ly/AdKe
http://cl.ly/AcwU
http://cl.ly/AcLy

Special thanks to:
+Franck Payen
+Marc Ashwell
+Holger Rausch
+Danny Kopping
for their tireless support and guidance :-)

The iOS version will come... in case you wondered.

If you have a Technology Circle or a Development Circle - why not share it :-)

I hope you have a great week :-)

Remember to breathe ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... deeply ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

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Guys, I really need this to be Friday afternoon. Can anyone jump me 24 hours ahead?

If you use a MacBook Pro 2011 for web browsing and want the battery to last longer, this may help: Use Safari!

There are 2 graphics options for a Macbook Pro 2011:
1. Integrated Mode (internal graphics capability of the intel i7 processor)
2. Discrete Mode (high performance AMD Radeon HD 6750M graphics card)

The Discrete Mode uses more power and will give you less battery life. (See Energy Saver - Automatic Graphics Switching)

So far so good.

I use Safari, Chrome and Firefox, but only one of them will leave the graphics mode in (1) Integrated mode. The other two browsers trigger mode (2) and thus will give you less time to do your light web surfing.

You guessed it, only Safari allows web surfing in mode (1).

Chrome and Firefox switch to mode (2) as you open them.

A note on Flash. Flash does not force Mode (2) anymore. It's last update leaves Safari in mode (1). That is a surprise. Using Safari and Flash 10.3 is more power efficient than using Chrome or Firefox with plain HTML.

Your internet connection type influences battery time too. Cable, Wifi or USB Broadband modem. Keep that in mind.

Google+ iOS app now supports iPad and iPod touch, still not optimized for ...

Thanks to the GitHub team for the latest free app to make code
"sharing code should be as simple as possible" on Mac :-)

Adobe's Edge HTML5 Web Tool Blazes A Trail To The Post-Flash Internet

What did you do for tea time today?

I listened from a roof top while the police were shooting and chasing each other.

Just another day in Johannesburg.

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Lovely "South African" Digital Consumer "Magazine" from +Axel Bührmann . I like it!

Today's celebrities and their lookalike historical figures.

Many thanks to +Sav Szymura for sharing. I particularly like this future vision of Google.

This makes Google+ feel like email. It collapses the centre column of posts into one liners or expanded depending on your settings.

If you hover over a post it shows you the content in a pop-up
You can also expand and collapse single lines to show the post.
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When you follow someone (on G+) they see your posts in "incoming" - I like that very much!

According to Google Plus Socal Network Statistics
http://www.gplustoolbox.com/tabs/stats.php

4,412,227 Google+ users indexed

An interesting analysis on the state of Adobe and its products.

Can't wait for these guys to ship :)

I like Stypi for Code Q&A and collab.

Stypi makes it easy to collaborate on documents online. Here are three ways for you to get the most out of it:

1. Share Your Documents
Make a document available to anyone by sharing its URL. You can also make a document private and only provide access to your collaborators.
2. Stay Organized
Use the filetree to create folders, access recently viewed documents, and see what's been shared with you.
3. Never Lose Your Work
Play back the history of your document like a movie to see how it evolved or to retrieve a previous version.

Ubuntu 12.04 on MacBook Air is really a pleasure :-)
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookAir4-2

So far the best Ubuntu install I have experienced on a laptop.

Here is a great Bootstrap theming app and at the same time an excellent JS MVC example.

Check this out if you work with HTTP

http://whatisthatstat.us/

Lovely

Bootstrap Breakup?

http://blog.getbootstrap.com/2012/09/29/onward/

@CellC FAILS to render GMAIL in Bryanston.

http://cl.ly/JnxC

CellC data service is broken in Bryanston.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2209170460.png

While this is what it looks like in Sandton

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2208025851.png

And that is way below the "promised" quality of service.

What can we do?

Portal 2 Crashing Remedy - (Steam Support Reply) It Works :-)

In order to correct the crashing in Portal 2 please do the following:

1. Exit Steam.

2. Navigate to your Portal 2 bin folder (~Users\[username]\Library\Application Support\Steam\SteamApps\common\Portal 2\bin\)

Note: If you are using Lion please do the following to access your Steam folder:

- Click "Go" in the menu bar
- Click "Go to Folder..."
- Type "~/Library/Application Support/Steam"
- Click "Go"

This will take you directly to the folder.

3. Locate the libsteam.dylib file and drag it to your Trash Can.

4. Start up Steam, launch Portal 2, and try to begin a level.

The game should load without crashing. 

Can't wait for this to go mainstream :-)

Thank you "Universal Mind" http://www.universalmind.com/

One Depenedency injection approach for Ext JS or Sencha Touch. That makes sense!

Do you have an existing web application and want a Mobile App for it?

We make APIs to help you do that. http://soapbox.io

We can also help you with the Mobile Apps.
http://cl.ly/AYnj
http://cl.ly/AZ6b
http://cl.ly/AZqe
http://cl.ly/AZQe
http://cl.ly/AYwi
http://cl.ly/Aa0P
http://cl.ly/AZSS

Download an example app here:
http://cl.ly/AZID

Thanks Google+

You delete your own post to a thread - you still get notifications and email from it
You block the person who started the thread - you still get notifications and mail
You mute the post - it says it no longer exists - you still get notifications and mail

What the FUCK ????

If you are a great HTML5 CSS3 designer who understands "Responsive Design", let's chat :-)

Please be in Johannesburg.

You send us the schema. We do the REST :-)

I love everything about early mornings - except getting up.

http://soapbox.io/

is now live :-)

Finally - Thank the Gods (at oracle?)

List of languages that compile to JS

https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/wiki/List-of-languages-that-compile-to-JS

Finally Bootstrap is Responsive to Mobile :-) Well done guys!

1801 - Joseph Marie Jacquard uses punch cards to instruct a loom to weave "hello, world" into a tapestry. Redditers of the time are not impressed due to the lack of tail call recursion, concurrency, or proper capitalization. 1842 - Ada Lovelace writes the first program.
http://pulse.me/s/4g5Uf

fuelphp -- is somewhere between CodeIgniter and Symfony. It's great to see such innovative efforts in the PHP community :-)

If you have any decently modern Android phone, everything you do is being recorded by hidden software lurking inside. It even circumvents web encrypti...
http://pulse.me/s/3DsqQ

What a lovely day :-)

Let's meet up and "show and tell" Sencha (Touch and ExtJS)

If you are using Sencha Tools and Frameworks or are interested in what they can do for you, this meet up is for you.

http://www.meetup.com/SenchaGauteng/events/41721012/

https://plus.google.com/u/0/109552290213813788326/posts

That fact that Adobe employees have to invoke their Macromedia credentials to find a base to establish trust, is clear evidence of the extent of the damage the Adobe brand has sustained in the recent "iceberg" collision.

Bon voyage "Titanic"

Going to group therapy or couples counseling has never repaired contempt. That is what the relationship status is for many loyalists at the present.

Flash Player 11, just released, broke AIR StageWebView on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v... Android. This is such a pity.

What is your main challenge today?

Mine is to try and think like someone else would.

My fashion catalog now shows millions of desirable items on Mobile Android

You can download the application .APK here
http://cl.ly/AbaC

Any comments welcome ;-)

So, I get a new phone... Sign in to Facebook with it... all ok.

Then I see a lot of annoying stuff.... log into Facebook, with my computer I formatted on Monday, in oder to to un-friend some jerks...

Now Facebook locked my account because I have not logged in with a device I've used before.

What a wonderful way to make new "friends"

;-)

Since I only logged in twice a year, it's no loss to me.

That's why they have 100,000,000 users - people keep creating new accounts because they are locked out all the time... thats my theory for today, anyway.

There are "Flash Platform" and "Flex Framework" streams on http://ayloo.net/ now.

If you do AS3 and MXML work. Meet UP there ;-)

Programmers' Day (196 points)
Programmers' Day (Russian: День программи́ста) is an international unofficial professional holiday that is also officially recognized in Russia[1][2], celebrated on the 256th (0x100th) day of each year (September 13 during common years and on September 12 in leap years).
http://pulse.me/s/1EiTQ

I am changing my Cell Phone for the first time in years.
I still use iPhone 3G - quite dated now ( pre - iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4).

Samsung Galaxy S II is my current favorite prospect.

This weekend is the decisive moment.

If you can advise me from your experience, I would really appreciate it.

Google axes a number of projects. Among the many... Flash API for Maps

Ouch !!!

"if anything the exploit is bigger news than most other items because this Apache vulnerability has a wicked sting in its tail: It's simple, it's easy to weaponize, and it could shut down about 60% of websites online"

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RAW FOOD RECIPES BY MASTER CHEF CHRIS KENDALL

I wonder how popular this new application will be. (Muse)

I do a lot of AIR development and it's nice to see Adobe actually using AIR to develop something more substantial than small utilities with it.

Do you use Adobe Business Catalyst?

It seems, some folks love it and some hate it.

Sitepoint says: "Say goodbye to time-consuming Apache, PHP and MySQL installations and say hello to Adobe Business Catalyst - the elegant, hosted solution that enables web designers like you to build custom web apps without coding." an add obviously.

Never say: "Never!" (I see .aspx in there... oooh). I wonder!

2 minutes in http://thinkadoo.businesscatalyst.com/
It works on iPad and iPhone...

Here is a good review - Read the comments on it.
http://freelanceswitch.com/product-reviews/business-catalyst-review/

What do you think?
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Twitter HTML5 web app for iPad launched

As Coca-Cola Marketing adds "Expressions" to their brand strategy. They share some of the lessons learned so far. JOE TRIPODI (Coca-Cola).

1. Accept that consumers can generate more messages than you ever could.
2. Develop content that is "Liquid and Linked."
3. Accept that you don't own your brands; your consumers do.
4. Build a process that shares successes and failures quickly throughout your company.
5. Be a facilitator who manages communities, not a director who tries to control them.
6. Speak up to set the record straight, but give your fans a chance to do so first.

The google+ experience!

Make it bigger... I dare you!

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CellC Whiiiisshh tonight

If you use DotCloud please let me know what your experience is.

If you run Node.Js and MongoDB on DotCloud please share your thoughts!

Thanks to +Danny Kopping for the referral. Danny finds the most useful internet resources!

Adobe ditches its Inmarket and AIR Marketplace

London Food Festival Hits Fifth Year - NYTimes.com