Episode 17: Simple Diagrams
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We’re joined this week by Daniel McQuillen, a Air/Flex developer here in Fort Collins who built the Air application called Simple Diagrams http://www.
Enjoy!
- Steve & Ron
Episode 17 Show Notes
News Items:
- Tagstand Wants to Make NFC Technology Simple for Businesses
- http://mashable.com/2011/09/06/tagstand/
- Customers can purchase packs of stickers, and then use the Tagstand Manager to program — and reprogram as often they see fit — how those stickers function on objects in the real world.
- Metrics available
- Many uses, short videos for each of these examples at http://www.tagstand.com/
- Business Card / transfer contact info
- URL redirect – e.g. can login on 4square by tapping the tag
- URL redirect – can take user to purchase page for a product advertised on a poster
- http://www.bostonglobe.com/ – a beautiful example of responsive web design
- Microsoft Windows 8
- http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/13/windows-8-details-new-features-ui-enhancements-and-everything/
- Multi-touch support enabled for Internet Explorer 10
- SkyDrive storage support integrated into all cloud-based apps
- Both Metro-style and conventional Win32 apps will be sold in the Windows Store
- Windows 8 devices equipped with an NFC chip will be able to use a tap-to-share feature to either send content from one device to another, or simply receive content from something like an NFC-equipped card.
- Built-in antivirus software will ship in Windows 8
- There will not be a different edition of Windows 8 for tablets, and presumably, not for Media Centers either
- Windows 8 to feature drastically reduced boot time, shown off in video
Feature: Daniel McQuillen – SimpleDiagrams.com
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Blog Picks
- Daniel:
- Steve: Back to Work podcast with Merlin Mann : http://5by5.tv/b2w
- Ron: The Business of Software Blog http://blog.businessofsoftware.org/
- The conference for people who care about growing long-term, profitable, software businesses
- Run by:
- Neil Davidson, Joint CEO of Red Gate Software and Founder of the Business of Software conference.
- Mark Littlewood, Founder of the Business Leaders Network (TheBLN). Organizer of the Business of Software conference.
- e.g. Eric Ries: The science of lean startups. Video & transcript of talk at Business of Software 2010.
- Also: http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/
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