Musings of a FIRED programmer

Llywodraeth Cymru Yr Adran Addysg a Sgiliau Seminar y Gymraeg, Technoleg a’r Cyfryngau Digidol Stadiwm Dinas Caerdydd (stadiwm pêl-droed Caerdydd, Lecwydd) To those less au fait with the Welsh language (I’m a learner myself which may also explain any inaccuracies in the information I present below!): Welsh Government The Department of Education and Skills Welsh Language, Technology and Digital Media Seminar Cardiff City Stadium This seminar was run by the Welsh Government (Department of Education and Skills) in Cardiff City Stadium with the topic being Welsh, Technology and Digital Media. More specifically the stated focus was harnessing technology to promote the Welsh language and how more digital content can be made available in the language. The seminar was held on 21/06/12 so it’s only take me a month to get round to tidying up these notes! I’ll summarise a small part of the content presented and add my own comment or two along the way. The actual...

I received my Nokia Lumia 800 Windows phone a couple for weeks ago. Here I'll note a few of my first impressions. I should note that I am not an experienced smartphone user - I have been skipping the whole smartphone experience for various reasons but including the facts that The smartphone market was, and is, in a nascent state The iPhone was pretty dominant for a while and I am not normally one to go with the current trend, particularly when ... I am also not very pro-Apple - the iPhone might well have a good UX … I don’t know, I have little interest in trying it - but I know some other Apple products, e.g. the PC iTunes software, are appalling in this regard. And as an IT professional I was aware that the iPhone developer experience is based on legacy technologies and I wanted the option of a decent developer experience on whatever phone I chose. Then along came Microsoft and at v7.5, or 7.1 of the new Windows Mobile/ Windows Phone OS, depending on whether you believe the...