Sometimes, high-end software engineering is like high art – it’s not always easy to appreciate what the eye of the ‘artist’ sees. And so it is that a patent filing by Apple Inc. sort of bends my head in different directions as I try to find some actual, meaningful application for the proposed ‘active desktop’ […]
Tag: Adobe Apollo
This whole web widget thing is well worth a while for Wayne to wonder about the where, what and why. On the one hand, how many widgets does one need? While on the other, what happens when widgets wave au revoir to the web and wonder on over to the ones’ Windows desktop? Or the […]
Embrace. Extend. Extinguish. That was the mantra. Well, that was then and this is now. Over the past few months, Microsoft have been busying themselves with their Expression range of creative tools, the idea of which is to bridge the perceived yawning gap between developer and designer. A good idea, for sure, and all of […]
I’ve been feelin’ the luv this week. What with getting some exclusives on Now Public with my recent articles, as well as my news subscription swelling, I’m quietly pleased with myself. I’ve been putting myself about like a mad’n all this week, and I thought I’d share my experiences with you, which some of you […]
The politics of the web is a many splendid thing. Political machinations within the technology industry have always fascinated me. The speed at which trends are adopted, talked up and either overtaken, upgraded or killed off is at times breathtaking. Right now for Apple and Adobe, the trend is an upwards one, if no less […]