I’ve spent a while learning JavaFX and developing an application which is now live. I’ve written about the application itself over on the Guardian’s Open Platform blog, because it makes use of the Open Platform’s Content API. But in this blog post I want to write less about the application and more about my experiences … Continue reading
My public service for today is that of matchmaker, and specifically finding a match for the many online commentators who have a start-up-shaped solution for newspapers’ current crisis of faith and future. Over on Mashable, Vadim Lavrusik has a useful round-up of “12 things newspapers should do to survive”. It’s good to see a lot … Continue reading
There isn’t too much I can add to Kevin Anderson‘s extensive coverage of Guardian Hack Day 2 [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]. But here are a couple of things… First, huge congratulations to Matt McAlister and the whole organising team. Hack Day 1 set the bar pretty high, but the team managed to meet … Continue reading
