So Flash Lite supports SVG-T and according to this article the SVG-T support was a direct request from its European customers and is part of the 3GPP standard. But as Russell Beattie was asking a long time ago, does it support Web Services?
On a lighter note, just found this list of 1000 best movies ever made and I seem to have seen only around 300 of them so that is around 30%, not sure how I rate amongst all other movie buffs. It was also nice to spot a few Indian movies amongst them. There was Pather Panchali, Apur Sansar and Salaam Bombay. And a good thing that I've seen them all, at least that means I've seen the top three Indian movies... ;)
At Digité, we have an opening for a junior designer within the User Experience group. This would be a great opportunity to work on a truly world-class software product. If you're interested, get in touch with me (leave a message/visit our careers page/or use my presonal site)
Note: The current opening is in our Mumbai (India) office
The Job Posting is part of the extended entry:
About Digité
Digité, Inc. is a rapidly growing organization that offers global careers in
developing leading edge Information Technology solutions and platforms.
Digité provides its employees with an environment that is conducive to growth
and where they can prove themselves by working on some of the best technology
platforms available today and by providing solutions that facilitate the
operation of some of the top businesses in the world.
About the position
We are currently looking for User Interface/User Experience professionals to
contribute to an exciting new business concept and growth by strengthening our
Product Development team. Apart from an unique opportunity to build a
world-class software product, we also offer an attractive package that matches
leading software companies. In store for you are challenging opportunities,
competitive pay, Pre-IPO stock options, and most-of-all, a fun-filled work
environment.
Job description
Professionals with up to 3 yrs experience in reputed organizations or fresh graduates from reputed institutions with excellent track record and
qualifications in the following areas:
1. Visual Communication/ Graphic Design
2. Product Design
3. New Media/ Interaction Design/ UI Design
Graduates/Post Graduates from NID, IDC or equivalent with excellent academic
records would be preferred. Experience working on Enterprise level web
applications/RIAs would be an added advantage.
Areas of work
Application UI (Web and Client Server)/User Experience Design/Information
Design/Instructional Design/MarCom
Key result Areas
Ability to define product requirements
User study
Usability testing
Heuristic Evaluation
Information Architecture
Graphic Design, Information Design
Coordinating implementation of interface design
Software skills
Should be conversant with Graphic Design/Web Design tools like Adobe Photoshop,
Corel Draw, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Fireworks, etc.
Knowledge of DHTML/XHTML, JavaScript, XML & XUL would be advantageous
Experience with the print media will be looked upon as an plus point.
Soft skills
1. Passion to excel (absolutely must)
2. Curiosity.
3. Team player with excellent oral and written communication skills in English
language
BEA Alchemy is an IE (browser) plugin that is being developed as a way to deliver rich data to thin clients and also help them work in an 'Occasionally Connected' mode. Jon Udell in this article says:
“The caching scheme is the heart and soul of Alchemy. Current approaches to taking browsers offline typically queue messages that later update in a server-based data model. An Alchemy application, though, always works with a genuine local data model that it stores as sets of XML fragments and navigates in a relational style. Bosworth’s hunch is that a Web-style thin client, driven by a rich data model intelligently synchronized with the services cloud, could do most of what we really need — both offline and online. ”
Looks like Alchemy in combination with Liquid Data is going to give Macromedia Central and Flex a run for their money....
Somewhat old news, but I'm still catching up these days ;)
According to this article the latest update to Windows will be available to all users - including those using pirated copies of its Windows XP software. Is it really altruism that prompted this move? Hmn...
Postscript: In comments Dominic points out another article which clarifies the MS position - More MS like - "Microsoft Corrects: No XP SP2 for Pirated Copies"
Haven’t been posting very often lately as work is keeping me extremely busy. Sometimes I feel if it is worth taking a break, considering the amount of work that piles up once you return ;)
In any case, this is something I needed to bookmark this article about the ‘Haptic Chameleon’ a shape-shifting button that is being developed at Sony. While it is an interesting concept, it needs a bit of getting used to and unless it is accepted as a standard, this is not really an intuitive design. I mean who would think of depressed knobs as happy and sad faces? But there is definite potential in something like this, and though the virtual experiment was apparently not very successful, it may be an useful concept for game developers to explore…
Random surfing can at times reveal some good links. Today I found a link to this introduction to CMMi via Rob Grzywinski's site.
The CMMi is a model for improving and appraising the performance of development organizations. It stands for “Capability Maturity Model Integration”. At Digité, we have a tool that helps organizations gain visibility into their projects and processes. Worth checking out if your organization is following CMMi or any other process, if you are interested in knowing more read this whitepaper.
