If you’re an avid gamer, you will have no doubt noticed that Quake Live has entered open beta now – if you were in the private betas then you will have no doubt experienced the huge surge in waiting times to join a game! Well, that aside, it is very interesting to see how the future of gaming is shaping up.
Geoff Adams
Programmer, Research and Development
For a long time now, there has been a lot of buzz around the concept of the Semantic Web. A great deal of resources has been poured into researching viable solutions to the issue of linking together data on the web with meaningful meta-data and relationships. Unfortunately, even in the W3C’s own words, most of the ideas or standards coming out aren’t close to being implemented fully. This is why I don’t see it as the ‘next big thing’ for the web which so many of us are waiting for. Read the rest of this entry »
Geoff Adams
Programmer, Research and Development
Gone are the days when a separate version of a web site was required to see a web-site. Many 3G Phones, such as the iPhone and Android compatible phones support rendering of web pages in their full glory (except for Flash on the iPhone). While this creates the richness that one expects when you are surfing at home on your laptop or desktop computer. It can still be difficult to navigate around a large web pages. If you really want to make your website usable on a mobile phone it might be a better idea to go for a mobile version of a website. Domains are available for mobile websites and it is a good idea to buy the .mobi domain for your mobile website to host your mobile version of your website to show you are really serious about providing mobile content.
Sir Pumpkin Longshanks
Programmer, Research and Development
