The reason for all this running—or at least for running such long distances at a time—is that I've entered a marathon. It's the inaugural Marathon of the North in Sunderland on the 5th of May. Although I've lived in London for years, I come from Durham and I'm much looking forward to a run in… Continue reading A Marathon
Month: April 2012
Breakfast Post on Twitter
Look to https://twitter.com/#!/breakfastpost for updates on this blog. I have abandoned many puns in trying to think of a better title, but Breakfast Post on Twitter it must be. The Twitter feed doesn't do anything (yet?) except radiate links to these blog posts. I seem to have four Twitter accounts now, none of which I… Continue reading Breakfast Post on Twitter
Unit testing: Why bother?
I've just published an article about unit testing on the SoundSoftware site, focusing on how to justify the apparent extra effort—particularly with an eye to the academic researcher/developer. Thanks to James, Luke, Richard and Jazz for input. As always, if you see any mistakes or have any thoughts on the subject, please feel free to… Continue reading Unit testing: Why bother?
“Papermill” and paying for apps
Ryan Bateman writes an interesting piece about Papermill, an Android client for the Instapaper offline web-page reading service (via Daring Fireball). What makes it so fascinating is the inclusion of actual numbers for both sales figures and (estimated) time spent on development. The results look rather depressing for any developer who likes the idea of… Continue reading “Papermill” and paying for apps
Japan
I've just come back from a conference in Kyoto. I've never been to Japan before, so although this was a very brief visit—the four-day conference wasn't quite enough to get over the jet lag—it was always going to be an interesting one. Inevitably my perception was coloured by comparison with Taiwan, a place I've been… Continue reading Japan
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