June 2008

New Clarion Beta Versions

June 13, 2008

Looks like the SV crew have released a new build of Clarion 7 (and probably .Net, although I haven’t got the email yet). There are new Dictionary features, Win32 RTL and a few IDE enhancements, plus a bunch of fixes. No AppGen yet .. I am sure the entire world will hear the echoes of [...]

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Striking When The Iron Is Cold (Depths of Peril)

June 11, 2008

Depths of Peril is a great game.   I started a few characters, and then settled on the Rogue. I was blazing along, and after a while, started wiping out the other Covenants in town. The iron was hot. I smashed em all, except one. Not sure why I left this sucker alone, but I [...]

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What Is Living?

June 9, 2008

I pretty much loathe shows like 60 minutes (at least, the aussie version). But tonight, I flipped channels and saw bears. Big Black and Grizzly Bears. The story was of a man named Charlie Vandergaw. This is what the man who made his home as a hunter of bears, and then was transformed into a [...]

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Devcon News On ClarionMag

June 5, 2008

I’m enjoying Devcon. I’ll have a bit to say afterwards, when there’s been time to collate thoughts etc, but let me just say this: Geoff Spillane deserves HUGE kudos. The amount of work he has done is huge. Getting together the conference, the Training (arm-twisting the SV guys a month out to get everything ready), [...]

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Aussie Devcon 2008, Why I Love Community

June 5, 2008

Here is what I love about Devcons:   You find awesome people. The SV sessions have been fantastic. Like previously mentioned, they put a huge amount of diligent work into preparation and then delivery. Fantastic. However, as good (different) has been the "business practices" focussed talks. We’re a little way into Kim Davies‘ talk, Michael [...]

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A Social Media CRM (Project Dimes)

June 5, 2008

Here’s an idea. A web server where people log in with their social media details (like Twitter, or Facebook, or ..). The server doesn’t store the password, but it stores the Service (eg. Twitter) and the Username. The server pulls in the contacts from the Service, through the available API, if there is one. The [...]

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