• Openness, strength or weakness?

    [[posterous-content:gyChyJEkGgyHEFwtDwhk]] As I've announced here, we've recently taken the difficult decision to put development of Citrus in hold, indefinitely (let's be realistic, probably forever). I'm now wondering what if anything we should announce about our new project. Is openness a strength or a weakness? Is there value to the community...


  • Location based is the future of mobile

    [[posterous-content:CgcvHnvyDhGmpozvakjA]] First we started to explore, then quickly we needed to figure out where we were and we've been building increasing numbers ever more sophisticated maps, guide books and other sources of location based information ever since. The extension of this location based information to mobile Internet enabled devices is...


  • I'm loving Zemanta

    I added Zemanta to the blog today at lunch time and so far I think it's great. I've gone through and quickly added a links to a few posts, I'm not going to go back and do many but I'm going to use it going forward. One of the most...


  • While they're all standing still...

    I've been a bit lax with the posting again, but I'm trying. Continuing with the theme where I left off last time, starting companies in the downturn (likely to be a recession), the last time we talked the worlds markets were in turmoil, the banks had stopped lending money to...


  • Up in the downturn

    [[posterous-content:yigsoaIwGgqxfumohlic]]I think it's clear now, despite all the best hopes of an easy ride, that the economy has gone to shit. I also think it's clear that no matter how far you try to bury your head in the sand, it's affecting tech and other industries now. The knock on...