16 Sep, 2008  |  Written by Frank Carver  |  under Information

The history of human-computer interaction is littered with alternative ways to enter and manipulate text. From one-handed keyboards through defining every letter as a different stylus swirl to predictive text on a numeric keypad. Here’s another one Swype is a way of entering a whole word with a wiggle of a finger or stylus on a touch screen.

This one looks like it’s building some buzz – I have already seen a blog entry elsewhere where the author wishes that the iPhone would hurry up and get a Swype implementation.

Move over T9, here comes Swype | Crave, the gadget blog – CNET

16 Sep, 2008  |  Written by Frank Carver  |  under Information

Hiring software developers is always on the agenda for many companies. The tricky bit is finding the good ones. I linked to an article on this subject back in April, but it’s nice to see that Mark Needham is also writing thoughtful stuff on the topic.

What makes a good developer? at Mark Needham