With all the recent buzz around Windows 8 RT for ARM and the Metro interface, I wanted to do a bit of a first-look at developing for the Windows 8 Metro interface. To get started, I thought I’d take a look at getting the Windows 8 Consumer Preview installed on an actual tablet, so I … read the whole post
Customer Viewpoint: Social Enterprise Transformations
By: | April 25, 2012 | Leave a comment
By: David Lafferty, EVP and CIO, Tidewell Hospice What was the motivating factor behind your business's move to the cloud? We needed a solution where we could focus on our core competency without burdening IT staff with the day to day requirements of hardware and software, let alone the capital costs. Secondly, we wanted to … read the whole post
Storing Data Offline with Salesforce Mobile SDK SmartStore
By: | April 19, 2012 | (8) Comments
Storing Data Offline with Salesforce Mobile SDK SmartStore Say you’re writing a “hybrid” mobile app for iOS and Android using PhoneGap (“Callback” or “Cordova”) and you want to store data locally. Your choices are kind of limited. You could, for instance, use WebSQL, which has been implemented in WebKit for a while now and is … read the whole post
Invisible UI
By: | April 11, 2012 | Leave a comment
By: Boris Klaydman When I was developing and teaching Mac and, later, iOS development, I used to have a saying: “The best code is the code you don’t have to write.” Reuse as much as possible, leveraging libraries and open source and if there is a simpler, more manageable solution to a problem, it will … read the whole post
Becoming Antisocial
By: | April 1, 2012 | Leave a comment
Over the past year, there’s no denying that we, as a company, have gone through some major changes. It was bound to happen since we’re in the business of helping our customers make the transition to social enterprises; but it’s happened to us too, and we’re not so sure it’s a good fit. Honestly, we … read the whole post