A couple of months ago I decided to write a little J2ME application that allows mobile users to get the cheapest gas prices on their device - aka GasBum. This ultimately stemmed from a few conversations I had with friends and family over the labor day weekend. GasBum runs on many different devices [...]

I’m always interested in the latest technologies and how they will enable developers to build applications that truly revolutionize the web. This technology for me currently is Flex 2.0. At one point in my life I was a stout Flash and ColdFusion developer. I still use these technologies when the task at [...]

As a stepping stone to porting Google Maps to Flex I’ve taken the approach of placing the maps on top of Flex. This is done through the use of a transparent background approach where the background of the Flash movie is made to let anything underneath it show through. This is done by [...]

I’ve been talking with Joe Orbman from WebORB and he demonstrated his Google Maps chat with me last week. He asked me not to blog about it until he published the final release….so here it is:
http://www.themidnightcoders.net/examples/messageserver/chat/mapchatajax.htm
It’s a cool concept because upon posting your message a DNS lookup is made that pinpoints your location and [...]

In my small neck of the woods I like to write about development technologies and any wild ideas that come across my mind. With that being said, it’s truly amazing how many specialized blogs exist on the web. I think the last number I heard was that about 40,000 new blog sites go [...]

The more I experiment with using Google Maps in a div layer beneath Flex the more I think it’s a viable solution. There are still several things that need to be tested such as using fscommand instead of getURL(”javascript:myFunction”); to communicate between Flex and Google Maps.
The main issue I’m going to focus on next [...]

I’m currently involved with a project where Google Maps needs to be integrated with Flex. While this souds like a trivial task if you’re familiar with both technologies you’ll know that they don’t play nicely with each other.
What we recently concluded is that we should port Google’s API to Flex so that the functionality [...]

I’ve been pretty swamped lately and want to apologize to those who are waiting for the J2ME version of BlueGPS. I’ve been sitting on it and want to release it ASAP. I’ve decided to allow data to only be uploaded to my server for now and will extend this functionality later. The [...]

At SensorLogic I spend a lot of time debating which user interface elements are right for certain tasks. I’m generally of the mindset “don’t reinvent the wheel” and leverage paradigms that already exist. While this doesn’t always apply, I think for 95% of the cases somebody’s already solved the problem and they’ve paid [...]

I’ve received a decent amount of feedback about being able to download GasBum without having to give away your email address to some guy you’ve never met. This seems to be a reasonable request so I’ve placed the app on download.com where you can grab it without providing any information:
http://www.download.com/GasBum/3000-11138_4-10434792.html
Yes you’re beating the system, [...]