http://www.vyre.com VYRE Blog http://www.vyre.com:80/company/blog/blog-detail/item17899 I'm hoping to share my learning experience of JSON with the rest of you out there who, like me, have heard the word JSON (pronounced Jason) being thrown into conversation, documentation or elsewhere but have always been shy as to ask who this amazing JSON person is. In fact you've probably even seen JSON code, probably even understood it, but never put it into practice or had it explained to you. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:57:31 GMT http://www.vyre.com:80/company/blog/blog-detail/item17899 2010-03-02T15:57:31Z http://www.vyre.com:80/company/blog/blog-detail/item19091 This is one of the most talked about pieces of new communication technology, which grabs the immediate interest of most businesses from C level down. However in today's tough economic climate the whole concept can prove hard to justify by most CFOs. Focus of most purchasing decisions is now firmly based on strong compelling ROI with a positive effect on the bottom line within a year of implementation. Nice-to-haves are no longer expectable in our current climate. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:41:24 GMT http://www.vyre.com:80/company/blog/blog-detail/item19091 2010-03-02T11:41:24Z http://www.vyre.com:80/company/blog/blog-detail/item17781 One of my favourite stories about London is about the Millennium Dome and a visiting French President. After being shown around the dome just before the year 2000 celebrations, the President looks squarely at his guide, and says "Yes, very impressive... but what is it for?". This was almost my exact reaction upon seeing Google Wave for the first time. It looked pretty, and the Google employees presenting the technology seemed reasonably enthusiastic, and it seemed to have some neat features. But I was still left wondering what on earth it would be used for. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:20:13 GMT http://www.vyre.com:80/company/blog/blog-detail/item17781 2010-02-24T12:20:13Z http://www.vyre.com:80/company/blog/blog-detail/item17699 I am sure there are many useful applications out there that developers have become accustomed to and could not live with, but here are just 10 Useful Developer Tools for Mac which you should consider looking at. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:04:09 GMT http://www.vyre.com:80/company/blog/blog-detail/item17699 2010-02-22T18:04:09Z http://www.vyre.com:80/company/blog/blog-detail/item17697 It has hopefully not escaped your attention that VYRE is something of a web travel specialist. We certainly make no attempt to hide it and are always up for a chat about our work with companies such as Virgin Holidays, Icelandair, and Inghams Travel. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:23:51 GMT http://www.vyre.com:80/company/blog/blog-detail/item17697 2010-02-19T14:23:51Z http://www.vyre.com:80/company/blog/blog-detail/item17690 This is not about the iPad's features, or a review of what the iPad will be like to use, or what's missing, or what next year's model might add, or anything. That's been covered/speculated many times over. But what about the bigger picture with the iPad... or rather, behind the iPad? What is it really meant to be, this new device? What is the over-arching vision behind it? Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:19:52 GMT http://www.vyre.com:80/company/blog/blog-detail/item17690 2010-02-18T15:19:52Z http://www.vyre.com:80/company/blog/blog-detail/item17677 Recently the VYRE core development team held an internal workshop to discuss and brainstorm about future technologies and our long term plans for staying ahead of the curve in that space. No, sorry I won't be revealing the amazing secret action plans we came up with. Instead I want to write about an anti-pattern I noticed in how people judge problems and solutions. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:23:27 GMT http://www.vyre.com:80/company/blog/blog-detail/item17677 2010-02-12T10:23:27Z http://www.vyre.com:80/company/blog/blog-detail/item17687 You only have one chance to make a good impression. The first impression may begin with a phone call, them viewing your portfolio, an initial meeting or email. Whatever the method of contact, making a good first impression boils down to how you portray yourself and/or your work. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:42:24 GMT http://www.vyre.com:80/company/blog/blog-detail/item17687 2010-02-09T10:42:24Z http://www.vyre.com:80/company/blog/blog-detail/item17660 I've been nurturing a void in my life for a few months now to make space for the long anticipated iTablet/iSlate/iPad from Apple. On the 27th January Steve Jobs put an end to all the rumours and speculation - the iPad was launched. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:28:51 GMT http://www.vyre.com:80/company/blog/blog-detail/item17660 2010-02-01T18:28:51Z http://www.vyre.com:80/company/blog/blog-detail/item17641 At the end of every year analysts look back on their predictions of 12 months past, size up their performance and then take the plunge again! Sometimes they get it right, other times, well, not quite there, but one thing is sure it makes an interesting read. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:35:55 GMT http://www.vyre.com:80/company/blog/blog-detail/item17641 2010-02-01T11:35:55Z