Ben Allfree :: Painless Programming

To all my loyal followers: I got a new Tilt phone. Please stop leaving flowers and candles for my old one.
In case you missed why the Tilt is so cool, there are 2 reasons:
1) Beachside programming. Mobile broadband, yeah baby.
2) Run a public wifi hotspot from your pocket. All the girls will flock. That have [...]

Well, I tossed my Tilt phone across my driver’s side to the passenger’s side. The next time I went to look at it, the screen had cracked and now at least 50% is unusable. Not impressed by a phone I can’t toss across the car. Next stop: 3G iPhone perhaps?

So, I picked up the new HTC Tilt phone. It’s a Smartphone with 3G broadband service. I immediately took the day off to hit all the local beaches within 90 miles to see how the reception was. Can you picture me with the Carona in hand yet?

I’ve been working on a mobile video application for Facebook written in cakePHP.
The client recently asked how Agile relates to progress. Clients like to see a “big bang” at the beginning and I typically do not deliver it.
Why?
The answer has something to do with an Agile process embedded deeply in my brain. Agile encourages careful [...]

Ben recently booked a deal to make a cross-platform ringtone application. The application includes both Windows and OS X versions, cakePHP, SMS/MMS messaging, and a variety of audio formats.