Sadly I couldn’t make it to BarCamp London 7 this weekend, but thought it would still serve as a decent enough occasion to share some thoughts about the Rummble API via the interwebs. The API officially launched last month at Over the Air, however I was the first person to take it for a spin [...]

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I first saw Layar demo in June at Mobile 2.0 in Barcelona. Their concept is clever – instead of collecting street-level imagery from around the World, the service combines your live surroundings via the camera with layers of local information. Rather than trying to visualise a description of  the interface, you should check out the below video. The [...]

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I was delighted to receive an email from SlideShare announcing that my mashup* Being Location Aware slidecast has been chosen to feature on their homepage. This made my day and motivated me to make the extra effort to either record future presentations live or from the comfort of the office. Despite having only created a [...]

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Mashup* Being Location Aware took place last Thursday at Ogilvy UK in Canary Wharf. I had the pleasure of sitting on an experienced panel of GIS experts, and spoke about my perspective on location-based services. The debate was moderated by Tony Fish and further insights and analysis were offered by Dr Daniel Arthur of International [...]

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