http://www.timdavis.com.au Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:06:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Location Based Technologies I have often wondered whether people really understand Location Based Services (LBS) technology and whether they would like a bit more insight into how exactly location based services work, and more importantly – what information is actually passed from your phone to a server in ... http://www.timdavis.com.au/2008/07/28/location-based-services-lbs-technology-overview/ If you're building a website, webservice or anything to do with the web (or indeed coding in general) - I give you this piece of advice: "It's in the implementation that makes a site popular. Not what existed previously. - Tim Davis, June 2008" Think about this and all the services that ... http://www.timdavis.com.au/2008/07/15/new-ideas-or-just-new-implementations/ There has been so much coverage in the Media regarding Location Based Services (LBS) and how they are the way of the future. While I tend to agree with the vast majority of what's being said out there at the moment – I thought I would do a bit of ... http://www.timdavis.com.au/2008/06/18/location-based-services-the-way-of-the-future/ I modified this famous George Allen quote: "Try not to do too many things at once. Know what you want, the number one thing today and tomorrow. Persevere and get it done." to my own version: "Try not to do too many things at once. Know what you want, the number one thing ... http://www.timdavis.com.au/2008/05/21/try-not-to-do-too-many-things-at-once/ A concept in the software industry which is often heavily debated is that there are, in fact, no new ideas - rather just products created off existing ideas, which are done - to put it simply - much better. A perfect example would be the social networking phenomenon. There are ... http://www.timdavis.com.au/2008/02/18/creating-a-product/ I generally love Google and I think they have created some of the best services that the web has to offer. I am an avid user of Gmail and obviously use their service engine about 100 times a day to research and expand my knowledge. However, I have a one ... http://www.timdavis.com.au/2008/01/14/my-problem-with-the-google-algorithm/ It's really interesting being involved in a startup that hopes to change people's lives. The most fascinating thing I find about technology is its application to human life, and whether it changes it. You know something is highly disruptive when it actually changes the way that people act, or the ... http://www.timdavis.com.au/2007/11/19/technology-life/ Technorati Profile It's always difficult to write the very first post on your new blog. I haven't been blogging for what some consider a "long time" but I have started nevertheless. As they say "The Journey of 1000 Miles begins with the First Step" and I guess I have just taken ... http://www.timdavis.com.au/2007/10/22/welcome-to-my-blog/