My Apology for Not Publishing All Your Comments

Nokia Ron | 05 November, 2007 23:52

I love technology but this time I should have read the manual! 

One of the new tools we started using with the new Developer Community was a new Blog engine.  One of the features of it was the ability for non members or members not signed on to make comments about the blogs.  Of course with a power like that one needs to guard against SPAM so we enabled this using a image recognition program and anti spam built into the software.  Oddly myself and other bloggers noticed that the number of comments that were in the description were not the number of comments we actually shown.  The problem was because you all replied so quickly to my message it showed up as spam.  I now know I need to check for spam regularly and delete it, as well as to check for non-spam and allow it.   I see there were dozens of great comments about the new portal that were never posted before and I thank everyone for their suggestions. Thanks,  I’ll be more alert in the future.  Keep the suggestions coming. Ron

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Mobile Linux Hacker Workshop

Nokia Ron | 02 November, 2007 21:34

Mobile Linux Hacker Workshop in Stanford University

Tuesday, November 6, 2007 

Venue:

Stanford University
James H. Clark Center Auditorium
318 Campus Dr.
Stanford, CA 94305, USA

Agenda:

The workshop will start 10AM, for the detailed agenda check the workshop website https://mktools.forum.nokia.com/invitation?action=showEvent&mode=agenda

Registration site:

https://mktools.forum.nokia.com/invitation?action=showEvent&mode=doLogin&event_username=MobNux1107&event_password=WorkNok611)
 
Prerequisites:

Please bring your laptop to the workshop and pre-install SDK (Nokia N800 developers, maemo 3.x Bora) at http://maemo.org/development/sdks/

 

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Nokia NFC Developer Event

Nokia Ron | 02 November, 2007 21:32

December 03, 2007 – Amsterdam, The NetherlandsThis event is intended to give you an overview of Nokia's engagements in Near Field Communication (NFC) and NFC application development for the Nokia 6131 NFC. The event also presents a great networking opportunity to share experiences with other early adopters and developers. More information & registration

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Win a Nokia N95 Multimedia Device!!

Nokia Ron | 01 November, 2007 18:50

Be one of the top contributors to the Forum Nokia Developer Wiki between November 15 and Midnight November 30 and win Nokia’s new premier multimedia device.  The rules are simple, contribute quality or topical articles, How to’s or code examples. All articles submitted during the time period will be subjectively judged on how well they are presented, what the content is and the number of quality entries.  The number of N95’s rewarded will be reflected by the number or quality articles submitted. The more people that participate; the more N95’s we will give away.   In addition to the possibility of winning, all contributors will be considered for nomination into the Forum Nokia Champions program.  So if you want honor and glory and a new N95 device contribute to the Wiki this month.   Those who have previously won a Forum Nokia S60 3rd edition device as well as Forum Nokia employees and contractors are not eligible for this contest.   

For a full set of rules see the Rules of Participation

 Ron

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What do You think of our new home?

Nokia Ron | 29 October, 2007 23:10

Let us know what you think at Forum.Feedback@nokia.com or just respond to this blog. I want to emphasize how much this is YOUR community and it is YOUR opinions that matter the most to us.  We want your feedback in order to make this the most enjoyable developer community on the internet.  We did not let marketing have any say so in the Lobby, we designed it for developers, not the suits or pointy haired bosses.

 

For many months I’ve listened to both beginner and seasoned developers and they all say it is hard to find information on Forum Nokia.   I think this new developer’s community goes a long way in helping you to find information you need – at least from your fellow developers.  The Blogs Wiki and Discussions will soon have a unified single sign on so you can seamlessly move from one to the other (or to Forum Nokia for downloads) without having to re-click on the login.  The look and feel will be closer for all the elements of the community as well.

 

There were some compromises made a little less flash that some of us wanted, moving some familiar tabs to side items among other things.  The Wiki is probably the least affected community as it is the newest.  The blogs may seem the same but they have a new engine and a new ease of access so there is a really radical change of them underneath. The discussion boards had some user interface tweaks as a reorganization to be more topical had already taken place but will undergo other positive changes over the next six months.

 

This is just a start. We have a host of ideas on what we should do to improve your experience already but your feedback is needed. This is your home, kick your shoes off and make it comfortable.  Let us know at Forum.Feedback@nokia.com or comment on this blog here.

 

Ron

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Whirlwind Trip

Nokia Ron | 23 October, 2007 20:06

I had a whirlwind trip to Europe this past week. There was a wonderful (as always) Champions event in London for two days before the Symbian Smartphone Show. Forum Nokia was there to present some information about upcoming technologies and there were speakers from Nokia and non Nokia as well. This was my first time to the Symbian Smartphone show and I thought it was fairly well done. From there I went to Finland and met with colleagues and did some brainstorming.
 
Working from a home office is nice, I accomplish a lot as I don’t have distractions and I do not have a commute to work. However, I do miss the interaction with Forum Nokia members. I learn a lot just by eavesdropping on conversations that are taking place and if I get to talk to them one on one, I learn even more. I can tell you we have an electric group of Forum Nokia Champions. I don’t say that because they are shocking but because they are vibrant and exciting and quite enjoyable to be around.
 
I think I will stay close to home for the next couple of months. There are exciting new things happening on Forum Nokia beginning next week and I have a feeling my plate will be full.
 
Ron

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What's the Buzz about maemo?

Nokia Ron | 19 October, 2007 10:57

There is a lot of talk about the Nokia Internet Tablet N810 and how it uses maemo (yes no uppercase letter here) which marketing calls a computer architecture platform and you and I would clumsily call the operating system’s SDK. So what is so cool about this new technology? Why does this have a coolness factor that blows the iPhone out of the water?  Is it because it is open source? Well that isn’t that great an idea since you generally inhibits innovation and often more bureaucratic than closed systems. Is it the touch screen or User Interface, well it is sweet but it isn’t any really new.  Is it the price, well it is fairly inexpensive but not dirt cheap. What is cool what makes this the sexiest innovation in years is that you can play with it.
 
I remember my first computer and the manual that came with it said “Open the case and make sure all the cards are fitted tightly.” The manufacture specifically pointed out that PC’s are meant to be something the user can modify, it isn’t a sealed system. I was expected to know how to change cards, add RAM, write basic programs, and customize the configuration. With newer devices all of this has gone to the wayside, but with the Linux based OS and open source I am again empowered with the ability to make this computer mine.
 
Ron

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Help Nokia to Help You

Nokia Ron | 11 October, 2007 17:10

How Can Forum Nokia Help You Shorten Your Development Time? Nokia wants your feedback a special forum was created for one month to gather your input. Please take advantage of this opportunity to improve your time to market. 

 
Ron

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S60 3rd Ed. FP 2 , SDK Beta Includes Web Runtime Engine

Nokia Ron | 09 October, 2007 22:59

Today the S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2 for C++ SDK Beta went live on Forum Nokia and with that a WRT testing environment. Note, this is a beta version, but the included WRT engine is close to final and developers are encouraged to use it. See the Tools and SDK’s: Nokia Tools web page

Additionally, a number of docs went up including
- Introducing Web Run-Time
- Getting Started with Nokia web Widget development
- Web Run-Time API Reference
- Porting Apple Dashboard widgets to S60

The getting started and the Porting guides include example widgets.
See http://www.forum.nokia.com/main/resources/documentation/index.html

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It Takes Time

Nokia Ron | 09 October, 2007 00:13

How many times have you heard the phrase it takes time. Two pretty common ones are: it takes time to do a good job, it takes time to do it right. You know it does, but the best way to save time is to do it right the first time. An old story is the boss who gave three electronic engineers one third of the project to complete within six weeks. This program was in modules so none of them depended on the other engineers involvement. The first engineer immediated developed a prototype using a high level language he was fluent in that basically did what he wanted before writing it in the language specified. The next developer started directly with specified language and perfected each section as he completed it. The last engineer smply sat at his desk and occasionally jotted down a note or two that no one understood by his self.
 
After three weeks the engineer who had done the prototpye foutnd that the steps he had taken in the high level language did not translate into the same steps in the language specified, he was already a week behind with only three weeks to go. The engineer who perfected each section as he went along found that he often had to go back as the final elements never quite worked to gether, he was also a week behind. With three weeks to go the third engineer, looked once again at all his notes, turned on the computer and began writing the module.
 
With one week to go, the first two engineers were at their bosses desk asking for more help and an extension, there was no way to complete their assigned tasks with just the one week left. The third engineer was also at his bosses desk but he was there to ask for the rest of the week off; his job was done.
 
I am an action person, I want to jump in and do it now. I want to see instant results. When I take the time to plan out what I want and write it down. When I wait and look at all the outcomes. When I consider the options and make sound decisions before starting. I find that I save the most time and my work is the best.
 
Ron

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Time Immemorial

Nokia Ron | 06 October, 2007 00:45

British law sets the start of time as September 3rd 1189. All POSIX based operating system sets the start of time as Midnight, January 1st 1970 CUT. Apple set the start of time on Macintosh operating systems at Midnight, January 1st 1904 as it saves one equation necessary to determine if it is a leap century or not. For some of us time started the day we were born. For others, time started when man first started telling stories that were passed down. Some believe time started with the (ever increasingly disproved) Big Bang Theory and others may believe that there was only time before the Big Bang. How can anyone manage something so overwhelming as time. Is “Time Management” and oxymoron?
 
Time management is a skill I have yet learned to master but I would not consider it an impossible task. At some times I do very well managing time. In fact if it wasn’t for outside influences I would have no problem completing all of my day to day work in a few hours. What takes most of my work time is one time only requests or demands upon my time. What I was taught was to build in to your schedule time for these external times and budget your time accordingly. One way to free up time is to not go to meetings where you are not needed. Read the minutes of the meeting, talk to someone that encapsulates it, or just ignore it totally. If you take stock of your time; log what you do every day; you will find that meetings and phone calls (or e-mail) are the biggest time waster of your day.
 
Stop doing the time wasters. For example I’m on a group list at work and get 20 or so messages a day from the list server. I filter my mail so that any from that group is diverted to a sub folder in Outlook and I never read it until the end of the day. If I am busy it can wait to be read another day or two. Do not attend every meeting, and if you do attend them make sure there is at least 15 minutes apart from the last meeting. If you hold meetings wear a watch or watch your phone, start and end on time.   Once people learn your meetings start and end on time they will be there promptly.
 
Ron

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Do We Have Time

Nokia Ron | 01 October, 2007 19:23

I don’t know about you, but I never seem to have enough time and I often feel like I am wasting time that I should be doing something. I took a time management course a few years ago and recently revisited the materials and found I had fallen back into my same old bad habits. One habit that clutters your life and makes you feel like you are wasting time is the “I’ll never do” things.
 
The “I’ll never do” things are the little odd jobs like cleaning the garage or basement. At business they may be reading a paper written that was of some interest to you or going through all that old e-mail and sorting it and tossing out what is un-important. The trick to handling these is to just realize you are never ever going to get to them, so just ignore them and do what is most important. Take those hundreds of e-mails that did not require any action and create a dump bin folder and put them there. Wow your in box has 3 or 4 things now, not a hundred; you can do those 3 or 4 things.   If your garage is a mess, either accept it or hire the neighborhood kid to do it. 
 
The nicest thing is you don’t feel like you are being pushed to get things done the pressure is off and you accomplish more. Life is much simpler when you learn to just ignore the work that will never get done.
 
Ron

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Power saved is Product Sold

Nokia Ron | 26 September, 2007 23:56

Increasingly I see complaints on the discussion board about poor battery life. Of course there are bad batteries out there but for the most part batteries live longer now than ever before. One of my mobile devices would go for days on end without needing a charge but if I used it for an alarm clock it would need charging daily. If I had not observed that it was this one application that caused the battery problem I would have been extremely upset with Nokia. Knowing what caused the poor battery life made me quite upset with the application and I only used it when absolutely necessary.
 
If you are planning on selling your product and want to have loyal customers you need to consider the power consumption of your application or utility.  Forum Nokia has created a web site that will help you achieve this with information and tools. Please visit this page as it is not only important to Nokia to have long battery life but also for you or the company you work for to have the ultimate power management. Right now they may blame Nokia but do not under-estimate the word of mouth that would spread if your product was listed as an energy waster. A good programmer always tries to write the most elegant code and this will help you achieve that.
 
Ron

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Hartti and Ron go to WeirdStuff

Nokia Ron | 25 September, 2007 00:15

Last week I was in training in the Silicon Valley in California so I took some time to meet with my teammate Hartti Suomela to do some team building. When Hartti gave me the choice of where to go after some gathering of information on the internet, I chose Weird Stuff in Sunnyvale California. After questioning my sanity and admitting that he had never heard of the place Hartti reluctantly trekked off with me to see the great unknown.
 
WeirdStuff is a showroom and warehouse for all the flotsam and jetsam that is discarded in the high tech industrial world of Silicon Valley. From vintage 1990 computers to barrels full of miscellaneous nuts and bolts (which sell by the pound) all things salvaged from business close outs and other salvage end up at WeirdStuff. If you need an 8 foot glass server rack, or a shell for a Donkey Kong arcade game. Do you need a 1/2” tape backup or a copy of Amish Utilities for Windows 2.0 this is the place to be. A chip tester, an oscilloscope, or a really great 10 foot high “you are here” kiosk almost everything high tech related is for sale. From a box full of corded and one wireless phones to a Sybase back up system it was hard to find something that stumped both Hartti and I.
 
Hartti and I were typical WeirdStuff customers, just people that have heard of the place and were there out of curiosity. Luckily for me I had to fly home or the trunk of the car may have been full of spare parts before I left Monday afternoon. Other store browsers were electronic hobbyist trying to find parts to build a home robot or fix an old computer for the kids. If you needed a resister or miniature motor or power supply here was a great place to get it. Another large segment of the stores business is lawyers. Not that lawyers are known as electronic nuts but they investigate in order to get patent rights. Was there an older version; is the new device you have just a rehash of someone else’s idea? All is very interesting and WeirdStuff proved not to be so weird and mostly just stuff. If you aren’t in the San Francisco area you can check it out on the internet. But there is nothing like picking up a 15 year old piece of computer history in your hands and saying I remember this.
 
Ron

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The Symbian Smartphone Show

Nokia Ron | 13 September, 2007 01:05

What a great name for an exhibition no pretense at all, let’s just call it what it is… a show. Oh sure, there will be thousands of visitors and keynote addresses and many uppity ups and muckity mucks will be there. There will be exhibitions and conferences and meetings but it is a show, and that is what they call it. I’ve never attended the Symbian Smartphone Show and I don’t think I would want to if they called it the Symbian Multimedia Device Exhibition and Conference. Even though Shakespeare said a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, I say a cubic zirconia by another name would be a diamond.
 
I’m glad they are still calling it the Smartphone show since I’m going this year. Many of you will be going this year too. There are many Symbian developers in the UK I suspect I might know many of them but they will have to tell me their user name if I am to recognize them. There will be a Forum Nokia Champions event there, one of the reasons I’m going but the real reason I’m going is to just meet with you people. So if you see a one eyed pirate, tap the shoulder and say “Ron?” and let me know your name.
 
Ron

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