I received this email asking me to complete my enrollement to the iPhone Developer Program. I’m in Canada so that means Apple has now agreed to open the program to countries outside US.

I had to order the program on the Apple Store for 99$. I don’t know if I’m supposed to receive something by mail […]

Git is a distributed version control system (DVCS); it was initially written by Linus Torvalds to support the development of the Linux kernel and as a replacement for BitKeeper.

Last year, Linus gave an incentive talk at Google about Git, and criticized quite vigorously the old model of centralized version control system (such as CVS and […]

Last year, I’ve released a little Twitterific clone for the Google Android platform. It was more to have a quick taste of Android than to build a feature-complete app.

Today, I’ve decided to release TwitterDroid in open source and I’ve setup a git repository for you to clone and play.

$ git clone http://git.fredbrunel.com/pub/twitterdroid.git

I’ve ported the code […]

Earlier this month, Cecil Dijoux, a friend of mine posted a serie of four articles about high availability architectures on Tech IT Easy.

Through these articles, he covered the very different aspects of these architectures such as availability, scalability and performances. A very interesting reading that covers the current technologies trends in that area.

I’ve been quite […]

The first public alpha of TwitterDroid is out. TwitterDroid is a clone of Twitterific designed for Android.

As Android is not yet available on hardware, TwitterDroid only runs in the emulator provided with its SDK; so it might be a bit tricky to install the app for now.

Installation

After you’ve downloaded and unpacked TwitterDroid, you’ll have to […]

Android is the name of the open mobile OS announced by Google last week.

As expected, Android code and SDK has been released today. Lots of people have been talking about it lately and I’ve to admit, from the various screenshots I’ve seen so far, that the UI does not seem that bad for a first […]

With the coming out of Leopard, I’m truly excited about the new programming features, it gives me lots of ideas about applications I’d like to build.

But each time I dig into the Cocoa Fundamentals, I’m just having a heart attack. Why desktop programming is still stuck in the 80s and so unproductive?

Here is a simple […]

I just finished reading the book Scrum and XP from the Trenches by Henrik Kniberg.

It’s one of the best book I’ve read about an agile methodology. It’s good because the author does not only explain the principles of the methodology but also gives you a valuable feedback about his day-to-day experience and best practices using […]