If you like to become a beta tester of out iOS software we will need the UIUD of your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad device you like to test on. Since the number of testers is very limited because of limitations Apple has set up, please just send one UDID. Please send your UDID along with your principal email address and your full name via email to dirk.holtwick@gmail.com.
The following short video shows how to get the UDID on a Mac using iTunes:
I’m happy to see the mov.io service has launched recently. Oliver Wagner and Oliver Köster have build a clean and elegant service to easily share videos on Twitter. I contributed the iPhone app to this project which is still in the approval process for the Apple AppStore. Hope you enjoy and use the new service. Read More
Visit the projects website getwaveboard.com
Google Wave might become the next big thing since it integrates techniques from email, wiki and chat. This kind of communication is migrating from the desktop computers to the mobile devices, especially to the iPhone. Therefore it is consequent to give this new service a nice shell on this device and so I wrote WaveBoard which is a little nice wrapper around Google Wave.
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I had the honor to work on a very nice project this year for the eGenix GmbH. It is about bringing a better VAT infrastructure to the African country Ghana. We used technologies like Python, Django, Javascript and YUI.
To get an idea of it I recommend to watch this lightning talk Marc-Andre Lemburg gave at the EuroPython 2009.
Update 2009-09-02:
African press is speaking about the start of the pilot phase:
Twittori.com is our current project that adds geo tagging to Twitter messages. It is very easy to use and intends to bring a more useable geo dimension into the Twitter World.
Unlike other services this is done by a tiny URL that itself contains all geo location informations e.g. http://GE0.at/0MbEX8 which locates the Eiffel Tower in Paris. This is achieved by a modified ‘geohash’ algorithm (more on that at Wikipedia).
The second unique feature is that users can follow places in a similar way than they are used to follow users on Twitter. Therefore the earth is divided in discrete squares of about 0.25 square kilometers. You can keep updated by subscribing to a RSS Feed or visiting the web site. Read More
To get early access to an iPhone App in development we need to register your iPhone with the Apple AdHox Distribution System. Therefore your iPhone’s UDID is needed. See this article for further explanation how to achieve it: http://www.innerfence.com/howto/find-iphone-unique-device-identifier-udid
Once you have send your UDID and your iPhone is registered we will send you a ZIP file containing two files:
Drag both on the iTunes icon and sync your iPhone. Now the app should be available on the iPhone for testing.
Twittori.com adds geo tagging to Twitter messages. Accompanying to the web site an iPhone App has been developed. The projects is written in Python and runs on the Google App Engine.
