Conduit

I had two days off while I moved offices, so I got a chance to catch up on my backlog of random hacking. osm-gps-map I released osm-gps-map v0.5.0 which adds a few new features (such as keyboard navigation) but also contains many bugfixes and performance improvements. Check the release notes for more information. The next item on the [...]

I made a new April resolution to start blogging reguarly again. The first step of that long journey begins now. OpenStreetMap GPS Mapping Widget - 0.3 I just released v0.3 of osm-gps-map, the easy to use Gtk mapping widget. Highlights for this ... [More] release include; A new major contributor, Alberto Mardegan, who worked on many of the new features [...] [Less]

As was the theme of yesterdays post, here comes some more software that I have hacked on recently and can now be found on Github. osm-gps-map osm-gps-map is a Gtk widget (and Python bindings) that when given GPS co-ordinates, draws a GPS track, and points of interest on a moving map display. It Currently supports a number [...]

Now that Matt has gone ahead and announced this, I think I should send some more traffic his way. If you are interested in using Conduit to synchronize your iPhone contacts, calendar and notes then go and check out his work. I hear people like this “iPhone” thingee Also, I am still looking for volunteers to help [...]

ENAC Hi Everyone, Its been a long time between blogging but I have an excuse. I have moved from Christchurch New Zealand, to ENAC, Toulouse, France. I have now been here for a month, working with the UAV team here. Screen Envy? The work has been really challenging, and I have settled into my routine, working towards some [...]

It all started so well. While Conduit was not accepted into GNOME 2.24, it was blessed as an external dependency for this cycle. That is great news for online service integration, and synchronization on the GNOME desktop. Congratulations to everyone who has helped me work on Conduit over these years, and well done to those [...]

Thanks once again to the many people who commented on my last two blog posts. All the feedback has been gratefully received. I just released Conduit 0.3.13 which, amongst other things, features some UI improvements based upon this feedback. ... [More] Improvements to the Conduit user interface. Technically speaking, the release adds a knowledge framework to the application. This [...] [Less]

Thank you everyone for their constructive comments on my previous post. A number of posters suggested the rounded boxes that conduit uses to group dataproviders were too bold, unnecessary, or both. I would like your opinion on which of the following four choices is the most suitable as a replacement. Which is the best; 1,2,3 or [...]

The discussions regarding my proposal for inclusion of Conduit into GNOME 2.24 seem to be going OK. The inevitable issue of Conduit’s user interface has been raised, and it is good to see some constructive comments being posted. It is a bit of a simplification, but I see basically three schools of thought with regard to [...]

GUADEC was effing awesome. I have successfully repayed my sleep debt, and can reflect on all that I observed and learned for the week. In bullet point form; Insurance for the last night (WAKE ME UP, English and Turkish) My Conduit talk went really well. I thought I was able to reach a good balance between [...]