Dave Folan's Blog

BigLittleFlan.co.uk Launched

Dave — Sat, 29 May 2010 08:08:10 +0000

I am literally as I type waiting on the import of my content from this blog to my new self hosted Blog BigLittleFlan.co.uk so if your seeing this your in the wrong place!

Head over to BigLittleFlan.co.uk now and see if I’ve done anything spectacular…which hopefully I will have!

Summer has arrived!

Dave — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 08:16:16 +0000

Well it appears summer has arrived…well what I mean by that of course is that I have bought a BBQ and some garden furniture and it has been sunny for more than two days! As I’m English that is officially summer for me!

We’ve moved into a new house and we are definitely taking advantage of the garden and the weather! Today we are having our fourth BBQ of the season which makes it four in four days! I now look at my oven with contempt, why doesn’t it make food taste as good?!

Anyway, enough of this chit chat, time to go to the beach! Have fun.

Augmented Reality

Dave — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:34:06 +0000

My new interest has become Augmented Reality I really believe this is the future and apparently I’m not the only one! People are constantly chatting about it on Twitter and their have been a host of other blog posts and articles about it recently most quoting the ABI Research prediction that the value of this market will rise from $6 million in 2008 to $350m in 2014. But I thought I wanted to post up some of the interesting finds I have come across that have got me so interested in this.

Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology

At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data — including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper “laptop.” In an onstage Q&A, Mistry says he’ll open-source the software behind SixthSense, to open its possibilities to all.

Tobi.com’s augmented reality dressing room

One for the ladies here is Tobi.com which has integrated an augmented reality dressing room allowing women to try on clothing from the comfort of their home with just the use of their webcam!

Stumbling around the net

Dave — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:04:48 +0000

I found a few videos whilst stumbling around the internet and thought I would share both the videos and, to those that have not been introduced to it, Stumble Upon.

Stumble Upon is an excellent web app that really opens up the web and its content. The concept is fairly simple you sign up and put in a few details about yourself including a list of your interests then when Stumbling the app navigates you to sites that match your list of interests.

So to the fruits of my Stubmling

This first video is from the World Science Festival 2009 and shows Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale. It’s really interesting that this works everywhere and such a cool way to demonstrate peoples expectations.

Now the second video is only slightly geeky and is in fact absolutely genius, if only I had a massive robotic arm! This definitely beats Alton Towers!

Surfing in October?!

Dave — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:10:29 +0000

The weather down here is still pretty good, well actually pretty amazing for October! The last few weeks we’ve been to random Cornish beaches at the weekend and whilst the guys have been surfing I’ve been flying the kite and occasionally recovering from hangovers!

This week I took a good camera with me and got a bunch of photos of the surf, check out my facebook gallery (public link) to check s0me more out!

Cornwall

Dave — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:41:24 +0000

So I’m now down here in Truro all settled in and happy working for Nixon design. Since moving down I’ve been making friends with a heap of people and catching up with my old school friends who were already down here! I’ll be posting soon about all the beaches and things I’ve been up to.

Have fun

Job hunt is over

Dave — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:41:54 +0000

Well the job hunt is now over! I have managed to secure a job in Cornwall and now the only thing left to do is find a house!

Job hunt

Dave — Sun, 17 May 2009 17:40:35 +0000

I am currently in the market for a new job, ideally in the Basingstoke, Bournemouth or Truro areas. The reason I am leaving my current position is the commute to and from London takes up around 3 hours a day and I do not wish to move into central London; which on a personal note is a great shame as Time Out is an excellent employer with a great team.

Please get in contact if you have a position you feel I may be interested in which ideally would be a PHP development role.

Welcome

Dave — Sun, 17 May 2009 12:17:38 +0000

Welcome to my blog, I use this for a number of reasons but primarily to keep an up-to-date version of my résumé and portfolio available online, which can be reached via the top navigation.

I also post on the Nixon Design blog when I find interesting articles as well as my Twitter Feed.