Rebble and Pebble

Many of my regular blog followers may be knowing that I own a Pebble smartwatch. I bought it two years back.
Pebble company was bought by Fitbit, I think. Then the software app store of Pebble were discontinued after June 30, 2019. I was not aware of all these.
Meanwhile about two months back I did a reset on my pebble watch. All my favorite watchfaces were removed. I thought I will get them back from the pebble store. But then it was closed.
Luckily some guys at Rebble took responsibility and made the Pebble app store up. To fulfill most of the needs.
This Sunday, I tried the Rebble route and made my software update on my Pebble watch.
And the pebble is back in action with my favorite watchfaces. Wow !! What a feeling !!
This was the second most happiest moment in my software life. The first was when Windows 8 (not Windows 10) was uploaded successfully in my laptop having Windows 7. The pleasure on seeing the magenta Windows 8 screen was phenomenal with tiles and all.
If you have been following my blogs, you must also be knowing that I must have been one of the first guys to get an Airtel 4G connection in Delhi. I was in the shop at 10:30 am. Normally shops open at 11 am in Dwarka, New Delhi. Definitely I think I must be in top 20 guys to get Airtel 4G in Delhi.
These are the things I am proud of.

Touchdevelop

The Microsoft product Touchdevelop retired on June22,2019.
What is the best alternative now, for easier touch programming?

A Big Leap Of Windows

The Windows 8 technology is a big leap for Microsoft. The jump is in similar proportion to the jump it took during MS-DOS to Windows 3.1.
I had a few ideas and wanted to develop them as Windows App. Measuring Behavior(http://www.measuringbehaviour-ravi.blogspot.com) and Becoming Extroverted(http://www.extroverted-ravi.blogspot.com) are in my opinion good algorithm for Windows Apps. But the programming would be too complex involving social sites.

I had another idea on "Memory Notes". Suppose one has to remember "Anil Ambani contributes $20,000 towards global warming". My logic was one person will remember because of Anil Ambani. Another person (like me) will remember for $20,000. And another person maybe for global warming. It is difficult to remember the sentence if one is not attracted by any of the above three.

I downloaded softwares from Microsoft hoping to develop Memory Notes. I even subscribed to Windows Azure in a server at US(West). But developing Metro Apps is highly complex and I had to uninstall all the softwares downloaded. I stand defeated  to the complexity of the software.

The technology is absolutely brilliant. The quality is high. But there is no scope for unfocussed and non-procedural approach to developing Metro Apps.

CORBA issue

The government has worked a lot on providing web services in their sites. Even Metro Apps are available.
The SOAP and XML issue are OK. But what about CORBA? Does the government has clear guidelines on this. Who are advising on this issue? UIDAI would have installed their systems and must have given utmost care. It has been done by topmost expert.
The government is making hue and cry over Huawei hardware.
It is essential to know the CORBA guidelines followed by GOI. Are you with me folks?
 

Windows 8

I have upgraded my laptop to Windows 8.
Microsoft claims the software will get installed in 30 minutes or so. But it took me 5 hours. The reason could be that my laptop had proprietary software like face recognition and other Dell software. These were not removed when Windows 8 was installed. They now work in conjunction with Windows 8. 30 minutes installation time must be on a machine with pure Windows 7.
What is Windows 8 about? It is mainly about all your social accounts at one place. It is also about an excellent interface called Metro Apps. It is also about promotion of Microsoft products like Messenger, Calendar, Finance etc.
I was finding it difficult to read my blogs and other blogs I follow at one place. There did not seem to be any Metro UI for this. After about 3 days, I managed to find the right Metro app. News Bento App for Windows 8. This app supports google reader.
So finally I am well settled with my laptop configured with applications of my realm of interest. Books, news, blogs, games and social communication apps.

Fits like hand in glove

Microsoft's evolution of .NET has been magical. Everything seems so good. There was web. There was PC. And now we have .NET.
But Microsoft has made loss this year. First time in 26 years.
Where does Google stand, now? Use their search technology in XML, throw in some artificial intelligence and identify meaning of data. This is what I think Google can do.
It might be a stupid idea, considering XML files might be encrypted. And sort of illegal too. Also they might need clearance from ECMA so that OOPS fundamentals are not violated.
India needs a government policy for a lot of things. Nandan Nilekani's UID program is getting a lot of bad publicity over internet. How internet routing is done? What is our stand on Internet? These are crucial questions that need to be answered urgently than a military economy. Level 5 leaders will ask who rather than what (as Jim Collins has written).
You cannot say a government chaprasi is against Kirtivasan getting an important position in government IT.