Getting Started with FirefoxOS
FirefoxOS is a new mobile platform, one with the aim to connect the next billion users and give them a great mobile experience.
But you don’t have to wait until a product is launched to try it out or start to develop for it, you can do that right now!
R2D2B2G (catchy name right?) is a Firefox add on that makes getting FirefoxOS up and running on your Mac, Linux or Windows machine really easy!
All you have to do is download the latest version of the simulator from here then install it via the Add Ons menu in Firefox!
Once you’ve installed the add on, navigate to Tools> Developer Tools > FirefoxOS Simulator
Click the Simulator button and congratulations you have a working FirefoxOS simulator!
If you want to find out more, I’m running a meetup at the end of the month where we’ll have FirefoxOS experts on hand to help out and show you how to create apps for FirefoxOS!
Screw social week, this week is all about HTML5!
Firefox OS, a HTML5 mobile platform done right
There’s been a lot of talk about Social media week and it looks to host a great series of talks and workshops on Social media and how to get the best out it.
However, I’m more interested in the HTML5 events taking place this week!
We kick things off at tonights Mobile Monday London which is discussing the age old topic of HTML5 VS Native, which has been done to death – so for it raise its head once again must mean that we have something new to talk about.
Although that may be covering old ground, Wednesdays event is all new as it the first ever FirefoxOS meetup! It will introduce developers to this new exciting platform, how to create content for it and have a chat with likeminded individuals.
Last but not least, we have Bruce Lawson talking about how to better design mobile web, having seen Bruce talk before, I have no doubt that it should be good fun 🙂
So, one week three events and a lot of stuff to talk about! Busy times!
Ultimate tools for Lecturers
I’ve showed this to my colleagues:
Just imagine giving every Lecturer one of these
It’s a briefcase containing the following:
- MacBook Pro
- Video Camera
- iPhone
- Digital camera
- iPhone Dock
It also has:
Integrated charger!
A one socket charging solution that means with one cable you can charge all of the devices inside! Very impressive kit!
So we got to thinking what would we change? This is what we came up with:
- Laptop
- Pico Projector & projection screen
- Video Camera
- Digital camera
- Digital recorder
What would you put in your E-Learning Briefcase?
If not now, then when? 