Category: Tech

Commentary on hardware, software, websites, IT and information architecture.

  • LiveCode Going Open Source

    My favourite development tool is going opensource… or trying to do so. The development team has posted the whole initiative on Kickstarter, and it looks to be gaining momentum. If you are at all interested in great tools, please consider a small donation. In fact, if you are interested in science or math education, that’s…

  • lcResTool and lcMover LiveCode Plugins Released

    If you are using the LiveCode development environment, check out the plugins we’ve developed: lcResTool and lcMover. lcResTool helps you size your windows to a variety of common mobile device sizes. There are options for orientation, e.g. landscape vs. portrait, and automatically subtracting the height of the status bar for several devices. In addition there is…

  • New Interactives for Museo La Tallera Siqueiros

    New Interactives for Museo La Tallera Siqueiros

    CB&F has just completed a project in consultation with Museografica SC, to produce iOS based computer interactives for the Museo La Tallera Siqueiros in Cuernavaca, Mexico. The interactives have been deployed on Apple iPads running iOS. They help make available a large library of images and documents on the life of David Alfaro Siqueiros. The interactives are part…

  • Sunshine State of Mind

    Charles Buchwald & Friends is happy to announce the start of consulting to a south Florida company to provide programming services in support of a new software initiative. We’ve got to keep most of it under wraps for now, but check back for news as we rocket our way into new territory!

  • Green Power!

    Charles Buchwald and Friends is consulting on software development, corporate identity programme, and a marketing campaign for a new “green power” initiative in Veracruz, Mexico and Mexico City, DF. This exciting new initiative is anticipated to debut this fall. Watch here for more, as the project progresses.

  • International Refugee Rights Initiative

    The International Refugee Rights Initiative has contracted Charles Buchwald & Friends to develop and deploy a significant new document database for their New York City office. This is only the most recent NGO project for CB&F. The Joomla CMS forms the front end for this subsection of their site, with a custom MySQL database in the…

  • The Museum of Mayan Culture, Chetumal

    Charles Buchwald & Friends are honoured to have been part of the recent renovation and reinvigoration of The Museum of Mayan Culture in Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Consulting to Mexico’s premiere museum and exhibit design firm Museografica SC, CB&F programmed 3 computer interactive displays replacing older mechanical interactives, and consulted on the development of a…

  • Hosting Clients: Thanks!

    CB&F recently updated our web hosting account system. Thanks to all our hosting clients who have subscribed to the new system—we appreciate you taking the time and trouble now, to make it easier, faster and more efficient for all of us in the future. And thanks for making it possible for CB&F to sponsor local,…

  • iPhone 5 Design Leaked

    Just couldn’t resist this one… For what it’s worth, I predict that within 10 years or less, the handheld computer will be the de facto standard. I’ve seen 1 TB USB drives coming out this year, and Moore’s Law says that smartphones will be 1000 times more powerful than they are now in 10 years.…

  • Registered iOS Developer

    Just in case you were wondering, Charles Buchwald & Friends is an officially Registered iOS Developer, a member of the Apple Developer Program, the iOS Developer Program, and a full member of Runtime Revolution’s LiveCode Developer Program. CB&F is currently developing iOS apps for commercial distribution, and has just published Easy Rider, the first and…