Monthly Archives: May 2013

The Joy of Global Roaming – Part 2

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Anthony Dowling

Global Roaming Failure Continues: Upon reaching France my first step was to obtain a French Data SIM. As the wife and I would only be in France for a week, and the in-laws were going to be in Europe for … Continue reading →

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The Joy of Global Roaming – Part 1

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Anthony Dowling

Detour: A slight detour in the blogging direction for a couple weeks as i’m currently on vacation. The next few entries will cover the issues i’ve found with trying to stay connected whilst overseas. Pre-Travel Research: Before leaving New Zealand … Continue reading →

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Evolution of an ID System – Part 2

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Anthony Dowling

The primary reasons for overhauling the underlying technologies of the ID System were the limitations of Superbase’s form and dialog designers. Superbase’s form designer curbed the flair of card designs, in order to provide creative freedom an alternative printing system … Continue reading →

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Software will no longer be patentable = Awesomesauce!!!

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Anthony Dowling

Well in New Zealand at least. Today Commerce Minister Craig Foss announced the proposed amendment (Download available here (PDF)) to the Patents Bill that is currently before Parliament. Great News for an Emerging Market! From a Software Developer perspective, this … Continue reading →

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Evolution of an ID System – Part 1

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Anthony Dowling

The new ID System and associated applications have come a long way since the early versions I developed in 1995.  Over the years client requirements and technology have changed which has resulted in no less than four major overhauls of the … Continue reading →

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From Sponge to Connecting the Dots

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Anthony Dowling

Soaking the Sponge: As i have slowly plodded along with my development over the past couple of years i have been keeping an eye on a number of blogs related to entrepreneurship and technology. I have been silently reading and … Continue reading →

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The Journey Begins

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Anthony Dowling

I have decided to start this blog to coincide with a marketing push (which I hope to start one day) for the software I develop as part of my job. I am in the very early stages of being able … Continue reading →

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