Sylvain Wallez


Random musings of a busy geek

Joost in the Radar

O'Reilly Radar publishes an article titled " Joost is the iPhone of TV" that says that " Joost is the Firefox or iPhone of TV" because it is based on the " the Mozilla XUL platform, which enables the rapid and simple creation of plugins, already known to a hoard of Firefox ...


The Venice Project is now Joost

Today, The Venice Project is no more. We switch from the project's code name to the real brand: Joost™. It is to be pronounced like "juiced". Joost is juicy TV! This is the same software and the same team, working hard to bring it to version 1.0. Expect ...


iPhone: gorgeous, but...

So Apple finally announced the long awaited iPhone. This is a gorgeous phone with very innovative and clever user interface features. Every other mobile phone now looks a bit old-fashioned compared to this one, even the upcoming Nokia N95 I was considering to buy. I'm really impressed by the ...


Dojo Offline Toolkit

Brad Neuberg annouces the Dojo Offline Toolkit, that aims to allow web applications to work offline. The solution is truly brillant: it's based on a local HTTP proxy and the Proxy Auto Configuration. A web application wanting to enter offline mode instructs the local proxy to add its domain ...


2007

Happy new year 2007! Having watched the latest James Bond last week made me realize this new year brings some interesting scenario opportunities: "2*007 - Double Bond". The synopsis would be " Using genetic manipulations, the evils have created a perfect clone of James Bond to protect their world-domination plans from ...


Setting up the Venice Project colo

Here's why we cannot give lots of invitation for the Venice Project (now Joost): the datacenter is currently being set up! So to all the people that have commented on this blog and others, asking for an invite: sorry, but no more are available until the shiny new datacenter ...


5 things you don't know about me

The "5 things you don't know about me" meme is spreading like fire among Apacher's lately, and I've been tagged by Gianugo. So here it is: I like comic-books. Not mangas or US comics, but franco-belgian ones. I have 1200 of them in my personal library, adding ...


The Venice Project screenshots

A few days ago, the Venice Project (now Joost) entered its invitational beta phase. I'm a bit late on blogging and others already did it, but well, this project keeps you so busy... and this week was the Christmas party! (see pics on Flickr) Participants to the closed beta ...


Synergy: one keyboard and mouse to rule them all

Up to recently, there was "just" a MacBook and a spiffy 24" wide screen on my office desk, with an Apple keyboard and a mouse to this since the large screen is the main one. Alas the Venice Project (now Joost) client software doesn't yet run on Mac (but ...


Easy SubethaEdit over the Internet

SubethaEdit is a cool tool that allows people to write a single document collaboratively. Amazingly efficient to jot down some notes during a meeting. Setting collaborative editing is a piece of cake when people are in the same room thanks to Bonjour. But the setup for remote editing over the ...