The PaperKeyboard project
Found another mobile-python hacking gem: The PaperKeyboard project is attempting to use an S60 phone’s camera to recognize character input on a printed, paper keyboard. The project includes proof-of-concept code using Python for S60. The author has opened a discussion on the PyS60 boards.
While we’re on the subject, the Guardian posted an opinion piece yesterday titled “Python: the full monty for mobile applications” which suggests that Python might be just what the mobile market needs to attract hobbyist hackers to mobile phones.
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A few books I'm reading now:
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What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
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The Simplicity Survival Handbook: 32 Ways To Do Less And Accomplish More
A few books I'd recommend:
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Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
by Charles Wheelan -- A fantastic overview of the field of Economics. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book.
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson -- a true tale of scientific thinking throughout history. You'll be amazed by how much we still don't know.
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Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner -- a fun read offering a somewhat different way of looking at society. Answers questions like "Why do drug dealers still live with their moms?", and what qualities in a parent matter for the success of a child later in life?
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
by David Allen. I'm a bit of a GTD freak since reading this, but productivity == $$ (whether you can simply get more work done in a given time, or work less by focusing on the right tasks.)
June 23rd, 2006 at 1:13 pm
[...] From The Guardian (via Erik Smartt): Where are the “bedroom” programmers for the mobile phone like those who cut their teeth on the Sinclair Spectrum and BBC computers two decades ago and went on to become the bedrock of Britain’s world-class games developers? Programming for a mobile has to be easier than for a computer but a generation has missed a golden opportunity to create a world-scale industry. [...]
June 26th, 2006 at 3:19 pm
Hey Erik! ( or moi as the finnish says it ) =)
Do you know of any possible way of “trying out” python for Maemo ( like de hildon binds ) or even maemo sdk in the OSX ? Or stills imcompatible with it?
Thnkx!
Marcelo
June 26th, 2006 at 9:41 pm
Howdy Marcelo,
I’m not aware of anyone running the Maemo SDK on OS X, and I’m guessing that there’s enough compiled code in there that isn’t going to work. (It would be interesting to try running the SDK on an Intel Mac with Debian, but unfortunately I don’t have one to try it on.) For the Python for Maemo that I’ve played with, I just write the code on a desktop machine and then copy the scripts over to my Nokia 770. It’s not the most efficient process, but you can still debug all the non-GUI stuff on OS X.
Alternatively you can run vi and a bluetooth keyboard, but it’s pretty painful.
Cheers,
Erik