Time’s arrow

Time’s arrow

I have always enjoyed science fiction on TV, movies and books. One facet of the genre that I find particularly…

Small or fast?

Small or fast?

Life is often about compromise, but embedded developers really are not good at that. Code generation is a context in…

aMAZEd

aMAZEd

In the UK, the Christmas and New Year holiday is quite a long stretch. We have 3 public holidays [4…

C, C++ and the family tree

C, C++ and the family tree

I am interested in programming languages in general and particularly as they apply to embedded systems programming. I have written…

A Google mobile lab, anyone?

A Google mobile lab, anyone?

As I am off for the Christmas and New Year holiday, I decided to ask Scott Salzwedel, who did a…

Crystal ball

Crystal ball

Writing my last blog of 2009, I am in reflective mood. I read about some recent research that showed that…

Stand-by or boot-up

Stand-by or boot-up

Like most people nowadays, I have a selection of electronic devices that have become part of the fabric of my…

There, their

There, their

For me, language is interesting. It is all about communication and that is what I enjoy doing and it is…

Agile embedded

Agile embedded

The Agile methodology has been talked about for some years. To be frank, I have given the matter very little…