UPDATE Oct 22, 2018: This post describes an early version of both the Army Knife app and the ActingWeb library. It is still a good source and introduction to the basics of using ActingWeb to build a bot, but the current version of Army Knife is not available in code form. UPDATE July 7, 2016: To simplify getting the Spark Army Knife code, I have established a new code … [Read more...] about The Code Behind Spark Army Knife: the ActingWeb Library
The Spark Army Knife – extending Cisco Spark with cool new features
UPDATE!!! June 13, 2016: The code is now posted. If you're not a developer, here's the short story: I have made a service that extends the value of Cisco Spark by adding cool things like pinning the latest message in a room (for later actions) and making the room public (everybody can join from a web page), as well as a VIP tracking feature that allows you to track all … [Read more...] about The Spark Army Knife – extending Cisco Spark with cool new features
The Program Manager in the Agile/DevOps Organisation
This is another post in my series on transitioning from waterfall to agile and devops processes. This post covers the program manager role, a rather unassuming role in some organisations, an important role in others, but nevertheless a role where the right person can potentially make a big impact. There are a few different types of program managers, so let me be clear on the … [Read more...] about The Program Manager in the Agile/DevOps Organisation
Spark Collaboration APIs and Google AppEngine: A demo app
In the beginning of December, our CEO, Rowan Trollope, and CTO, Jonathan Rosenberg, launched our Spark developer platform for collaboration at the Collaboration Summit. Over Christmas, I played around a bit to see what we expose publicly, and thought I’d share a bit about what I did. The guys from the Tropo acquisition have been working on this, and they have really done a … [Read more...] about Spark Collaboration APIs and Google AppEngine: A demo app
Acano acquisition has closed!
It's official. Acano is now a part of Cisco: http://cs.co/acrtb16. Together with my counterparts at Acano, I have been working on technical evaluations and architecture for Cisco and Acano conferencing moving forward (in something called a "clean room" where confidential information is shared). From now on we can share and engage freely across the organisations, and we are now … [Read more...] about Acano acquisition has closed!
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