Great time at SenchaCon2011

Doug Millasich and I wandered down to Austin this week to speak at SenchaCon2011, Sencha's annual US developer conference. It was a great conference, and not only did we get the latest news about Sencha and their products, we also met lots of other folks who are building their mobile applications with Sencha Touch.

Sencha looks like it's going to continue to be a great platform with lots to offer, and we remain pleased with our decision to build our products using their app framework. We're looking forward to enhancing upcoming products with the new features and improvements coming with Sencha Touch 2.0.

We also enjoyed what a great music-town Austin is. We wandered the street and hear some fabulous music at the Dia de los Muertes festival downtown, and Sencha invited all the conference attendees to Stubbs for barbecue and live music by Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears. It seemed like there was live music at every corner and in every restaurant. What a delight.

posted by Roderic March

Nanocrowd launches iPad movie search app

Before Nanocrowd
It’s Friday night after a long week. You just want to grab something to drink, sit down, and watch a movie. Nothing too deep. Nothing violent. Maybe a comedy. And so the thought process continues as you get online and start searching for something to watch. Simple. Then it happens. 10 minutes goes by, then 20. Frustrated you think, “There’s nothing to watch!” On to plan B: Checking e-mail, trolling the web, World of Warcraft, scrolling through your TV channels.


After Nanocrowd
Picking up your shiny new iPad, you point your browser to search.nanocrowd.com and type in “The Proposal” – a movie you loved. “Chemistry Sweet Adorable” sounds like what you’re in the mood for. You see a channel full of movies which include some of your all-time favorites. But then you notice one you haven't seen “One Fine Day” – Hmm… something you may not have thought of, but it sounds good. You watch the trailer and decide to watch it instantly. Nanocrowd launches the movie, available from Netflix, and off you go to enjoy your movie. No login. No hassle.

Available today
If you have an iPad and love to watch movies but hate the hassle of searching and finding one to watch, pull out your iPad, open Safari, and browse to our new movie-search application (search.nanocrowd.com). We currently link to movies from Netflix and YouTube, and we're working on linking to more sources.

At Nanocrowd, we actually understand why people like movies (for more details, see our earlier blog post) and because we understand why, we can make quick and accurate movie recommendations without the need for you to give us pages of profile data or provide us with movie ratings.

We know that on Friday night, after a long week, you’d rather be watching a movie than spending time looking for one. Try it out and tell us what you think.

posted by Roderic March