Stephen Ball

IoT award-winning Product Director; Chartered IT Professional; Basketball Referee; Embarcadero MVP; My personal twitter account. Views are my own etc

[Stephen Ball @DelphiABall]

[**A MUST WATCH**] If you are a developer with #RADStudio #Delphi or #CPPBuilder..... (I've just had an internal preview)..... you REALLY need to register for a VERY special webinar on the 28th May! https://t.co/abhuc9KsLf

[Stephen Ball @DelphiABall]

@McDonaldsUK what a terrible experiment with the delivery from your app tonight. Been impossible to talk to anyone about the quality of the food, which was cold on delivery. Uber eats say it's not their issue. It's almost like you want people to stop trying to tell you of issues

[Stephen Ball @DelphiABall]

If you want to get Analytics embedded in your applications, check out the new YellowfinBI Developer Sandbox launched at CodeRage - No need to be a BI expert, just connect to the API and use the sample data!
[Watch] https://t.co/OJQDhRvuJI
[Register] https://t.co/CM3809Ka9g

[Stephen Ball @DelphiABall]

@BBCNews it's not just Vodafone customers that are down. It's also an Open Reach network issue impacting multiply provides.
https://t.co/qAqKgAmUKb

[Stephen Ball @DelphiABall]

@WeAreOpenreach @OnestreamFibre the internet's been down for 90+ minutes. Any idea on how long this outage will last?

[Code Partners @code_partners]

Integrating AI into your RAD Studio Applications

Join this free webinar to learn how to integrate the power of LLMs into your RAD Studio apps using the new SmartCore AI Components.

https://t.co/u52QcLYUKn

#delphi #ollama #llm #ai

[Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉 @migueldeicaza]

Microsoft laid off the senior engineers of .NET on Android and key figures of Maui.

This might just be the US wave, so perhaps the whole thing is doomed.

[Stephen Ball @DelphiABall]

Over 45 minutes on a call again today, 40 minutes waiting to speak to a manager, and then you hung up while I was on hold!! @BandQ it's been over a month, a number of broken promises for call backs, and I still don't have a product fit for purpose!!

[Stephen Ball @DelphiABall]

Purchased a chest of drawers online from @BandQ, reported then damaged on delivery, 2 weeks later still nothing. Phoned again and they are still not marked as delivered so need 3 more days before they might be able to do anything!! Epic customer service fail.

[Stephen Ball @DelphiABall]

@MartinSLewis @pollymackenzie There is so much outside school that gets a chance to stop and reset, having the break as it is allowed for many families to travel to see relatives etc. cramming that into a shorter break would drive prices up and cause more complications for all.

[Stephen Ball @DelphiABall]

Great day today at the London Embarcadero Conference. Big thank you to @GreyMatter_News for running a great event. See you next time!!

[Stephen Ball @DelphiABall]

@cpp_delphi_dave now live, virtually... Talking about C++ and the amazing tooling updates in 12.1 and how to use modern C++ via RADStudio

[Stephen Ball @DelphiABall]

We are underway on London! @marcocantu delivering the product address.

[Stephen Ball @DelphiABall]

Just finishing slides for the @GreyMatter_News London developer event tomorrow at the Kia Oval. Great venue, can't wait to get back there tomorrow!
Also there: @marcocantu, @antoniozapater @RichHatherall and remotely @cpp_delphi_dave

[Embarcadero Tech @EmbarcaderoTech]

A #Delphi app created by our own Embarcadero MVP and Pre-Sales Director Stephen Ball hit the top spot on the Apple App Store (iOS) and Google Play (Android) charts from 12 to 14 April 2024. 🎉

Read more: https://t.co/Z6UFb4SBpu

#mobile #app #development

[Stephen Ball @DelphiABall]

@cpp_delphi_dave Thank David, it's now #1 in the UK sports apps on iOS too. It's a fun little Skia Annotation, and even changes speed based on the gearing input :-)

[Stephen Ball @DelphiABall]

Just seen the #Delphi app I wrote is trending as the top paid sports app in the Google play store today! https://t.co/v3zH1zzzjV

[Stephen Ball @DelphiABall]

Just pushed this video about Skia and Delphi on Android and how I created a Lottie animation and used it to make an app that helps my son's go kart go quicker! https://t.co/Q1e6ESz1QW
If you want to build mobile apps with RAD Studio, check out these offers https://t.co/U3PlRk8msE

[MarcoCantu @marcocantu]

Get 29 months of maintenance (12 with your license plus 17 FREE) when you purchase Delphi, C++Builder or RAD Studio Enterprise or Architect license through March 31! That’s just under two and a half years of free upgrades and every new release. See https://t.co/Z8JbZuTN2c

[Stephen Ball @DelphiABall]

Latest #Delphi programming book from @PacktPublishing just arrived. @marcocantu has done a great job of updating the original content from Pawel. It also includes an option to request a PDF version.