Gatsb.com Now Open Source (A Case Study in Geotagging, Workflow Foundation, SMS/MMS Parsing)

mrdecav — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:37:00 GMT

After hosting Gatsb.com for a year, I have decided to open source the project. I haven't had time to promote it the way I wanted to promote it, and it therefore hasn't caught on with too many users. I've been busy with other projects, other (grander) ideas, and think that this one should now belong to the community.

You can download the source code here: http://code.google.com/p/gatsb/

If you want to contribute to the project, please feel free to contact me at andreblog@decav.com

This project is a great case study of a bunch of new Microsoft technologies. It includes Workflow Foundation, .NET 3.0, Microsoft Virtual Earth and ASP.NET Ajax.

One of the coolest features is how it keeps open a "session" with an SMS client. Workflow Foundation is used to persist the state and when a new SMS comes in, it checks if theres an existing session for that SMS. If there is, then it will revive the workflow and continue the session. Cool stuff!

If you ever wondered how to create a database of geotagged entries, use ASP.NET ajax to make a snazzier site, or establish a user interface with any mobile device, I suggest checking out the code!

Introducing Gatsb: Mobile photographs and social networking

mrdecav — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:00:00 GMT

I'm excited to announce the first public release of Gatsb will be going live today! Gatsb is a social and mobile networking app I've been meaning to build for a long time and have finally gotten around to. It allows its users to share photographs taken with a cellular phone with eachother through a central website.

You can tell Gatsb where you are, and then take a picture and send it as MMS, or just send an SMS text message. Gatsb will post your message at the venue you specify.

I will be demoing Gatsb at the New York Tech Meetup this Tuesday and encourage you to come see me!

Andre de Cavaignac : Gatsb

Gatsb.com Now Open Source (A Case Study in Geotagging, Workflow Foundation, SMS/MMS Parsing)

Introducing Gatsb: Mobile photographs and social networking