Kian Ryan (.NET, Android, Geekery)

Edit: The Orange Tentacle version of the Massive Dev chart has now been unpublished at the request of Digital Truth. Digital Truth now have their own paid version of the application which is availible on the Android Market.

I’m proud to announce the first release of the Massive Dev Chart for Android. For those in the know, the Massive Dev Chart is an invaluable online database containing thousands of tested combinations of developers and films for Black and White development.

A portable version of this information already exists for the J2ME platform, and has been in existence for some time. But with the advent of the next generation mobile platforms, there was a gap for a new application to fill the void.

The Massive Dev Chart for Android goes beyond the remit of the original application by providing real-time search facilities for developers and films, providing information for small, medium and large format, and providing crucial extended information where it’s needed.

This is the first in hopefully a line of Android applications from Orange Tentacle and is available in the marketplace on your G1 now.

I’ve been in discussions with one of my fine clients American Soda securing a discount for our the needs of fellow geeks. They’re also hoping to sponsor some community events in the future, so if you’re running a BarCamp, local user group or some such give us a ping.

For the moment though, American Soda is offering a 10% discount for the next seven days on presentation of the code GEEK at checkout. The more people that take up this offer, the higher the likelihood they’ll run more offers in the future with potentially greater discounts. As a sample of their fine produce:

1. Mountain Dew
2. Mountain Dew (because yes – it needs mentioning twice)
3. Tab Cola
4. Paddy O’Brien’s Lucky Charms
5. Teddy Grahams
6. Hershey’s Cookie and Cream (which I’m told are better than Oreos)]

And just because I can: