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Website: <\/font>http:\/\/www.SpidersWS.com<\/font><\/a> <\/span><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \u00b7<\/span> <\/span>How long have you been using VB?<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Approximately 5 years. I taught myself to program with it the summer before my 9th grade year.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \u00b7<\/span> <\/span>What industry do you work in?<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Web Application Development for a custom metals company.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n \u00b7<\/span> <\/span>How big is your development team?<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n 2 people.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \u00b7<\/span> <\/span>What kind of apps do you most commonly build?<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Most commonly web apps, but we do some useful tools like PDF mergers and what not.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \u00b7<\/span> <\/span>What\u2019s the most interesting app you\u2019ve ever built?<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n A work in progress at home that you send a text to pic2cell@gmail.com and it will respond. <\/span>!help is a good first try. This service is free of course other than standard messaging rates. <\/span>It allows you people without smart phones to search google images or get language translations or get stuff spoken with a TTS engine just by texting\/mms’ing.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \u00b7<\/span> <\/span>Please tell us about an app that you\u2019re working on at the moment.<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Of course the one I mentioned above, but also I am working on a voice controlled program to run on an old laptop to control music in my car since I can’t afford a car with Sync in it haha. <\/span>And of course I’m always just working on little things. <\/span>I’m also working on trying to get robot vision working with a webcam and stuff, but I’m far from that; so far it will grab and display the most prominent color in a view. <\/span>By the way, I hope you’re not bothered by the obvious plug; I just would love to get more people using it.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \u00b7<\/span> <\/span>What other technologies do you most commonly use?<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Computer, blackberry, VB.net, C#, C++, HTML, CSS.<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/font><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \u00b7<\/span> <\/span>What are some of your favorite VB features?<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n IntelliSense is really handy in the actual VS program. I also just love the simplicity. I spend more time working on ideas and coding, rather than working out errors in syntax.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \u00b7<\/span> <\/span>What do you like most about VB as a programming language?<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n As I said up there, just the simplicity. You spend less time looking stuff up and more time pumping out ideas you have.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n For other interviews in this series, please visit <\/font><\/span><\/b>http:\/\/imavb.net<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/a>. <\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n