Magic Internet Kit + CujoChat IRC Client

Description: With the Magic Internet Kit I brought together a TCP/IP stack and several hardware drivers to allow third-party developers to easily create Internet applications. I created roughly half the software myself, and entirely drove the release effort including: building a web site for distribution, writing documentation, writing articles in trade journals, and teaching several sessions at developer's conferences.

I created the CujoChat Internet Relay Chat client—perhaps the first IRC client to run totally mobile and wireless—as one of several demonstrations of the Magic Internet Kit.

Distinctions:

• First handheld device on the market to support TCP/IP and several wireless technologies.

• Many developers were having trouble creating robust communicating applications, so the Magic Internet Kit allowed them to eliminate a lot of nasty, problematic code and use a simple object-oriented framework instead.

• CujoChat was super-fun to use.

See Also: CujoChat Web Page, Magic Internet Kit Programmer's Guide