The weblog of Olive Tree Bible Software
Archive for September, 2007
Olive Tree at BibleTech 2008
Sep 27th
This January Olive Tree will be giving two talks at BibleTech 2008. According to the BibleTech website, BibleTech is a conference that explores the intersection of Bible study and technology. This two-day conference is designed for publishers, programmers, webmasters, educators, bloggers and anyone interested in using technology to improve Bible study. BibleTech 2008 is an opportunity to meet others who share your interests and hear from industry leaders.
Drew Haninger (President, CEO, of Olive Tree) will be talking about “Electronic Publishing and Bible Software in a Fast-Moving Mobile Landscape.” I will be talking about “The Challenges and Future of Bible Software in a Mobile World”.
There will be a number of other very interesting talks given at BibleTech 2008. If you are passionate about the intersection of Bible study and technology I would recommend attechend BibleTech 2008 in Seattle, WA on January 25th and 26th.
Stephen
The 100 Milestone
Sep 20th
Recently Olive Tree Bible Software surpassed a significant milestone. We now offer over 100 Bible translations! Olive Tree strives to provide you with resources for you to grow in your Christian walk, and we know Bible translations are a fundamental part of that effort. We will continue to provide you with Bible translations in English and other languages. When we have fully supported Unicode format (currently in beta), we will be able to offer Bible translations in many of the world’s languages, in addition to the non-English translations we already offer.
We have just added several Bible translations that pushed us past the 100 milestone, including William Tyndale’s translation of the New Testament and parts of the Old Testament, a Tagalog (Phillipines) translation, and a Swahili New Testament. Of course, we have had for many years the New American Standard Bible (NASB), the New International Version (NIV), the King James Version (KJV), the English Standard Version (ESV) and other English Bible translations. We also offer numerous non-English translations of the Bible as well as an extensive set of Greek and Hebrew language Bible materials.
The 100 milestone also applies to our free resources. We have over 100 free resources, and roughly a third of those are free Bibles. And we have more on the way! We often post New Releases every week and you can look for more free resources and free Bibles in the future.
Olive Tree is a growing company with a great future. We seek to provide you with the best resources and the most useful BibleReader possible. No small part of that is the free resources and free BibleReader we provide to our customers. May they be a blessing to you in your walk with the Lord.
Job Opening for a Java Programmer at Olive Tree!
Sep 11th
We are currently looking for a Java Programmer that could help us develop the BibleReader for Java platforms. The number of BlackBerrys and J2ME enabled phones is rapidly growing. Olive Tree strives to support as many popular mobile platforms as possible. To provide customers with the best experience on BlackBerrys and J2ME enabled phones we need another programmer who can take charge of the Java BibleReader.
The job posting follows.
Software Developer – I (Java/J2ME/C++ Programmer)
- Olive Tree Bible Software is looking for a part/full time engineer in Java J2ME.
- We have several Java BibleReader platforms and need to do more development.
Ideal Requirements: 3-5 years professional experience with Java, J2ME, and C++.
- Experience as part of a multi-person software development team.
- Experience in developing applications for the BlackBerry or J2ME cell phones.
- Locations: Greater Northwest (states of Washington, Idaho, Oregon)
- Most work will be done from home.
- Self motivated and productive when not constantly supervised.
Additional Useful Experience: (not required)
- Linux C++ programming, PHP, and MySql database.
- Experience in Biblical material or Bible Software.
- Experience in Biblical Greek and Hebrew.
- Experience in the field of information retrieval.
To apply for this position, please email your resume to drew@olivetree.com with the subject line: Resume