April 2009
17 posts
By now you must have realized that I’m a big fan of Android development. You may have been wondering though, what exactly am I developing? Well, today is the day you find out! But first I have to tell you about quub…
quub is a service that helps you tell others where you are, what you’re doing and how (or if) you’d like to be contacted. It does this by using sensor data and machine...
Me: “I’m going to write an OnKeyPress handler for the TextEdit that checks for alpha-numeric key presses to see if the user has started typing.”
Don: “Can’t you just check the length of the TextEdit text?”
Me: “…yeaahhh I guesssss, wow I suck”
And that, my friends, is why I need to bring an end to my 24+ hour coding marathons.
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[lw]in conundrum
I want to use Ubuntu for a variety of reasons, but I know there’s stuff I’m gonna need in Windows from time to time. Dual-booting obviously sucks, so I’m going with virtualization. I haven’t done much research yet, but VirtualBox appears to be an early strong contender.
My dilemma is this: Which should I chose as the host OS, and which as the guest? It seems like people...
The Duke Spirit - The Step and The Walk
To follow up on the previous post, I just read something that made me very happy:
“… the AppWidget framework is abstracted in both directions, meaning alternative home screens can also contain widgets. Your widgets can be inserted into any home screen that supports the AppWidget framework.”
That’s awesome.
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android excitement and worries
I’m extremely excited by all the features being added to the upcoming Android release. On-screen keyboard, UI improvements, and most importantly (for me), new API features, including support for developing homescreen widgets.
But I’m also worried about how these types of updates will affect Android devices and the distribution of applications on them. Will all devices always be...
I submitted a paper to the Ubicomp 2009 conference this past Friday. The hours leading to a paper submission can be very stressful. The night after the deadline, I had a dream where I realized that I had forgotten to edit out a specific phrase from the abstract of my submission. I woke up in a state of panic, jumping out of bed to grab my laptop. As I was reaching for the power button, it dawned...
“Should I remove my original Google now that I have installed Google Chrome?”
– from the Google Chrome support discussion board
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