When Penguins Can Fly…

Category: Mobile

  • Upgrades All Around!

    It seems that last week was a week of upgrades for me.  First I got to upgrade two laptops and a server to the brand new spanking Ubuntu 12.04 (Kubuntu and the Server editions of course).  Unlike people living in the Ubuntu world, Kubuntu is fairly stable and 12.04 just packaged a few nice updates…

  • When Penguins Can Fly… (An Exercise in Portfolio Building)

    No, this is not an exercise in a delayed reaction for April Fool’s Day.  I am not that slow!  Rather I spent most of the weekend in a concerted effort to setup a portfolio and renewing my personal website.  I realize now the reason why I procrastinated to do so for years.  Setting everything up…

  • Grey Morning in a New Reality

    Outside the window, grey clouds fill the sky and raindrops stream through the air.  A warm morning for an early December day, the weather being more likely for mid-November.  The rain does not bother me as I am sitting in a GO train headed to downtown Toronto, and getting ready for the start of a…

  • California Dreaming

    Good morning all! Maybe there are better things to do than to update your blog, right before you start work.  And looking at my e-mails and my to-do lists make me feel like this will be a long day.  But considering my recent silence I thought an update on me is in order.  Plus if…

  • Innovation in Increments

    I have the good fortune of working in a Research & Development group. That means I get to learn about new ideas, experiment with them and apply them appropriately. Unfortunately I can not discuss my current project, other than it involves automating the creation of mobile applications. While I can not say that I am…

  • MeeGo Nowhere

    My previous blog post about MeeGo was completely off-base. So it looks like Nokia decided to go with Windows Phone 7. Personally I don’t see the point, but then again I don’t run a Fortune 500 firm either. Apparently there are still plans for a MeeGo powered handset/mobile computer. Sometime in May, maybe? However it…

  • justCheckers for Android is On the Move

    I’m pleased to announce that I have gotten back to developing justCheckers.  I missed coding on my own projects.  And I am glad that I motivated myself to get back on it.  This time around I went the Android route, since the Android framework makes development of multimedia, threaded applications really easy in Java.  And…

  • Nokia and Qt, I Choose You!

    Since I commented on this post about MeeGo here, I really should explain. I went to a Wavefront/Nokia seminar about Nokia’s Qt and Ovi store on Friday.  Partially out of curiosity, partially to network and partially to perhaps win a brand new spanking N8.  Not that I want to hand in my N900, but I…

  • Do Android Devs Dream of Electric Sheep?

    I can’t speak for all the other Android developers in the world, but I know that I don’t. But I can’t pass up a good opportunity for a terrible pun at the late Phillip Dick’s expense. However I am enjoying living in the Android ecosystem both as a developer and as a user. Just right…

  • In the Beginning of November…

    A new month begins and a new twist to life. This is the first day at a new office in downtown Toronto. Not that I’ve changed positions, I’m still working as a mobile developer for Web Impact. For my coworkers, this is nothing new since they all worked at the Toronto office before moving out…