iPhone Project: Part 1 – Concept
Sep 2, 2010 Articles
A week in, and I’ve already run into problems at a conceptual stage of my application. I conceptualised the application I would like to build my assignment, and assessed the feasibility of its implementation and discovered many problems. I may even have to scrap the idea and find a new one. Read more about my idea below the break.
iPhone Project: Part 0
Aug 25, 2010 Articles
As part of my final university semester, I enrolled in an iPhone software development course that was offered to students. I don’t consider myself an extremely proficient Objective-C developer, but I have picked up most of the conceptual iPhone/Cocoa Touch stuff that developing for the iPhone/iPad requires.
At the end of the semester I am required to submit a Major Project. This project is relatively flexible; students are required to develop a iPhone application based on a specific theme (Climate/Weather), however the actual application itself is to be designed by students. It must have at least 3 major features, while utilising a minimum number of advanced iPhone tools(such as MapViews, Multi-View applications, iPad portability etc.).
At the project’s conclusion, students are also required to give a presentation on the project, describing its concept, features, and development. So, I aim to record my progress on this assignment through to its completion, mainly so I may refer to it again when I do my final presentation!
Here’s looking forward to a healthy update schedule once more.
Tags: Apple, Cocoa, ipad, iphone, Mac, Objective-c, project, xcode
Gwisher – Gifts for your Girlfriend
Apr 10, 2010 Articles
Currently I have the great opportunity to participate in the Melbourne “StartUp Camp 2010″. At the time of writing, I have not slept for more than 24 hours. I’m barely surviving on cans of energy drinks, but nothing is more exciting than the launch of a brand new project.
It is with great pleasure that I present to you, on behalf of my team, Gwisher.com.
The premise is simple; guys who have no idea what to get their girlfriend on an important occasion use Gwisher, inputting various information regarding their girlfriend, and Gwisher returns a list of suggestions that he may get for his girlfriend. Our advanced “Gwish” engine processes this information in order to give the best suggestions for the user.
It was definitely a great 12 hours of non-stop frenzy, and I definitely recommend this experience to anyone.
Tags: 2010, australia, boyfriends, camp, dating, entrepreneurship, gifts, girlfriend, girlfriends, gwish, gwisher, melbourne, presents, relationships, startup, victoria
New iPhone Developer Agreement – No More CS5 Compiler
Apr 9, 2010 Articles
There have been numerous reports circulating around the internet about how Flash CS5′s native iPhone Application compiler is, effectively, doomed.
There have also been a variety of reactions to this, from the informed (“I don’t like it, but Apple has every right to do so”) to the very ill-informed (“Flash Sucks!”), so let me state my position in the matter: this whole thing stinks like a dead carcass wrapped in burnt bacon thrown in a washing machine filled with raw sewage.
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Tags: Adobe, Apple, compiler, cs5, Flash, ipad, iphone, monotouch, sdk
Why can’t HTML5 and Flash co-exist?
Feb 28, 2010 Articles
This post is a comment in reply to user sentiments on a recent Mashable poll titled “HTML5 Knocks Out Adobe Flash in Reader Vote”, with some minor changes for clarity.
I’ve mentioned to people before, Adobe is at a critical point here. They can choose to sit on their arses and ignore HTML5, which will steamroll Flash when it does come into play. Or they can choose to do something better with it. Adobe’s strategic advantage will be that they have control over the progress of the Flash platform, and they need to use that to quickly make itself relevant in a HTML5 world.
In the meantime,
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Google Chrome Developer Tools: Styles Tip
Nov 13, 2009 Articles
If any of you have been using Google Chrome instead of Firebug for your web development, you might have found yourself in a pinch. When using FireBug, it is relatively easy to add additional CSS styles to an element or its styles on the fly. Chrome doesn’t seem to have that ability out of the box.
Well, there IS a way, although it is rather hacky. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t do the trick!
Lets say you have an inline element with the following styles
However, you suddenly realise that in order to apply a width to an element it has to be a block element. So, instead of changing your stylesheet and refreshing the page, type:
Press Enter, and the additional style gets added!
Quite simple, but annoying if you didn’t know about it. Hope this helps anyone out there using Chrome for their development.
Tags: chrome, CSS, developer, firebug, Google, HTML, style, styles, stylesheet, tools, xhtml
eGames Expo 2009: Day 3
Nov 2, 2009 Articles
Well, the last day of the expo wrapped up what was essentially a very disappointing event. Too many hawkers ands not enough exhibits equates to a very uninteresting event. Take note organisers: your attendees do not really want to buy lots of stuff from expos, considering that they had to pay to get in.
Perhaps what I saw this weekend was the result of a extremely tumultuous year for everyone. Companies simply don’t have the confidence to slap down thousands of dollars at events anymore. Not events with such a low street-cred level anyway. All we have left is the hope for a better eGames Expo next year.
Read on for Images!
Tags: 2009, australia, egames, expo, fairytale, fights, Games, IDEF, melbourne
eGames Expo 2009: Day 2
Nov 1, 2009 Articles
This is day 2 of the eGames Expo 2009. You can find my post on day 1 here.
Unfortunately, my worst fears were proven accurate. There was absolutely nothing new to see on the 2nd day of the event. This meant that I had crawled through the eGames Expo (excluding the Digital Lifestyle and Careers events) in less than 4 hours.
What did I do on the 2nd day? I decided to get hands on with some of the lesser known games being displayed.
Tags: 2009, australia, egames, expo, fairytale, fights, Games, IDEF, melbourne
eGames Expo 2009: Day 1
Oct 31, 2009 Articles
Yes, a rare post from me today, as I took the day off to head on down to the first day of the iDEF eGames Expo 2009 held at the Royal Exhibition Building. There was a severe lack of exhibits which was rather disappointing, but it was not without some blockbusters. Major groups consisted mainly of Ubisoft, 2K Games and Microsoft. The rest were all small development houses and publishers, most of which failed to make any considerable impressions on me.
Tags: assassin, assassin's, avatar, creed, egames, electronics, exhibition, expo, forza, Games, gaming, IDEF, Microsoft, ubisoft, xbo360, xbox
Google 2.0
Aug 12, 2009 Articles
With the release of Microsoft’s new Bing search engine and the Yahoo/Microsoft deal, its no surprise that Google is starting to feel a little heat. This can only be a good thing; nothing like a bit of good healthy solid competition.
The result? The next version of Google 2.0, as reported by Mashable.
It is evident that Search is the foundation of all of Google’s online strategy, and in order to stay profitable it has to stay on top. And now Google has generously allowed the general public to preview the development build of its dominating search engine.
While searching for me, there are no immediate differences in the results. I did, however, notice that the previous version of Google could not find my facebook profile (rather strange, I think), where as the new version had listed me under an expandable list of results from Facebook.
Regardless, it is an exciting (and often scary) period to be involved in the development of the internet as we know it. Be sure to hop over to http://www2.sandbox.google.com/ and give it a whirl!
