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Adobe Air Notification Demo
To go along with my previous post I have put together a demo so that you can download the source and see how the notifications work. As I was starting to zip up the source code I saw a comment on my previous post from Ray that made me think about a possible issue. Running [...]
Growl Type Notifications in Adobe AIR
The past week or so I have been able to work on my first Adobe AIR app using HTML/JavaScript. So far I have been very impressed with what you can build in AIR. The application I have been working on pings a web service via jQuery and needs to pop up an alert to the [...]
Twitter.com Security Issue
Twitter.com is currently being exploited via an onmouseover security issue. You can read more about this via Graham Cluley’s blog. I would highly avoid Twitter.com until this get’s resolved, and would stick to using a desktop app like TweetDeck or Seesmic, etc…
Finally Giving The Rackspace Cloud a Try
I have been keeping an eye on the cloud offering from Rackspace for awhile now. Earlier this week I finally created an account and setup my first server. Many of my blogs utilize WordPress and sit on a shared hosting platform. Most of my systems administration knowledge lies in the Windows world, so I have [...]
My Favorite Android Apps – #1 Touiteur
#1 – Touiteur I am a huge fan of Twitter. I mostly use it for keeping up with news and sports and for a few aggregators I run. In looking for a Twitter app there is one requirement that is a must for me: merged timelines. I have multiple accounts and enjoy having them in [...]
My Favorite Android Apps – #2 SlingPlayer
This is the third post in the series about my favorite Android apps. #2 – SlingPlayer I have been an avid SlingBox user for many, many years. In fact I would bet I have one of the first devices they made, and it still works like a champ. When I first picked up my Droid, [...]
Google Releases App Inventor for Android
Google has released their App Inventor for Android. I have not had a chance yet to play around with this, but on the surface it appears slick. Google claims you do not need to be a programmer to create the apps. So it sort of sounds like a WYSIWYG application for creating apps. From the [...]
My Favorite Android Apps – #3 MLB At Bat ’10
This is the second post in the series about my favorite Android apps. #3 – MLB At Bat ‘10 MLB At Bat is a baseball fan’s dream app. If you are not a fan of baseball, you can probably skip this review, although some of the technology itself is so cool you may want to [...]
My Favorite Android Apps – #4 AppAware
This is the second post in the series about my favorite Android apps. #4 – AppAware I stumbled across AppAware about three months ago. At first I really did not get the point of what it was all about. It markets itself as the social market for Android. So in a nutshell what does this [...]
My Favorite Android Apps – #5 Remote Desktop
In the coming days I will be counting down my top 5 favorite Android apps. I currently have a Verizon Motorola Droid and cannot sing the praises of this device enough. #5 – Remote Desktop I’ll start this little review by explaining how I discovered this app. My wife and I adopted a son in [...]
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