2012-02-13
New App for Android: the MyTracks Social Plugin!
I've been cycling a lot, and I use the wonderful, free MyTracks Android app to record my trips. I have friends that use Nike+, and I see them frequently posting their track stats to Facebook and Twitter. While MyTracks has the ability to "share" tracks, it's admittedly a bit tedious. I wanted MyTracks to automatically post status updates whenever I save a new track.
Enter the ...
2011-10-29
Marco Polo - now with more HTML5!
Now that Marco Polo for Android has been out for a while, I got bored and decided to do the same except as a Facebook app. Meet Marco Polo for Facebook!
Of course, it doesn't have some of the cooler features like the compass, but it was still fun to play with the Facebook Javascript API and Google Maps JS API. The neat thing about this is ...
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2011-08-03
QuiRk: A Cross-Platform QR Scavenger Hunt Game
Just last weekend was the 7th Wooly Fair, an arts and culture festival in Providence, RI. My wife was asked to perform, and I went with her to planning meetings to see how I could contribute to the fair. Being an engineer, not an artist, I thought "maybe I can write an app for the fair!" Thus, the Wooly Fair QR code game for Android was born:
Two ...
2011-07-03
Introducing: Marco Polo for Android
Marco Polo is my new Android app that I've been working on in my free time since April. It lets you 'find' your friends based on their geo-tagged social network posts. Marco Polo then shows their location and distance from you on a compass. The app is very simple right now, but I have plans to add game mechanics that will make it much more fun! You ...
2011-05-13
Portfolio
Here's a list of the more interesting open source projects that I've created or contributed to.
2011
Marco Polo for Android
Visualize and receive notifications when your friends check-in near you!See this article for more details.
Available on the Android Market.
Related: a technical article on handling sensor input.
The Marco Polo app for Facebook
Similar to the Android app, but as a Facebook app ...
