A few weeks ago I wrote post demonstrating how to turn your blog into an iPhone App with a few easy steps, using the Phonegap approach, along with Apple’s Dashcode development tools.
Today I am happy to announce that I’ve used the same approach to develop and release an app for the Android platform, which you [...]
MobileTech for Social Change Barcamp New York, February 21, 2009! | MobileActive.org
The second in the MobileActive barcamp series, we'll explore mobile tech to advance social development and social change goals. Expect this to be highly participatory and interactive, and cover anything you wanted to know about using mobiles for social change. MobileTech for Social Change [...]
MC bought me a swell gift for Christmas – the Flip Mino HD – a tiny wonder that delivers on the promise of high quality video in a small package. The only real issue I have with it is that being so small, it is difficult to keep steady. Perhaps with time and practice I’ll [...]
I’ve been doing some work on a iPhone webapp (natively deployed, wrapped in PhoneGap naturally) and decided to incorporate some advanced visualizations using Scalable Vector Graphics. Achieving robust SVG support in browsers has been a long struggle, and the good news is that the latest builds of both Firefox and Safari, desktop and mobile, do [...]
Fifty People One Question :: Welcome
We've asked two questions and received six hundred thirty-one responses from three hundred seventy-two cities.
(tags: videos video documentary vimeo viral)
Safari Visual Effects Guide: Using Touch to Drag Elements
In this example, the user can touch a box to drag it around the screen. The high-level steps are the same as before. You create an element to manipulate, register event handlers, and implement event handlers. However, in this example, touch events and transforms are used, and [...]
QuickConnect for iPhone
QuickConnect is a small, powerful, modular, simple to use, application development library available for many languages. The QuickConnect library is currently available for: iPhone Java J2EE PHP Erlang Yaws AJAX and Flash.
(tags: iphone javascript web mobile)
About Ride the City
Welcome to Ride the City, a website that helps you find the safest bike route [...]
This Wednesday I’m speaking at what will be a very interesting event in Williamsburg hosted and organized by the fine folks at The Change You Want To See Gallery. Deanna Zandt, Nancy Scola and I will be discussing our personal experiences and insights gained through our work with applying new technology to a variety of [...]
LED Holiday Sweaters
Originally uploaded by nathanialfreitas
Here is a fun idea for a holiday geek craft project… AND a great way to stand out at a party.
Extension:Google Maps – MediaWiki
Maps are a great way to present information, and the Google Maps Extension brings the coolness of interactive, annotated maps to your wiki. With Google Maps Extension, you can:
* Spice up articles with maps of anywhere in the world
* Marvel at detailed street maps [...]