August 17, 2011   Android   1 Comment

Android 101 : Moving Between Screens

In order to prime my brain into churning out posts for the new topic of this blog, I thought I would start by helping out those just starting out developing in Android. While Android uses technology I love (Java), I found Google’s documentation a bit lacking for some basic operations. One of the most basic operations a developer has to do in an application whether it be PC, web, or mobile is to switch from screen to screen. The Android documentation didn’t explain how to do it anywhere... (more...)

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August 5, 2011   Mobilaneous   No comments

I’m Baaaack

Two years ago, I started this blog to blabber about social media. I was a social media developer at the time creating links to Facebook and Twitter. Shortly thereafter, the focus of my job changed and I was no longer living and breathing social media like I had been during those months. Last fall, I had the opportunity to get involved with mobile. I had been dabbling in the space for about a year, but now I was living and breathing Android much like I had been doing with social media years before.... (more...)

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July 23, 2009   Social Media   No comments

People in Common

I work in a building with about 400 people in it that is a corporate headquarters for a national chain. My company subleases space from that company. Aside from the my colleagues, I seem to run into the same dozen or so people on a regular basis. What are the chances of that? Granted, the people I normally see are people on the same floor I’m on (it’s a 3 story building), but even then, you’d think I would run into more of the 50-75 people that are on my floor, wouldn’t... (more...)

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July 18, 2009   Social Media   1 Comment

Twitter and Generation Y

This discussion about Generation Y was originally part of my Subconcious Motivation post, but as I was writing, I determined it was really a subject on its own, so I pulled it out to a separate post. If you didn’t read that post (why didn’t you?), it put forth the theory that tweeters and bloggers have two subconscious motivations: they want to make an impact on the world, and they have a need to belong. About two months ago, I read an article that said that Generation Y (kids in their... (more...)

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July 14, 2009   Social Media   2 Comments

Subconscious Motivation

As I was preparing to write my Why I Tweet post, I had a discussion with my wife about my thoughts on the subject. While she didn’t really understand what I was talking about, or understand Twitter in general, she understood enough to have her own theory about why people tweet. While she doesn’t like to take credit for it, she has a lot of insight into the human psyche. While my Why I Tweet post dealt mostly with the conscious thought processes of why I tweet, my wife offered a deeper,... (more...)

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July 1, 2009   Mobilaneous   2 Comments

The Visionary of a Generation

Apple has released word that Steve Jobs has returned to work at Apple. I, for one, am relieved to hear that he’s feeling well enough to return to his duties. Not just because he is back at the helm at Apple, but because it means he is feeling well again. A recent article lamented how the recent passing of Michael Jackson marks the passing of superstars of pop culture. Such super-fame will never again be achieved. But in the technical world, one superstar still remains. If you came of age... (more...)

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June 28, 2009   Social Media   1 Comment

Passwords Protect Privacy

A friend of mine lives in Bozeman, MT.  He pointed me to an article that talked about the City of Bozemen requiring job applicants to submit their usernames and passwords for social media sites they are on.  You read right.  Passwords, too. When I first heard about this, I had a rather negative emotional reaction to it. I was ready to write about it, but decided to wait and take a step back first. Writing when you’re in the heat of battle is never a good thing. After a few days, I started... (more...)

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June 25, 2009   Social Media   No comments

The Story (so far) of Twitter

This is an interesting image posted by manolith.com: Original post at http://www.manolith.com/2009/06/21/the-story-so-far-of-twitter/.  Read More →

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June 22, 2009   Social Media   3 Comments

Is 140 characters enough?

The simple answer is, “yes.” Ever talk to that guy or girl that just goes on and on and on?  And worse yet, they’re not really saying anything?  The great thing about 140 characters is that you have to get to the point.  You can say a lot in 140 characters.  More than I expected when I first started tweeting. I certainly have those moments where I’m squeezing words, using funky abbreviations, and chopping sentences to make things fit, but that’s when it gets really... (more...)

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June 19, 2009   Social Media   4 Comments

The Tworg Collective

I recently read an article about how Twitter employees use Twitter. They don’t tweet very often and they don’t follow very many people. They appear to be using Twitter in the manner it was intended rather than in the manner it has become. Twitter was intended to let people–a small group of friends and family, perhaps–know what you are doing. That’s fine, but Twitter has evolved into something much more than that. Unless you’re a personal friend of the person... (more...)

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