JavaScript All The Things – Or – Why You Should Pay Attention To JavaScript
This post is inspired by all the comments I’ve seen this week about JS in the enterprise. I would have never imagined this 10 years ago, but JavaScript is now pretty much ubiquitous. Here are a few...
View ArticleAdaptive mobile apps that change based on personal context
That title get your attention? Yes, it really read “Adaptive mobile apps that change based on personal context” – with near real-time rules application, without much extra development effort. If that...
View ArticleSay What? Live video chat between iOS & WebRTC with Twilio & IBM Watson...
What I’m about to show you might seem like science fiction from the future, but I can assure you it is not. Actually, every piece of this is available for you to use as a service. Today. Yesterday...
View ArticleData Management for Apps that Work as Well Offline as They Do Online
Earlier this week I had the privilege of speaking at ApacheCon in Austin, TX on the topic of data management for apps that work as well offline as they do online. This is an important topic for mobile...
View ArticleIBM Watson QA + Speech Recognition + Speech Synthesis = A Conversation With...
Back in November I released a demo application here on my blog showing the IBM Watson QA Service for cognitive/natural language computing connected to the Web Speech API in Google Chrome to have real...
View ArticleGeoPix: A sample iOS app powered by IBM MobileFirst for Bluemix
In this post I’d like to show a fairly simple application that I put together which shows off some of the rich capabilities for IBM MobileFirst for Bluemix that you get out of the box – All with an...
View ArticleUpdated: Parallax Effects in Hybrid/Web Apps
A while back I wrote about adding parallax effects to your HTML/JS experiences to make them feel a bit richer and closer to a native experience. I’ve just added this subtle (key word *subtle*) effect...
View ArticleGetting Started with IBM Bluemix Mobile Services (MBaaS)
I recently wrote an overview of IBM Bluemix’s Mobile Back-end as a Service offerings. I wanted to elaborate on the offerings, plus provide in-depth technical and implementation details, so I decided to...
View ArticleMBaaS – IBM Mobile Cloud Services, Bluemix & MobileFirst
MBaaS, or Mobile Backend as a Service, seems to be a particularly hot topic these days. MBaaS generally refers to backend services for mobile applications that provides data storage, user management,...
View ArticleUnified Multi-Platform Push Notifications with IBM MobileFirst
Push notifications, love them or hate them, are everywhere and there’s no getting around it. Push notifications are short messages that can be sent to mobile devices regardless of whether the apps are...
View ArticleIBM MobileFirst & Remote Client Side Logging in Mobile Apps
One of the many popular feature of IBM MobileFirst SDK is the ability to capture client-side logs from mobile devices out in the wild in a central location (on the server). That means you can capture...
View ArticleIBM MobileFirst – Powering the IBM & Apple Partnership
Back in July, Apple and IBM announced a global strategic partnership to redefine how enterprises use mobile applications. Well, last week IBM and Apple announced the first set of apps developed from...
View ArticleUX & Mobile Apps Leveraging the IBM MobileFirst Platform
When you are developing a mobile app (or website, or mobile web, or TV app, etc..) you should always ask yourself “What kind of an impact does this have on the end user?” It doesn’t matter whether you...
View ArticleNew UI Article and Architectural Presentation on PhoneGap
A couple of PhoneGap related activities I’ve been up to recently… First, an article I recently wrote on Creating a Card-based UI in PhoneGap has been published on DZone. Be sure to check it out for...
View ArticleHTML5 Dev Conf Wrap-up: Snap.svg, Visual Storytelling & PhoneGap
HTML5 Developer Conference just wrapped up in San Francisco, and it was a great event. There was a lot to see and hear from the entire HTML/JS community. Adobe showed off some amazing showcases of the...
View ArticlePhoneGap & Hardware Session Video now Available
The recording for my session “PhoneGap and Hardware” from PhoneGap Day back in July is now available! Be sure to check it out. There were apparently some issues with the audio, but you can still hear...
View ArticlePhotoshop Zoomify in HTML, powered by Leaflet
I’ve been spending a lot of time with Photoshop recently… Whether it has been retouching video or images, creating panoramas, or working with my aerial photos, it has been a lot of fun. One thing that...
View ArticleStatus Tap/Scroll To Top in PhoneGap Apps on iOS
One criticism of PhoneGap apps that I sometimes hear is that they often don’t have “standard” features from the native operating system. Little things, like iOS’s ability to scroll a container back to...
View ArticleNew Version of My Halloween PhoneGap App
With Halloween less than a month away, I figured it’s about time to update my “Instant Halloween” PhoneGap sound effects app. I’m happy to say that the latest version is now out for both iOS and...
View ArticleThe Web Just Got A Whole Lot More Awesome
Lots of awesome web-related stuff has been happening over the last few days. Here’s a quick summary, with links to learn more… iOS 7 & Safari have new Web Platform Features This includes CSS...
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