I recently put together some content on building “Apps that Work as Well Offline as they do Online” using IBM MobileFirst and Bluemix (cloud services). There was the original blog post, I used the content in a presentation at ApacheCon, and now I’ve opened everything up for anyone use or learn from. The content now lives […]
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Data 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 apps, since, as we all painfully know already, there is never a case when you are always online […]
Video: MobileFirst for Bluemix (MBaaS)
Last week I gave a presentation to the NYC Bluemix Meetup Group on IBM MobileFirst for Bluemix. Not familiar with the branding and have no idea what that means? It is a mobile backend as a service, which gives you analytics, remote logging, user auth, data persistence & offline synch, push notification management, and more […]
Getting 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 produce this 5 part video series on Getting Started with IBM Bluemix Mobile Services. This post specifically covers native iOS, though there are also Android and […]
Unified 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 actually running. They can be used to send reminders, drive engagement with the mobile app, notify completion of long running processes, and […]
Embarking Upon A New Adventure
I’m excited to finally announce that I have embarked upon a new adventure! Today marks my first day as a MobileFirst Developer Advocate for IBM! So, what does that mean? It is very similar to what I was doing back at Adobe focusing on developers. I’m excited to engage with the development community around building […]