Here are some interesting and quite surprising statistics for the US Census Browser HTML/PhoneGap showcase application that I released in December, which I wanted to share. The app is a browser for US Census data, full detail available here: http://www.tricedesigns.com/2010-census/. The Census Browser application was intended as a showcase app for enterprise-class data visualization in […]
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Capturing User Signatures in Mobile Applications
One growing trend that I have seen in mobile & tablet applications is the creation of tools that enable your workforce to perform their job better. This can be in the case of mobile data retrieval, streamlined sales process with apps for door-to-door sales, mobile business process efficiency, etc… One of the topics that comes […]
Introducing the US Census Browser Application
I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce you to a new project I’ve been working on to showcase enterprise-class data visualization in HTML-based applications. The US Census Browser is an open source application for browsing data from the 2010 US Census. The app is completely written using HTML and JavaScript, even for the […]
Preview: New HTML5/PhoneGap Project
Here’s a quick preview of my new HTML5/PhoneGap data vizualization app. Once released, this will be available on multiple platforms, in multiple app stores, AND it will be completely open source. Just waiting on app store approvals… You can expect a full writeup on how this was built after it is released. Enjoy! UPDATE: This […]
Building PhoneGap Applications With Dreamweaver
Update (3/28/2012): Hi Everyone, I know there have been lots of questions about PhoneGap + Android SDK, and lots of headaches because Google’s Android SDK keeps changing and breaking the Dreamweaver integration. Fret not! There is an easier way — Adobe has released a plugin to integrate Dreamweaver with PhoneGap Build. With this plugin, you […]
“Almost Native” – iOS Apps Powered By iAd.js and PhoneGap
One of the benefits of using a cross-platform development technology that I mentioned in my last post is that cross-platform development technologies can be solution accelerator platforms. I mean “solution accelerator” because it can be easier and faster to develop an application using cross-platform technologies (web development skills) rather than native development, even if you […]
Why Cross Platform Mobile Development?
Perhaps you have heard of the topic “cross platform development”, but aren’t really sure what it is, or you aren’t sure why you would want to use cross-platform technologies. If this is the case, then this post is especially for you. I’ll try to shed some light onto what it is, and why you would […]
Adobe at BlackBerry DevCon 2011
BlackBerry DevCon 2011 kicked off earlier this week, and surrounding it were some exciting announcements around Adobe tools and BlackBerry platforms. These announcements include Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 features available on the PlayBook – including Stage3D (among many other great features). Also announced was AIR support for the new BlackBerry BBX operating system, […]