Are you Creating Location Aware Apps and Mapping Apps for Apple iOS 6 and the iPhone 5? Here’s 10 Must have documents for developers looking to migrate to iOS 6 or those looking to get started creating location-aware apps and services for the iPhone 5 or iPad. The Apple Dev Center is a great starting […]
facebook Home (Android) now in Google Play Store
Good news for all of you facebook fanatics that happen to be sporting Android devices running OS 4+ as the much hyped facebook home app is now available for you. The app hit Play today, April 12 although I suspect many folks won’t be able to run it unless of course you have the latest […]
You and 600,000 Others Want the Best Job in the World!
Want the best job in the World? If so you’ll need to battle over 600,000 others (90,000 Americans alone) for the title according to the Australia Tourism Bureau. Vying for jobs like, Chief Funster, Outback Adventurer and Taste Master, American applicants submitted :30 second video entries in hopes of standing out among the 600,000+ from […]
iOS Tip – Find Deals on Food and Drink Nearby With Feed @getFeedApp
Social media deals like facebook specials and Twitter discounts are great, however, unless you happen to be checking into a venue and having a special pushed to you how are you supposed to know about deals that are taking place near you right now? Feed is a response to that by scraping social media deals […]
Take Me Out To The Ball Park at ESRIUC!
A tip here for those of you heading to San Diego CA this July for ESRIUC. We luck out this year as the Padres have a home stand the week of UC and that means loads of opportunities to get to the ball park and enjoy a game. The Rockies (woohoo!!) and the Giants (Boooo!) […]
Opening up Colorado With Open Data and Hackathons
I’ve been spending a little bit of time sniffing our OpenData resources, open government portals and related efforts (if you have details of a useful Open Government resource, portal or repository please share HERE). While doing so I’ve also stumbled onto some interesting resources and events. I’ve noticed that Colorado has some hacking going on […]
3D models from laser scans with Autodesk ReCap
An interesting application from Autodesk – ReCap (thanks to Gene Roe of LiDARnews.com for turning me on to this one). Autodesk ReCap now enables any designer, architect or engineer to add, modify, validate and document their design process in context from existing environments. ReCap delivers powerful and easy to use workflow on the desktop and in […]
Using Github to Fork Your Data and the Hello get world Example
Github is all the rage and becoming quite common (and useful) for many agencies, orgs and companies – just mention gihub or forking some data next time you walk past a Geo-Hipster and you’ll see them quickly get all excited! The City of Chicago is using github to host open data and I’m sure many […]
Generating A Buzz With APIs and IPAs
Yes indeed, just like any good GeoGeek I’m a HUGE beer fan (and lover of craft beer). And so it really shouldn’t be any huge surprise that perhaps THE most active discussion and picture hitting Twitter today from #DevSummit in Palm Springs is Esri Developer Evangelist Allan Lafromboise (@Al_Lafromboise) sporting a fashionable APIs and APIs […]
Go on a Field Trip with Android via Field Trip
Here’s details of an interesting mobile app for Android called Field Trip (I heard about this from Marc Prolieau on a recent James Fee Google hangout). Some details… Field Trip can help you learn about everything from local history to the latest and best places to shop, eat, and have fun. You select the local […]