Smart Phone

Developing Local Apps for Android

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

I’ve been digging into app development over the past few weeks. I do not have much coding experience, and certainly none with Java, so I’m really starting from scratch. So far, it looks like the Eclipse editor is the best tool for Android App development. It’s too bad that the Google App Inventor, a WYSIWYG [...]

New Mobile English Site Premier

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

Over the past few days, I’v been working on a stripped-down version of the English Department site that looks good and functions well on tiny smartphone browsers. It took a little doing–developing for mobile devices is still a pretty confusing business, at least to a non-tech person like me. But I have a prototype. There [...]

My Favorite Droid Apps

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

While I’m taking a break from end-of-term grading, I thought I would list some of my favorite Droid apps. I’ve been a smart phone convert for about the past week, and I am a downloading fool. Good thing I have an unlimited data plan. In any case, here is a list of my favorites so [...]