Cross-Platform FTW

Posted on January 7, 2012 by weiyen

Thought I would do another post.

This time it is on my thoughts on mobile application developers. I have written posts about this before and discussed briefly as to the developer who creates cross-platform applications can stand to make a lot of money. Why? Simply because they have such a large market share.

Take a look at all the major mobile applications out there. WhatsApp, Evernote, Twitter clients, Facebook. Notice how they have each application working on the various mobile platforms, ranging from iOS, Android, blackberry and even Nokia. If you have one application that can work on so many platforms then you can reach a lot more people and if integrated smartly then there would be a lot more attraction for people to use it.

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New Beginnings

Posted on January 5, 2012 by weiyen

 

Well, I have decided to start blogging again. I have not blogged in a while but for every
single new year there is always a new years resolution.

I have a few, but after having watched a few YouTube videos and journalling services, I thought why not?

It is not that I have not blogged before. I have blogged before, ever since 2003 but they were very un-meaningful posts.

I guess that I want to have a sense of purpose with the blog. Yes, I do want to have the random posts just like most other bloggers have mentioned and working off the cuff, but I feel that sometimes there is a theme to every blog.

Anyway, this is something just a start off with.

I hopefully will start blogging again on a more weekly basis. You guys can hold me to that!

 

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Posted on December 14, 2011 by weiyen

I have been reading an article on news.com that was talking about Microsoft’s releasing applications on various different mobile platforms.

The article can be found here

It is what I have been saying all along, that is a company that wants to be able to succeed in the mobile application business needs to be able to accommodate for all platforms.

A prime example of this is Google Android. A few years ago, it was trailing behind the Apple iOS product line. Now, it is prevalent everywhere.

Why is this? The simple reason is that it has reached more audience and more devices that recognises itself as Android. That is not to say that I think android will win, I still think that it is all about preference and some people will like the layout of iOS, while others would like iOS.

Horses for courses I say!

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Okozo desktop

Posted on July 22, 2011 by weiyen

Okozo desktop is an application that allows you to have dynamic wallpaper in windows.

I love it. You guys can download the program from okozo.com.

Currently it only shows one display. But the author says that in version 2 it will handle multiple displays.

I can’t wait for that. When I get to a more suitable location I’ll post some video perhaps?

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GTD – Getting Things Done

Posted on June 6, 2011 by weiyen

A while ago now it has always been the case with me that everytime something came up that I would put it to one side and always say that “Yes I will do it someday” and then there would be a frantic rush as to get things done and stress starts to build in order to get these things done. That is until I have followed the process of Getting Things Done or simply known as GTD. To me GTD is simply a system that works on the premise that when we depend on our minds to get things done (which most of us do) then we fall into turmoil in terms of completing tasks. Likewise if we depend on a system that is flawed, then the mind starts to depend on itself and that does not help at all.

And this is where GTD fits in. David Allen the creator of the gtd system created this system to help well get things done.

GTD is a system that allows you to record and process your tasks and organize everything so that you can ease the mind so that it does not have to remember it.

This is in turn allows you to focus on getting the job done instead of remembering what to do next.

I have been using GTD  for a long while now. Sometimes I do find that I deviate from using GTD but when I get back into the groove of things, I find that I become more productive as I am focusing on the things that make an impact to what is going on.

 

 

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5/7/2010

Posted on July 5, 2010 by weiyen

The weekend was pretty laid back. I have been pretty lazy and have not been posting as regularly as I should. This is partly in due to the lack of inspiration of ideas and facebook microblogging (status updates) is far easier than writing up a whole post.

Maybe I’ll start off with putting up a few vlogs as I am getting into video editing once again.

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Elementary my dear Watson

Posted on January 3, 2010 by weiyen

I originally saw the trailer to “Sherlock Holmes” and seeing the shorts it really sounded like an action packed movie rather than a movie showing the science of deduction.

How surprised I was to see them show Holmes deductive reasoning at work. It was a modern interpretation but it at least stayed true to form.

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Wednesday 30/12/2009

Posted on December 30, 2009 by weiyen

I just finished watching the movie “Avatar”. It was visually appealing but I felt that it was rehashed storylines of past movies. I mean look at the “Last Samurai” where you have a foreigner entering enemy territory and then switching sides to fight against their own. Or look at Matrix. It was something similar.

So in essence the technology maybe different but the storyline has not wavered. Tomorrow, new years eve is my birthday. I am turning 32. Let’s see what it brings. Will post later.

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Tuesday 15/12/2009

Posted on December 15, 2009 by weiyen

I have not been writing much. I have been working throughout…life is getting to be a vicious cycle that I sorely need to get out off. I can’t wait till Christmas…I am going back to Hamilton for two weeks, which means that I have to start to clean up my room and the like so when I get back everything will be fresh again. The year has ended quickly and I think the next year will even be better. That we shall see. Anyway I am out…I may post later on today.

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Posted on December 1, 2009 by weiyen

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