If I Designed It - Android Browser

The start of (hopefully) a series of posts describing little user experience/design tweaks I'd make for different objects/applications/services. Starting with the Android browser and Google login

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Posted on Friday 2 July 2010 at 22:28 | comment icon Duncan Sample | comment icon 1 comment

Android App: Conference Call Dialer

After a week of my first android application being in the Market, an introduction to the app itself.

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Posted on Friday 4 June 2010 at 23:34 | comment icon Duncan Sample | comment icon 1 comment

Experiences coding for Android

Having had a Nexus One for about a month, I've just released my first small application and now I'm reflecting on the experience.

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Posted on Tuesday 1 June 2010 at 00:11 | comment icon Duncan Sample | comment icon 1 comment

Paying customers not enough for CounterPath

CounterPath, developers of the X-Lite Voice-over-IP client announced on their forum that just having paid for their software wasn't enough to make them add a necessary, small feature.

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Posted on Thursday 25 February 2010 at 00:22 | comment icon Duncan Sample | comment icon no comments yet

The Nokia fork in the road

I've been a Nokia user since around 2000, Nokia fan since 2003, Nokia(ish) employee since 2004, and now I seem to have reached the fork in the road with their devices.

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Posted on Tuesday 16 February 2010 at 17:42 | comment icon Duncan Sample | comment icon 5 comments

Energy consumption monitoring with Vera

Having purchased a Current Cost home energy monitor, finally I've gotten round to ordering the USB cable, so I can see how it works with Vera.

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Posted on Friday 30 October 2009 at 23:30 | comment icon Duncan Sample | comment icon 1 comment

Desktop shopping app, anyone?

Having started using the Tesco.com API, I'm trying to gauge interest in ways to implement it.

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Posted on Monday 12 October 2009 at 16:15 | comment icon Duncan Sample | comment icon 1 comment

Freecycle UK - My opinion on the community's future

The UK arm of Freecycle have been arguing. Having been a (silent) member of the Fenland Freecycle Yahoo Group for a while, seeing a couple of moderator messages about a dispute with the Freecycle founders in the US, I thought I'd take a look at the issue and see what I could come up with as a suggestion for the future.

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Posted on Thursday 17 September 2009 at 11:46 | comment icon Duncan Sample | comment icon 6 comments

Choosing a home automation standard

Since I'm taking the big adventure into buying my first home, I thought I'd take my mind off it by looking at gadgets to furnish the future home. Automation is something I've been waiting years to start looking at properly.

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Posted on Sunday 30 November 2008 at 22:53 | comment icon Duncan Sample | comment icon 2 comments

Firefox Security, in need of an overhaul?

With the rise of addons, Ubiquity, and general saved passwords in Firefox, is the Password Manager in need of an overhaul for the modern web?

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Posted on Tuesday 18 November 2008 at 03:34 | comment icon Duncan Sample | comment icon 1 comment

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