Google organized a kind of scavenger hunt for the developers conference IO 2013 to demonstrate the practical use of NFC. Participants needed an NFC-enabled Android and then installed an app called “NFC Hunt”. The app gives clues where to find … Continue reading
Sometimes when I want to adjust the volume on my electronic devices, I push the loud button instead of on the quiet button. Why do I get confused? Let’s look at the assignment of the volume buttons to the volume … Continue reading
Just created a new video and uploaded it to YouTube, it shows the Android port of Handylearn Counter. I especially like how the pie chart dynamically changes with presses of the buttons.
The original J2ME version has now six-digit download numbers and is particularly popular in India, Mexico and Argentina.
The android version let you swipe between the counting screen, a bar chart screen and a pie chat screen
Google announced new features for Android specifically aimed at improving the usage in companies. The next version of Android-L Android 5 will contain these improvements. When employees access corporate data with the smartphone, you want a strict separation of corporate … Continue reading
Two lectures at Droidcon Companies with mobile workers can optimize their business processes with mobile devices. At the conference droidcon 2014 in Berlin, I was able to listen to a practice report and a manufacturer lecture. Android devices have been … Continue reading
CoObeya is a network of experts for innovations. I am a member, and now our website is online. The Co stands for Co-Operation, Co-Laboration, Co-Creation, Obeya is a culture of innovation used in the Japanese high-tech industry, where the development of new products happens in a large room and intersects departments and even company borders. 
Intel provides a software package to significantly speed up the Android emulator on processors with Hyper-V: the Intel® Hardware Eccelerated Execution Manager (HAXM).
(Deutsch) Vortrag über die menschliche Seite von IT-Sicherheit. 5 Gründe warum Menschen zu riskanten Entscheidungen neigen. Continue reading
Last Saturday I took part in the OpenMRS-CodeJam. OpenMRS is a web based system for the entry, management and evaluation of medical records. It is an open source system. The core is written in Java and uses Spring and Hibernate.
Special thanks to the team from ThoughtWorks for the organisation of the code jam.
There is an article about Ushahidi on the ACM-Website. Ushahidi is a remarkable system that was originally used for election monitoring in Kenya.
The system is used to collect, evaluate, visualize and map reports or eyewitness accounts. The central element is a web server. There are mobile apps for different devices, but information can also be gathered via SMS. The system is now being used in disaster relief, as well as “community” projects (in terms of regional communities). More information is available in the Ushahidi wiki and in this presentation by Heather Leson.