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 designed by Google as personal devices. So they offer a wide range of entertainment and …
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CoObeya
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.
Speed up the Android Emulator
Intel provides a software package to significantly speed up the Android emulator on processors with Hyper-V: the Intel® Hardware Eccelerated Execution Manager (HAXM).
Risk, Security and Human Decision Making
(Deutsch) Vortrag über die menschliche Seite von IT-Sicherheit. 5 Gründe warum Menschen zu riskanten Entscheidungen neigen.
OpenMRS
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.
Ushahidi
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 …
Rotating Billboard with CSS-Animations
(Deutsch) Wie man Bilder auf Webseiten sich rotierend austauschen lässt, ohne JavaScript, nur mit CSS.
My blog get a new look
Today this website got a new theme.
JavaScript Incompatibilities in Webapps
(Deutsch) Zwei Inkompatibilitäten aus einem praktischen Projekt: Datumsfunktionen sind bei älteren Android-Geräten unvollständig, und die prompt-Methode wird von Microsoft still unterdrückt.
Nokia Asha from a developers point of view
I was among the winners of the Nokia Asha Touch Competition 2012. I was awarded for the feedback I have given on the new Nokia developer tools. From the laudation: “for his very focused and relevant feedback around core app development. The issues raised showed a great understanding of the product and what areas most …
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