Intel provides a software package to significantly speed up the Android emulator on processors with Hyper-V: the Intel® Hardware Eccelerated Execution Manager (HAXM).
Author Archives: Karsten Meier
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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Codename One – Swap Grid Cells
What is Codename One? The platform “Codename One” offers operating system-independent development of apps for smartphones. An important component is a library for user interfaces. Codename One is a successor of LWUIT, which in turn uses concepts of the Java Swing library. To develop a user interface, you insert the various controls such as labels, …
Presentation About Rails Database Optimization
Here are the English slides about how to optimize database queries in Ruby On Rails. I have showed this presentation at the Ruby User Group Hamburg at the 9th August 2012.