As someone who lives less than five miles from the Atlantic ocean in NJ, I’ve been having a bit of a bad time recently due to Hurricane Sandy. Luckily, I was not harmed nor were any of my loved ones in the crisis. I did, however, notice something important: even my...
Update Note: This article was first drafted before Amazon announced that there would be a way to purchase your way out of the Kindle Fire lock screen ads. An effort has been made to remove references to the ads being mandatory. Amazon made something of a splash this...
These last few weeks I have been writing here and posting elsewhere about Parse, a service that stands up a simple backend for mobile application developers to connect to their apps. There are lot of good things that can be said about Parse. Unfortunately, it is based...
Querying data is a pretty common task for most if not all mobile apps. iOS and Android have made the work pretty easier for developers, but Parse has thrown their hat into the ring to make it even easier for developers who choose to use their development tools and...
Times are tough and development budgets seem to be getting smaller and smaller, assuming that you are not Draw Something or Instagram. My experience has been that clients who are interested in supporting both Android and iOS do not generally want to develop two native...
Programming Pitfalls is a series that aims to help new and seasoned developers avoid common and at times terribly painful programming errors and other missteps. Ever submit an Android app to the Market... er I mean Play Store? If you haven’t I hope you do (mobile...
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Hi! I’m Mike! I’m a software engineer who codes at The Mad Botter INC. You might know me from Coder Radio or The Mike Dominick Show. Drop me a line if you’re interested in having some custom mobile or web development done.
