Apps

Xtendroid

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Xtendroid is a domain-specific-language for Android that I created for productive Android development

Tue 14 March 2017

My work at IBM Research Lab

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I was on the cover of a magazine, thanks to the work being done at IBM Research!

Sat 11 March 2017

I was a freelance full-stack Android developer for 6 years

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I developed Android applications as a freelancer, and offered particularly good value for small businesses and startups.

Tue 24 May 2016

Tech4Africa Android Masterclass

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Resources for the Tech4Africa Android Masterclass presentation on 9th October 2014

Tue 07 October 2014

House4Hack smart watch

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We built a smart watch at House4Hack. I decided to re-write the firmware and Android app from scratch.

Thu 28 August 2014

SwimTime

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SwimTime is a swimmer's timer that can help improve swimmer performance

Sun 27 July 2014

SA Events Android app

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SA Events is an Android app I wrote that displays annual events in South Africa by province, allowing you to plan your outings.

Sat 05 July 2014

BatteryFu battery saver Android app

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BatteryFu is an Android application I wrote to save battery life (and data) on my HTC Dream (G1) back in 2010. It has over 250,000 downloads!

Fri 14 February 2014

BlackBerry Apps Featured!

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Two of my Blackberry 10 apps were featured in the BlackBerry 10 App world: SA Events and Folder Music. Both have above 4-star ratings.

Tue 09 July 2013

SA Events BlackBerry app

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SA Events is a BlackBerry 10 app I wrote that displays annual events in South Africa by province, allowing you to plan your outings.

Mon 01 July 2013

Mobile app development is too hard

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I've come to realise that mobile app development is too difficult for beginner programmers, but it can be made simpler.

Tue 28 May 2013

Folder Music

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Folder Music is a music player for BlackBerry that allows the user to browser their music by folders, rather than by artist/album/etc.

Wed 17 April 2013

House4Hack SHAC on BlackBerry 10

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House4Hack Smart House Access Control app lets you open the gate and front door at the House4Hack hackerspace in Centurion, South Africa, once authorised.

Thu 04 April 2013

Robert's Birds

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I developed the Robert's Birds Android app, a niche app for professional bird-watchers. It features over 1Gb of high-quality data for Southern African birds that can be searched or browsed, even on a low-end device.

Thu 04 April 2013

gr8signal

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The gr8signal app tracks and maps cellphone signal coverage in South Africa.

Tue 16 October 2012

BluMote

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I won the MOMO Joburg "Changing the world through innovation" competition, as well as the Mobile Web Africa 2012 app competition, with the BluMote project!

Wed 09 May 2012

MakerDroid

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MakerDroid (previously Paint3d) is an app you can use to draw out a 2D shape that will then get extruded into a 3D shape, which you can then print out as a physical object using a 3D printer.

Thu 08 March 2012

Simple Zulu

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Simple Zulu is a simple flash-card app to teach you Zulu words, that I

Fri 10 February 2012

DroidOrb

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I built an Android accessory using an Arduino. It's a charging dock and notification light, among other things.

Tue 16 August 2011

Fancy app

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I wrote the first versions of the Android app "Fancy" for thingd which included a honeycomb-optimized tablet version.

Tue 24 May 2011