What’s a Quality App? By vijay on April 26, 2011 — 1 min read As a user I really don’t like to see an app I just bought now being offered at a lower price. I feel I made a bad decision buying the app. I regret the purchase. I also feel bad about buying an app I’ve already bought, just because I wish to run it on my... More
iKiva – My first iOS App By vijay on April 19, 2011 — 1 min read iKiva is a client for Kiva.org. I’ve started working on it in March 2010. Other things caught up with me and finally I was able to focus on it again from February this year. This project has been a very special one to me because of many reasons. I’ve been writing software for sometime, but... More
A traitors review of the Verizon iPhone 4 By vijay on February 18, 2011 — 1 min read why I abandoned the free and open Android rebellion, a movement I have been entrenched in for over a year, for the power of “the Dark Side.” The first and probably most important reason for my change, is the camera. The iPhone camera is great, it’s reliable, and the applications for it are inexpensive and... More
Multi Channel Publishing with Hippo CMS and HST By vijay on May 26, 2010 — 6 mins read When you are using Hippo CMS, the content and presentation logic are clearly separated. This cleaner approach to content management allows the developers to publish the content to various channels without much effort. In this post I'll try to explain how you can publish the same content from CMS and serve it using HST2 to different channels - Web Sites, Mobile (iPhone), iCal format and Layar (Augmented Reality Browser). More
Apple to xplatform developers: We’re no longer suicidal By vijay on April 14, 2010 — 1 min read These are among what developers would leave behind if they choose to abandon Apple for uncharted and unproven platforms of other vendors. Users do not follow esoteric open/closed platform politics, they vote with their money for convenience, reliability and value. In order to become a better garden for developers, it’s not enough for other vendors... More