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Adobe Post

Adobe released a new app for the iPhone [Post] on December 17, 2015. At the moment, this seems to be iPhone specific (I tried it on my iPad and was not pleased with the results – for example, it was very difficult to edit the supplied example text). On the […]

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Floid

I have been working with an interaction design tool called Floid. Presently, it is only available for the Mac platform. This tool is easy to use to develop working prototypes of various apps and web pages. The generated code is HTML5 (and validates). I developed a very simple example to […]

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MS Azure and Dreamspark

If you are a student in our CMWEB program, you have access to the MS Dreamspark website for MS software you can use for academic purposes. Each semester (a few weeks after the semester begins), you receive an email notification with details on how you can access this resource. One […]

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Styling SVG

We have had several discussions about styling SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) at our recent WebProfessionals meetings. I also recently completed a short course at lynda.com on this same topic. I thought it would be appropriate to develop a weblog post on this topic (especially since we will be covering SVG […]

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Phishing = Fraud

Some of you may know that I serve as a reviewer for the SANS OUCH newsletter. The next issue will deal with the subject of phishing. I thought it might be appropriate to also add a little information in my weblog about this topic. Perhaps you will enjoy reading this […]

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UX Rebels Summit overview

I had the opportunity to participate in the UX Rebel’s Summit this week [Nov. 17, 2015] (hosted by Christopher Schmitt). I found this to be a great online event and wanted to share some insights and thoughts from the event. Keep in mind, I have 189 pages of screen captures […]

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Mobile App Development with BlueMix – part 5

Last week, I focused on using the IBM BlueMix facility to create a simple Hello World app which pings the IBM BlueMix server instance you created. Those looking for my previous posts on BlueMix can find them linked below (in reverse chronological order): BlueMix app development with Kinetise [these links […]

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Mobile app development with BlueMix – part 4

I have been covering the IBM BlueMix facility in several weblog posts. These are linked below (in reverse chronological order): BlueMix app development with Kinetise [these links open in a new browser window/ tab.] BlueMix Cloud Foundry Node.js app BlueMix overview For those who have been following these posts, we […]

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Techsmith Fuse

I often need to take screen captures on mobile devices and then annotate and share them with students. One of the tools I use for this is Techsmith Fuse. I like it because it is very simple to use. I take a screen capture on a mobile device, open Fuse, […]

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Mobile app development with Bluemix and Kinetise

I am amazed at the different ways one can readily create apps for mobile devices these days. Adobe Phonegap (and Phonegap Build) is a great solution. IBM’s Bluemix offering with the Kinetise service is another. I previously provided an overview of Bluemix and covered Cloud Foundry integration. Using the Kinetise […]

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Acrobat enhancements

Adobe recently released some improvements to Acrobat DC (Document Cloud).  I thought I would focus on one I find particularly useful. Specifically, you can take an image of a document with your smartphone camera and process the document as if you scanned it (and convert text as needed). I find […]

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Photoshop Fix

Adobe recently (October 5, 2015) released a new iOS app called Photoshop Fix. I have been experimenting with this tool for a while and find it very helpful for quick edits to images using just my iPad. Of course, for more complex edits, one can always share the image from […]

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Rules to think about

We are near the midpoint of the fall semester at school. From time to time, I observe certain things and thought it might be helpful to put these together as a set of “rules” to think about – particularly for students in the CMWEB program at school. Of course, these […]

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Displaying your tablet on a desktop

Although I have made several prior weblog posts on this topic, I thought it might be appropriate to revisit this in light of iOS 9 and Windows 10 being generally available. For reference purposes, here are two of the prior posts I have made on this topic. Reflection (and more) […]

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BlueMix part 2

A few months ago, I did a brief overview of the IBM BlueMix facility. Now that we are starting to cover mobile app development in earnest in our CMWEB 280 class, I thought it might be appropriate to revisit the facility and discuss it in a bit more detail. There […]

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