Author Archives: Michael
[ISAD334] Experiment
In my previous two posts I wrote about how Twitter users determine the authenticity of accounts, and how this trust could be measured. In this post I will outline how I intend to test my hypothesis.
[ISAD334] Hypothesis
In my previous post I wrote about the supposed disparity between Twitter users and current legislation, noting several recent cases where laws intended to protect privacy were subverted by a legion of Twitter users. In the same article I also … Continue reading
[ISAD334] The Web of Influence
Foreword: As part of one of my modules for my final term of University, I’m required to make a blog detailing my ideas and findings. Any posts relating to this module will be tagged under ISAD334. Despite being less than a … Continue reading
RSS Alarm v1.1.0 – A change cometh
RSS Alarm has been out for over a month now, and it’s still surprising how positive a reaction it’s received in the media and from its users. While I’ll readily admit it’s not sold a ground-breaking amount of copies, it’s … Continue reading
RSS Alarm v1.0.3 – The mini feature update
Hooray! It’s the first non-bugfix update! RSS Alarm v1.0.3 will be on the marketplace shortly, and it brings: The ability to specify the amount of time between RSS Feed updates. (Main screen > MENU button > Settings) Alarm will be … Continue reading
RELEASE: RSS Alarm v1.0.2
My new phone arrived today! Though it’s not all sunshine and butterflies when you realise that RSS Alarm has a couple of major bugs specific to Android’s latest release. As such, there’s a new version out to fix these Ice Cream … Continue reading
RSS Alarm in the media
It’s been just over a week since RSS Alarm launched, and what a week it’s been! On top of better-than-expected sales, it’s been mentioned in 2 online publications so far! This is what Android UK News ETC had to say: … Continue reading
RELEASE: RSS Alarm v1.0.1
Today’s been a very good day. Following several months of work and a number of UI redesigns, I’ve finally signed off RSS Alarm and uploaded it to the Android Marketplace. Given how hard I’ve worked on this project in my … Continue reading
Speed Development, or how I learned to love the App (Part 2)
For anyone visiting this entry directly, the first part of this article can be found here, and the final app can be downloaded here. Development All in all, not really that much to do once I had done a bit … Continue reading
Psssst…
I’ll write up the second half of my app challenge tomorrow night. In the meantime, I’ll let you into a little secret about my current major project… How you interpret that name is entirely up to you