Mobile

Today IBM announced a (re)new(ed) mobile focus with MobileFirst.  Those of us in the IBM ecosystem know that IBM has been getting serious about mobile with their acquisition of Worklight and the push for great mobile experiences through their IBM Portal and IBM Connections product with responsive templates out of the box and integrated mobile […]

This is a follow-up to my blog post “It’s Going To Take How Long?” and the problem of managing client expectations around building out a mobile app.  In the first post, the client cannot understand why it is going to take X amount of money and X amount of time to build the given mobile […]

Remember playing Snake on your first cell phone? Or maybe, like me, playing Snake on your mom’s first cell phone? Apps  for iPhone and Android that mimic the original game have millions of downloads. Better yet, remember the Tamagotchi? This little pixel monster would beep in your pocket until you digitally fed or picked up after […]

I’m the type of person that dares to dream. So, in this time defined by simple patient messaging and health records sharing, I wonder what a future defined by the capture of health behavior data would look like. I do very much believe that we are moving towards a future where we use this health […]

In this blog post I examine the methods and tools to test APIs for mobile and cloud. Post on The SOA Blog

Before I begin, I would like to say that if you have read my previous post about setting up ADB, I promise part two is coming. It is just…involved. I recently read an article about the “Samsung Galaxy SIV” introducing touchless gestures for screen navigation. First and foremost, nothing about the next phone in the […]

In my spare time, I am an adjunct faculty member for an online university and teach a class each semester.  This week the topic was IT innovation and one of my learners was using as their example, the phenomenon of mobile and ‘Bring Your Own Device’. The learner supported their argument that BYOD was a […]

A mobile colleague pointed out a blog post that really hit home based on some recent estimating work I had done.  If a client comes to you and asks for a web-based application that satisfies some business need, you discuss the high-level requirements, get an idea on sizing and tell the client 5 months and […]

Like many software developers, I am an avid follower of Slashdot and in fact, have it as my browser’s home page.  This morning when I started up the browser, the top story on Slashdot at the moment was the announcement that the White House’s ‘We The People’ initiative was releasing a series of API’s in […]

From the first time I picked up an iPhone, I found the interface intuitive and easy to use. The user experience fit my paradigm for how I would expect to interact with the device, even though I had not interacted with it before that day. Of course, it’s been a few years since that day […]

Last summer I worked on an Android prototype as part of a proposal to a major healthcare organization.  In addition to myself, there was a corresponding group that building the same application within iOS.  The objective was to demonstrate our capabilities in building native mobile applications on the two leading mobile platforms.  The core functionality […]

The US Electronic Medical Records System (EMS) contains a lot of information. The problem with the current system is that the data isn’t presented in a way that makes it actionable. In other words, the user interface needs a revamp to present a better user experience. Last November a design challenged was proposed by the […]