Cogitas Blog: Google Android, programming and web design.

Software Freedom Day (18th September)

Filed under: linux — Tags: , — September 6, 2010

So, 18th September is Software Freedom Day. If you are a Linux user, how can you celebrate this?
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Diaspora, the privacy aware & personally controlled social network, to be open-sourced on 15th September

Filed under: web — Tags: , , , , , — September 1, 2010

By now, you probably know that Diaspora is a (as yet unpublished) social network where you own and control your private information.
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Render maps in HTML5 using Geographic Style Sheets

Filed under: web — Tags: , , , — August 31, 2010

You know how it is, you follow a few links and then you find something that blows your mind… This is how I ended up on Cartagen, following a link from Open Street Map Wiki.
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HTML & CSS validation

Filed under: web — Tags: , , — August 30, 2010

You can use WC3 Markup Validation Service to validate your html5.
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Exactly, what does a programmer do?

Filed under: programming — Tags: — August 28, 2010

Recently, I got asked “exactly, what does a programmer do?”. This question came about when I explained that I had just registered for a BSc in Mathematics from the Open University (this confused that person, who thought I spent all day coding apps for Google Android).
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One year of Google Android development

Filed under: google android — Tags: , — August 27, 2010

Following on from my Six months of Google Android development post, it is now time for an update as it’s almost one year to the day since I published my first GA app.
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New blog design, with HTML5 tags and mobiles in mind

Filed under: web — Tags: , , — August 25, 2010

I have finally updated the Wordpress theme for this blog. Some of the tweaks I have made include using new HTML5 tags, such as header, nav and footer. Other changes include moving the site navigation to the top, which is designed to help viewing the blog on a mobile phone.
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How to reset canvas in HTML5

Filed under: web — Tags: , — August 24, 2010

The excellent “Dive Into HTML5″ online tutorial by Mark Pilgrim mentions that to reset a canvas (= clear all its contents), all you need to do is set its width. It even says that you can set the width to be the same as the current width and gives the example below
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Google Android resource website for developers

Filed under: google android — Tags: — August 21, 2010

Quite a few programmers are looking into developing apps for Google Android so I thought I’d point them out to the Tutorial & Sample Code page over at The Open Mob for Android. This is the most complete list of tutorials, development guides and sample code pages that I know of.

Google Chrome Web Store preview now up for developers

Filed under: web — Tags: , — August 20, 2010

The developer dashboard for Google Chrome Extensions is now up at https://chrome.google.com/extensions/developer/dashboard.

I haven’t tested it yet but it seems that you need to pay a one-time developer registration fee of $5. The fee is said to be required to verify your account and at that value, I can’t really think that Google is expecting to make money off developers registering. In comparison, to register as a Google Android developer, the fee is $25.

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