Nokia Lumia 930 Hardware Woes
I recently sent my lumia 930 for repair because the screen was going blank intermittently whenever I made calls. This issue is apparently because of the loose proximity sensor. It was annoying because i pretty much couldn’t end calls. I discovered later on that double clicking on the power button brings the display back on.… Continue reading Nokia Lumia 930 Hardware Woes
Pay More Attention to the Photos You Attach to Your Tweets
The nature of Twitter as a social network has always been about broadcasting and while I’m sure there are some stats to back my next statement up, it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that a regular twitter user will be following quite a number of accounts, that tweet quite a number of… Continue reading Pay More Attention to the Photos You Attach to Your Tweets
Surface Pro 3: Fixing the Inaccurate Stylus
Over the weekend I got the i5 128GB version of the Surface Pro 3. It’s taken a few days for me to install my software, apply updates but when I finally had everything updated, I noticed that writing on OneNote wasn’t very accurate when I was zoomed it. It was more obvious when writing towards… Continue reading Surface Pro 3: Fixing the Inaccurate Stylus
Nokia Storyteller: A Parent’s Best Friend
I saw this preview of what to expect on the new Nokia Camera + Storyteller combo, I’ve been looking forward to getting my hands on the Cyan update. All my assets are on my phone and on OneDrive so I am pretty much locked in, without an option. At least that’s what i thought. Enter… Continue reading Nokia Storyteller: A Parent’s Best Friend
Windows Phone 8.1
The update process for me was a long gruelling one, but i do think it was my fault. I had gone ahead with the update even though i had only 1 or 2 GB left. Apart from the fact that the data migration took forever (overnight since there were 2 updates and i fell asleep… Continue reading Windows Phone 8.1
Pic My Quotes was: Pic Quote
Apart from realizing there was another app named Pic Quote, I realized when said in my local dialect, it means… something. So after work in the cab, I quickly made some minor edits, including changing the aspect ratio of the image to something that displays better on the twitter without having to expand the image.… Continue reading Pic My Quotes was: Pic Quote
Pic Quote v0.0.0.2
Killing time at a Starbucks, waiting for F to finish work, I thought I’d make an update to my app. This was a good refresher to databinding on windows phone. Now at least my app is not using brute force to update values. http://developer.nokia.com/community/wiki/Data_Binding_to_controls_on_Windows_Phone Next activity will probably be some UI enhancements to justify a… Continue reading Pic Quote v0.0.0.2
Pic Quote
Got really inspired to build an app today, was looking at my twitter feed and there were quite a number of posts coming out from #SMMW2014Follow Jocelyn Englund's board Quotes on Pinterest. //assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js I got inspired to build an app that would easily generate these images for sharing on the social network of your choice.… Continue reading Pic Quote
LinkedIn’s People You May Know Uses Your Contacts to Get More People to Sign Up–and how to stop it
I was browsing through the People You May Know section of LinkedIn and noticed my son was suggested as a connection. My son is 22 months and i don’t think he had been able to sign up all by himself but i tried the “forgot password” feature and it told me they couldn’t find a… Continue reading LinkedIn’s People You May Know Uses Your Contacts to Get More People to Sign Up–and how to stop it
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