Archive for the ‘ TipFinder ’ Category

New updates coming soon

Busy day of hacking. Been working on TipFinder v1.4 – managed to successfully integrate a local review service into the application. More details in due time Also spent a bit of time in the morning working on an API and Android application for another idea I’m hacking together with David and Tian. Not much of [ READ MORE ]

TipFinder Needs Your Help

I’ve been working on a few little things for TipFinder the past few days and there is one thing which I would love your feedback on. Currently TipFinder is sourcing information via Foursquare’s API. While this is great – TipFinder’s aim is to source information from multiple sources. I am waiting on a response from [ READ MORE ]

Grinding through old code

Went into coding hibernation during the snow season – I cracked open eclipse the other night and started looking through my code base for TipFinder – its felt like years. Ha![ READ MORE ]

TipFinder 1.3.1 Released

Hi everyone, I’m aware these posts have been very infrequent the past few weeks but regardless, lots has happened in the development space as well as my recently addiction to snowboarding! Firstly I’d like to announce that TipFinder 1.3.1 has been released, this is only a minor update due to an email i got from [ READ MORE ]

TipFinder v1.3 Released

Its been some time since I’ve last posted an update, World Cup has been keeping me up most nights instead However tonight I’m happy to say that TipFinder v1.3 is now available. Click the jump to read all the juicy details[ READ MORE ]

TipFinder now on the Market!

Howdy folks, yet another update for TipFinder tonight – so here you are the changes for TipFinder v1.2 Click the jump to read about the changes[ READ MORE ]

One week later – TipFinder v1.1

In my earlier post last week when i released TipFinder v1 I mentioned a few items which I wanted to do in the next release, however I realized a key problem with TipFinder now is the inability to map the venue so you can physically start moving yourself to the location, so that was the [ READ MORE ]

TipFinder v1 Released

It hasn’t been long (less then a week!) since this little project kick started out of no where, but i’m gonna release version 1 tonight – it’s basically a beta version, has just enough functionality to view nearby tips via Foursquare. Purpose of TipFinder I initially started using Foursquare on my iPhone. A few times [ READ MORE ]

TipFinder Update

The other day I posted up about an Android app I’m building to replicate the “Nearby Tips” function available on the iPhone. As of tonight, it’s in clean working order. The beauty of TipFinder is that unlike the Foursquare app, you don’t need an account to use TipFinder. Just run the app, and based on where you [ READ MORE ]

Nearby Tips on Foursquare (Android)

One of my favourite features on the iPhone version of Foursquare was the ability to view Nearby Tips. I found quite a few interesting places to eat and drink thanks to these tips, so clearly I was very excited when I downloaded the Android version of Foursquare. Sadly, Nearby Tips does not seem to exist [ READ MORE ]

Projects

TipFinder (Android) - Helping you find the best places in town!

Hash Icon (Chrome) - Adding icons to popular hashtags used on twitter such as your major sporting leagues, or social media service.

TEDxMelbourne (Android) - To provide easy access to information about TEDxMelbourne events.

Ignite Melbourne (Android) - To provide easy access to information about Ignite Melbourne events.

Pingu Soundboard (Android) - The sounds of Pingu.

Disclaimer

James Giang is a Telstra employee, any views expressed in this blog about Telstra are mine only and do not necessarily reflect the views of Telstra
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