Hey, we have an iphone app [1] that turns video into 3d motion data. We're now launching an API that does the same. The API makes it suitable for integration into apps / platforms - we'd love to hear about your use cases so feel free to get in touch. Details and quickstart are at the url. More demos / details etc. on our web site. [2]We're not quite ready for full self serve, but you can...
http://boopapp.com/I made boop with a friend; an experimental ephemeral messaging app. Here's the official explanation I wrote:Boops are self destructing animated text messages. Boops display one word at a time, so the recipient can’t screenshot them. Throw in emoji and you can create animations called Boopmations. Have fast, back and forth private animated text chats with anyone. Boops delete...
So Android, (full disclosure: I've done a bit of Java, I'd rate myself as not beginner but nowhere near experienced). Android is hard to develop well for, it's activity lifecycle took a long time to get my head around, and once I hit real-world testing with different devices it was just a roller-coaster of debugging that was highly, highly challenging. Also, everyone is doing things iOS first, and that's boring. We wanted to give Android users an awesome, fun, show your friends app that was hilarious, silly and pushed things forward, even just a little.
Nodejs - I'd wanted to do something in anger with node for ages, and this was the perfect opportunity. Also no proper nosql experience, so mongo!
Full disclosure: It's on top of heroku, to save time.
Id like to say there were more deep seated reasons, but they are the most honest - try something you don't know, then just focus focus focus until you nail it.
Love to port it to iOS, of course - but that's a whole NEW learning experience. Let's see how we do android first!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.daveganly.yarrlyHi, this is Yarrly - my first android app, backed up server side by a mongo & node.js backend. It’s a two-panel image generator, and quite a fun experiment in a no-login (‘anonymous’) app. You generate two panel images using photos or gallery pics, and add text, then it’s uploaded to Yarrly.com - creating an instagram-like...