nomatteus

Oblique Strategies is a set of cards created by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt, with each card containing a short phrase/remark that is meant to help with creative blocks or dilemmas.

I made this because I wanted an app on my phone that showed a random oblique strategy. The web app works almost like a native app (at least on iOS) when you "Add to home screen".

Also, the code for the site is at https://github.com/nomatteus/oblique-strategies

As a programming exercise, I wanted to code Conway's Game of Life. I used JavaScript and Canvas to do it, as I haven't worked with Canvas before so wanted to try it out.

Code is here: https://github.com/nomatteus/conway-game-of-life-js

Anyone see a list of what framework is being used for each language? I created a Ruby app, and it's using Sinatra.

Edit: here's links to all the app templates, for anyone interested:

Python: https://github.com/heroku/facebook-template-python

Ruby: https://github.com/heroku/facebook-template-ruby

Node.js: https://github.com/heroku/facebook-template-nodejs

PHP: https://github.com/heroku/facebook-template-php

Toronto has this for streetcars and buses. It's run by NextBus, which seems to run GPS for a bunch of cities (http://www.nextbus.com/predictor/agencySelector.jsp).

They offer open access to this information through an API (see toronto.ca/open). I built something to watch the streetcars on a map using that API: http://totransit.ca/

My coworker and I were talking about letting people "check in" to specific streetcars, and tag variables such as "how full is the streetcar?", but I can't see many (any?) people actually doing that.

Good idea. I want to add more features, but I don't have any more room for controls in the current view. So, I'm working on a separate "Settings" panel that would let you choose a bunch of different options. For mobile, I'm thinking of using jQuery Mobile to help build this part out.

I took a quick look and found a couple I like:

http://basecamphq.com/tour -- Highlights each feature with a screenshot, with a link to a demo video.

http://www.freshbooks.com/tour.php -- Screenshot only tour, but shows screenshot for each section of site, then breaks down the features in each section below.

Does this require a Google Apps Premier account, or will it work for the Standard (free) version as well?

Or you can use Facebook's proxy option (something like [email protected]) so app devs don't actually see your real email address. Same sort of thing that Craigslist does.

From the first paragraph: "Today, Facebook is granting developers on Platform the ability to request (or require) users to hand over their email addresses so they they can send periodic messages directly to users." (Emphasis added)

So it's up to the developer whether it's optional or not.

Also see the Facebook wiki for more info:

http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Roadmap_Email