Android application with location awareness

Building on the last post, last week- I've developed further with my experiments with Android applications. It stuck me the most compelling aspect was the GPS capability, so I have progressed to a location aware base application.

The following blogs were all I really needed:

• http://www.smnirven.com/?p=39
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1389811/gps-not-update-location-after-close-and-reopen-app-on-android

The first, I followed until it worked, and the second was a tweak to the design. I also added the project to Github:

• http://github.com/LeonigMig/metrics

Google Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts

With the Linux and Mac versions, Google Chrome is becoming pretty ubiquitous as a browser.

http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95743

[CTRL-T]  = new tab
[CTRL-PGUP/DOWN] = move between tabs
[CTRL-W]  = close tab
[CTRL-E] = perform search

Google Wave First Impression

I have blagged a Google Wave account. Yet to understand it fully.

The first impression, running it in Chrome, is that it looks more like an actual application than a web application. More like a real app than any Web App I've seen so far...

UPDATE: A week later, its like a waste land. Obviously not enough friends on the Platform to make use of it yet.

UPDATE2: People have started asking me for invites. Now some people from work have it, there may be some scope to use it properly.

UPDATE3: Trying to use it at work for some development of ideas exchanges. Will have to see how far we get.