Projects
The following projects are what’s on the go for me. They all play a significant role in my learning journey.
pingo (personal information on the go)
This iPod Touch app was built for a physiology clinical study done by Susan Tupper, a phd student at the University of Saskatchewan. Check out this posting for more information on this.
Educational Mobile Access Community for an Education University Grad Course
This is a collaborative project among the MADMUC Lab and a few other departments at USASK and will hit the testing phase soon. We are very excited to get it out there for students to use it on their iPod Touches, iPhones, and iPads (other devices to follow depending on the success of the app). The technologies involved include: Erlang Webmachine and Rhomobile (Rhodes & Rhosync) for the proof of concept phase, Coldfusion and Appcelerator Titanium for development and production phases.
Pro-bono Projects
When you are interested in learning about an emerging technology you read about, having a project at hand serves as a good motivator. Having a project that can have a positive impact in our planet will make you passionate about it.
I recently participated in an iPhone Hackathon for Charities 2010. Organized by http://apps4good.ca My team in Saskatoon created a very cool iPad app called CoachPad, for drawing different sport plays. Ideal for team sports! More on this to come…
I also have a project for a non-profit org in its conceptual stage and I’m looking for help with its design and development. It has some social and educational gaming requirements to fulfill. So if you are interested in marine life and possibly collaborating, please contact me. I have ideas of (not committed to) using Google App Engine or RackSpace, Appcelerator Titanium, and Google Maps (or OpenStreetMaps w/ OpenLayers) as the development platforms.
Pando Branches
This project will be the result of my thesis research. I can’t share much about it yet, but it will entail all that I’ve learned from my previous projects. I want to target intentional and sustainable communities (i.e. Eco-villages, Co-operatives, Building Complexes, Non-profit Orgs, Municipalities) since it involves unique motivation mechanisms to help strengthen communities. So, if you are a community developer interested in social mobile application please feel free to contact me to discuss a potential collaboration. I am looking for people to trade ideas with and possibly pilot my system. From a technical perspective I’m looking into: Cloud Computing Services, Event-Driven Architecture, Publish-subscribe, CAP and BASE for a distributed database, and social API mashups for different Web clients.