Just pushed a new repo on Github. This one’s a boilerplate for a Facebook App. Read the README for more details. Do let me know how I can make this better! https://github.com/EdwinToh/Facebook-App-Boilerplate
Flash AS3 Light Painting
Just created my first Github Public repo and did an initial commit. Take a look here: https://github.com/EdwinToh/LightPainter LightPainter is an app that allows you to create your own light painting effects with your web cam. It’s an initial commit so documentation and comments are scarce and unorganized. Have fun painting!
Singapore iPhone Training – The Pragmatic Lab
For those who don’t know, I took some iPhone development lessons from a brilliant young guy – Sidwyn Koh – last year. He has since went on to create a fantastic app that sold thousands and was even featured on BeautifulPixels.net and in some countries’ Apple App Store. Sidwyn has recently launched his own startup, [...]
Speed up your website with CloudFlare.com
Just stumbled upon this amazing free service today. In their own words: CloudFlare’s caching moves your static content (images, css, javascript, etc.) closer to the visitor who is requesting them. They have data centers scattered across the network. When someone requests your page, they are able to return images directly from the cache server that [...]
CodeIgniter 2.0 Tutorial
This is just a short post to help people out there trying to follow the CodeIgniter 1.x tutorials on codeigniter.com. When you create a Model or Controller class, you should be extending “CI_Model” or “CI_Controller” instead now. Also, parent::Model does not work anymore and the more generic parent::__construct is used now. CodeIgniter 1.x: CodeIgnitor 2.x: [...]
Getting Started with NodeJS
I’ve always wanted to get started with NodeJS after seeing what it’s capable of and finally had the time to try it out! After hitting many stumbling blocks, I’ve decided to write a post about how to get started with NodeJS for beginners. As I don’t use Terminal much – and installing NodeJS is basically [...]
Nokia Black Box Installation
I built a mini installation in a week with my new developer partner – Noel Chan and colleague Brian Law, and if you’re interested to check it out, do go down to the Nokia Black Box tomorrow. It will be at 30 Maxwell Road and is open from 10am to 10pm. The installation was built [...]
Analytics and Statistics Tracking for iPhone Apps
After being involved in helping to create Kinetic’s first iPhone Game, I learnt a few things about analytics for iPhone apps that I thought I could share here. Google Analytics Tracking iPhone apps is actually very similar to tracking websites using Google Analytics. You attach an event to a button action or a page, and [...]
10 websites to track new and beautiful apps
I’m a fan of interface design, usability and beautiful things. I love apps, especially free apps. How do I feed my addiction of looking at beautiful apps that has good usability and design? Here’s a list of websites I subscribe to to help me keep track of the latest and best apps. Remember to follow [...]
First Kinect Installation
F&N Kinect Singapore Dance Delight from Kinetic Singapore on Vimeo. For a change, how about dancers seeing themselves and their moves in a whole new light? An installation was built to wow and delight dancers using the Microsoft Kinect. Dancers are transported into a whole new world of colour and psychedelic fun. Dancers are transformed [...]