Twade UK

Floxx iPhone App Released

Twade — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:53:08 +0000

It has been a few months behind schedule due to Apple’s strict submission process, though the Floxx iPhone Application is finally upon us and looking rather sleek! The application is free and already making its way up the rankings and is currently featured at the top slot for Social Networking apps.

So what are you waiting for? Get over to iTunes and get Floxx-ing on your iPhone today. Those fitties won’t find themselves you know!

Google Maps with iPhone Web Apps

Twade — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:13:58 +0000

Working on a personal project I have come up against the task of creating an iphone web application that performs location tracking and shows data via google maps. With the V3 API Google have put in a lot of effort to allow the mapping software to display properly across a range of mobile devices.

My problem arose when I was creating a visual representation of location anonymisation by plotting a circle onto the map using the API. The circle would draw perfectly fine when running the application in Chrome or Safari though when it was running on the iPhone the circle would not display, though the Google Map believed it was drawing fine. After a little bit of search I found the following snippet that, although it isn’t as smooth or responsive as I had hoped, refreshes the map and plots the circle.

google.maps.event.trigger( map, 'resize' );

This is also a worthwhile snippet if you are using the jQTouch framework as it allows the map to display properly after navigating through pages.

If anyone has any better solutions please leave a comment below

Twade UK Gets a Makeover

Twade — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 02:41:53 +0000

After finishing up on my latest clients project, Floxx, I decided it was time to turn the spotlight on myself and do what I had been postponing for quite some time. Being somewhat of a perfectionist I have always struggled when it comes to having myself as a client as there is no real deadline, no real specification apart from what I see in my own head.

Three weeks, one pad of paper and a WordPress installation later and here we are! I have not only redesigned my portfolio website but am considering this a full rebrand, a new starting point if you will, having changed over my Twitter account as well as print based media that I have.

Be sure to leave your feedback as I would love to hear what you think of the new look.

Floxx Launched

Twade — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:23:24 +0000

After what can only be described as an equally exciting and worrying month, Floxx has been released to the public. The iPhone application has also been submitted to the Apple review board and should see the light of day in the coming weeks.

As a ray of sunshine to you Android owners out there I can assure you that an app is being created just for you! In the meantime though you can still get by with mobile version of the current site, it just isn’t at touchable and fun… yet.

All I can hope is that the University networks around the world aren’t too hasty to block the site again and that history is not doomed to repeat itself this time around.

Update:
After only a week from release the site has exceeded both 1,000 posts and members and also been featured in a range of newspapers such as The Metro and The Times as well as featured on TechCrunch UK.