Tagged: Apps

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Simple BLE Oximeter App using PHONK

In the past I would have used MIT AppInventor or Expo.io. Both have amazing ecosystems. It’s easy to build apps using them. But this time I wanted to use PHONK. I had used Protocoder before and had liked it. Also I have this idea of building small utility apps called applets (yes!), that...

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Using Habitica to Build Habits and GTD

Table of Contents1 Basics2 APIs, Webhooks and Hacks3 CLI4 Data5 Community I have been using Habitica for last two months very religiously. Habitica is an open source project meant to promote good habits by introducing the concepts of role playing game. I started using Habitica in 2015, on and off. But since this...

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Reading books on a phone – How I make the most of it

Table of Contents1 Note2 Tool – FBReader3 Customize reading experience4 Highlighting5 Dictionary6 Customize Fonts7 Sync and Backup8 Where to get books?9 eBook Management10 Subscribe to Book distributions11 Footnotes I have a kindle with keyboard. I love the hardware. Its easy on eyes, easy to carry and stays “on” forever. That said I have...

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Expo.io – Building Android and iOS Apps using React Native Made Easy

I have used MIT’s AppInventor in class rooms. All non-professional programmers appreciate how easy it is to use AppInventor to create apps. I have also seen lot of professionals using it to create one time use apps including me. It’s a great tool except you can’t generate an iOS app. On the side...

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Nomie – How I Track Everything in My Life

Nomie is a simple and usable tracker. What makes it better is it doesn’t have artificial restrictions, doesn’t lock you down, its private, customizable and has great API support if you are a DIY kind of Quantified Self practitioner. But none of these matter if the app is not usable or useful. So...