@tomasmcguinness

  • PassVerse is for sale

    After many months of soul searching, I’ve decided to sell my PassVerse product. I’ve been working on PassVerse for over two years and it has changed from a SaaS product to a standalone software product. I’ve learned an awful lot about selling software and I’ve some happy customers who use… Read ⇢

  • Commuter Pal Route Wizard

    Yesterday, I captured this short video of my efforts to improve the Commuter Pal route wizard. As I’m not a premium user of WordPress, I can’t upload the video here. Rather it’s over on YouTube – http://youtu.be/HY92-uyPZMY Read ⇢

  • How to view your colleagues’ schedules at a glance!

    I spent some time over the weekend tweaking the UI for Peopler. I think this version looks a little clearer and more distinct. I’ve also added a new feedback page to this version and I’m keen to see whether this makes a difference. Peopler lets you view the calendar’s of… Read ⇢

  • How accurate is accurate? GPS adventures with Android

    Testing of my Job Tracker app continues in earnest and, I’m pleased to say, it is becoming a useful tool that my brother is beginning to integrate into his day. While this is all very positive, there is a new issue that reared its head yesterday and it’s a doozie! One of… Read ⇢

  • Location accuracy in Android

    As part of my work on Job Tracker, I’ve been using the FusedLocationApi within Android. Initial tests haven’t been very promising, with some wild inaccuracies. Some positions have been over 800m off! It’s that or my brother has been working in the middle of a field. I’ve been modifying the… Read ⇢

  • Job Tracker beta testing

    It’s been a week since my little brother, AKA beta tester prime, started using my Job Tracker app on his Android phone. He’s an electrician and travels around doing work at a mixture of sites, commercial and residential, so an app that let’s him record accurate details of the work… Read ⇢

  • Android Beacon Monitoring Woes

    My new experimental app, Job Tracker, has been out in the wild with my beta tester for the past few days and, whilst the feedback has been good, the app is just not working as I expected. The main problem is that, after a random period of time, it stops… Read ⇢

  • Watch App Notifications

    Finally got a basic Watch App notification working. Handling multiple categories requires multiple notifications in the Storyboard! The colour communicates the status of your route. Read ⇢

  • Track your work. The iBeacon way (Van drivers only)

    After a discussion with two of my brothers around the problems they face as mobile workers (electrician and mechanic), we got thinking about an app that might help them. After much experimentation with Android and the (awesome) Estimote beacons, I have developed a simple Tracking application yesterday. It’s amazing what… Read ⇢