http://tzmartin.com Startup Aficionado, Mobile Strategist & Developer Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:48:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://tzmartin.com/mobile-apps-and-the-internet-of-things/2012-01-16 http://tzmartin.com/mobile-apps-and-the-internet-of-things/2012-01-16#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:28:35 +0000 tzmartin http://tzmartin.com/?p=518 Just as the Internet fueled demand for engaging online, mobile apps are fueling the desire to interact on hardware. Here are 2 examples from 2012 CES the give life to the "Internet of Things".]]> http://tzmartin.com/mobile-apps-and-the-internet-of-things/2012-01-16/feed 0 http://tzmartin.com/a-glimpse-into-walmarts-vision-for-mobile/2012-01-04 http://tzmartin.com/a-glimpse-into-walmarts-vision-for-mobile/2012-01-04#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:39:06 +0000 tzmartin http://tzmartin.com/?p=505 Walmart believes it can create the infrastructure for the next generation of mobile shopping and converge these services to create new experiences for consumers. And, it's doing it with the help of former Yahoo! engineers.]]> http://tzmartin.com/a-glimpse-into-walmarts-vision-for-mobile/2012-01-04/feed 0 http://tzmartin.com/google-search-snippet-for-list-pages/2011-09-05 http://tzmartin.com/google-search-snippet-for-list-pages/2011-09-05#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 03:44:08 +0000 tzmartin http://tzmartin.com/?p=490 I just came across a search result page on Google and noticed this new snippet…     Evidently they are referencing lists of information that is either semantically formatted within ...]]> http://tzmartin.com/google-search-snippet-for-list-pages/2011-09-05/feed 0 http://tzmartin.com/ios-resolution-table/2011-09-05 http://tzmartin.com/ios-resolution-table/2011-09-05#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:08:50 +0000 tzmartin http://tzmartin.com/?p=486 Here is a quick summary table of iOS resolution settings for image assets.]]> http://tzmartin.com/ios-resolution-table/2011-09-05/feed 0 http://tzmartin.com/javascript-infoviz-titanium-mobile/2011-09-04 http://tzmartin.com/javascript-infoviz-titanium-mobile/2011-09-04#comments Sun, 04 Sep 2011 20:39:44 +0000 tzmartin http://tzmartin.com/?p=120 The JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit provides web standard based tools to create interactive data visualizations for the Web.  I’m porting this to a commonJS module for Titanium Mobile. Right now it’s a ...]]> http://tzmartin.com/javascript-infoviz-titanium-mobile/2011-09-04/feed 0 http://tzmartin.com/jstat-statistical-library/2011-09-04 http://tzmartin.com/jstat-statistical-library/2011-09-04#comments Sun, 04 Sep 2011 18:55:58 +0000 tzmartin http://tzmartin.com/?p=439 Performing statistical operations in javascript is now easier with jStat, a library that allows you to perform advanced operations without the need of a dedicated statistical language (ie., MATLAB or R). ...]]> http://tzmartin.com/jstat-statistical-library/2011-09-04/feed 0 http://tzmartin.com/titanium-mobile-opengl-es-docs/2011-09-01 http://tzmartin.com/titanium-mobile-opengl-es-docs/2011-09-01#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:18:24 +0000 tzmartin http://tzmartin.com/?p=473 Ti.OpenGL extends the Ti.View class with a Titanium view that responds to Open GL API commands and renders the resulting graphics. Ti.OpenGL views provide Javascript wrappers for almost all of the ES 1.1 and ES 2.0 API. In some cases, the Ti.OpenGL versions have been modified to accommodate the differences between Javascript and lower-level codes like Objective C and C++.]]> http://tzmartin.com/titanium-mobile-opengl-es-docs/2011-09-01/feed 0 http://tzmartin.com/heilmeiers-catechism/2011-03-23 http://tzmartin.com/heilmeiers-catechism/2011-03-23#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 07:19:49 +0000 tzmartin http://tzmartin.com/?p=463 Just a reminder to the startup community to think about Heilmeier’s catechism when creating products or solutions. George H. Heilmeier is credited for asking a set of very basic questions ...]]> http://tzmartin.com/heilmeiers-catechism/2011-03-23/feed 0 http://tzmartin.com/design-school-business-school/2011-03-22 http://tzmartin.com/design-school-business-school/2011-03-22#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 04:20:35 +0000 tzmartin http://tzmartin.com/?p=442 "Design + Business" is the new school of thought, or at least it hits at the heart of an identity crisis that I have personally struggled with: should I study design or should I study finance and build a business. I find my self struggling to balance between the two as I work on startups, solve problems, build apps or productize ideas.]]> http://tzmartin.com/design-school-business-school/2011-03-22/feed 0 http://tzmartin.com/freds-ranch/2011-03-17 http://tzmartin.com/freds-ranch/2011-03-17#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:30:18 +0000 tzmartin http://tzmartin.com/?p=381 In late 2010 I had the pleasure of starting a company with a friend in California.  During my time there, I stayed at Fred’s ranch while we both worked on ...]]> http://tzmartin.com/freds-ranch/2011-03-17/feed 0