It's mid January. You've used Tasker to automate your Christmas decorations last month and since taken them down. Now you have spare home automation devices lying around. What do you do with them?
Please check out my latest article, Post Christmas Home Automation Ideas, on what to do with your home automation devices after using them for your Christmas lights. See my specific uses and other ideas that will hopefully spark some creativity!
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One of our own made it into Round 2 of the Google IO challenge! Developer teleknEsis had this to say about it...
The first round was just 6 obscure Android questions that we had to answer in 30 minutes. Top 200 people went on to round 2.
Round 2 was to create an Android version of the HTML5 countdown clock on the homepage of the google io site. They changed up the site today for St Pattie's day and changed the bouncing colored balls to floating 4-leaf clovers, but it's still the same concept more or less. We had about 20 hours to do it (although less for me b/c I had to wait to get off work)
So I created an app for Android that has little bouncy Androids instead of colored balls.
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And a little about himself..
Finally made the transition to full-time Android developer about a month ago. Spent the previous couple years playing around with Android and last 6 months staying up all night coding pet projects. It's good to feel as though I have 'arrived'.
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HERE'S a little more about the contest itself. I'm sure everyone will join me in congratulating teleknEsis and wishing him luck in the future. Hopefully he'll be able to update us with his progress here.
Thanks.
Thanks for letting us know and good luck to our XDA Dev!!
Good Luck! I hope He wins.
Sent from either my Nexus S, N1 or telepathically using two tin cans and some string.
Thanks!!
Thanks guys, I definitely appreciate the support! I don't think I'm going to find out if I won until April 4th but until then I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
If anyone would like to test the app I submitted send me a PM and I'll send you a link to download, and in the mean time I will let you guys know if I hear anything!
Please keep us updated!
And if you want to make your app free public in XDA I can write an article about it.
Let me know via PM
Good luck!
Congratulations for getti this far dude! Hope you win!
Sent from my HTC Vision using Tapatalk
A not so happy ending...
Well, I'm sad to announce I was not one of the top 10 Android winners
It seems they gave a lot of credit to final app size (even tho mine was still 20 kb) and a few of the people used some tools to shrink the final apk. Once I found out about this I did it to my apk as well and was on par with their size (11 kb).
It's disappointing, but at the same time, I'm still incredibly happy how things turned out. I was w/in the top 38 people who competed and that in and of itself is something to be proud of.
I also learned a TON from this challenge because prior to it I had never done custom animations or even worked with the Canvas class - both of which I can say I'm very comfortable with now. So in only 9 hours I learned how to do custom animations and created an awesome app - AMAZING!
So, long story short, while I may not have won, I'm still holding my head up high and there's always next time.
I did, however, turn my submission into a live wallpaper and made it the system clock rather than a countdown clock. I stuck it on the market for $0.99 so who knows, if it sells like hot cakes then maybe I will have enough $$ to buy an I/O ticket on eBay.
So.... what are you waiting for?! Go buy my app and check it out!!!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.kmiller.livewallpaper.bouncingclock&feature=search_result
Not sure if there is a post for this already, or not? But what better place to try and network for tech job seekers than here on XDA, where tech is king? And where fellow enthusiasts can help each other.
Admins, if there is a better post, or place to put this in, please do so? Or maybe add a new forum for job networking? Because these days, it is tough finding a new job. Not everything is posted anymore. Now, you need places like LinkedIn, or other social areas, like XDA, to look for someone on the inside.
With that said, I will begin.
I am a desktop support tech, have been for near 20 years now. If you can call resurecting dead systems a "miracle", then I work miracles But all the jobs that I see advertised, or offers sent to me, are for help/service desk positions. Completely opposite of what I do. To be chained to a desk/phone the whole day, working from scripts, and with creativity prohibited, that is not for me. It is my creative mind, used to resolve the hard issues that others give up on, that makes me the great tech that I am. I am the one you can breath a sigh of relief, when you see me walking to your desk to fix your problem. I am there for you. And I enjoy being there for you. But right now, I need the help.
I am in the Irving area, the west side of Dallas, between Dallas and Ft Worth. I really need a true desktop support job, badly. But what I would really want most, is to find a job back in Southern California! Preferably in the Orange County area, but would take any desktop support job in SoCal, except for downtown LA. And to show how serious I am, I would be willing to pay a cash bonus to anyone who can get me a job to come back home to SoCal!
Please PM me with your contact info, and I will send you my resume and details. I truly appreciate any help that is given. Times are very tough these days, and help is very much needed.
If you need to check on me, I am always in the EVO 3D forums. Chogardjr, chad.goodman, Lucklui, scroosler, and others can vouch for me there that this is not some spam post.
Thank you all.
Jobserve.com
I've been using it for over 15 years and it's never failed me.
Good luck finding something
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
Archer said:
Jobserve.com
I've been using it for over 15 years and it's never failed me.
Good luck finding something
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
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I see you are from the UK? That is my dream vacation, but never had a chance to go there In my old days, I used to race Spitfires (68, 72, 74), GT6 (73), English Ford Cortina GT6 (68), and two Lotus Europa S2's (69 Jimmy Clark Special and the 72 had a Renault Gordhini hemi race engine). Those were the days, fun cars that were true sports cars. My real dream job would've been to work for Lotus
And thanks for the tip.
Sorry OP, XDA is not the place for posting your resume, but I like your suggestion on adding a "Networking" forum and will add it to our list of site suggestions. Who knows...it could happen.
Hey guys!
I will be hosting an online hackathon July 23rd. Please join (50 bucks reward if you win and other prizes for 2nd and 3rd)...
In this case, you are given a theme and you need to code something relevant to that theme. The coolest program will get the prize money. You are given 48hours to code something useful. The theme will be announced that Friday at 11:59PM as email
Our url: artofcoding.co.cc
-Thanks
I am holding a hack-a-thon too.
It will be on July 15th about 3:00AM so you early risers or night owls take heed.
Grand prize will be $5,000. This is to help me on a security project I am currently involved in.
It is a simple test of your skills.
Here is the task:
At that time I will post the names of two banks. One in Switzerland and one in the Cayman Islands.
You will also be given an account number for each bank at that time.
Your task would be to hack in to the banks (they are fictitious banks that I have created of course). A url to each bank will be given when the contest starts.
Your task will be to move $1,000,000US $1,000,000,000US from one account to the other.
The first one to win, no, every one that accomplishes the task will be given $5,000.
85gallon said:
I am holding a hack-a-thon too.
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Your task will be to move $1,000,000US $1,000,000,000US from one account to the other.
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Do I still win if I transfer the money in the wrong direction?
85gallon said:
I am holding a hack-a-thon too.
It will be on July 15th about 3:00AM so you early risers or night owls take heed.
Grand prize will be $5,000. This is to help me on a security project I am currently involved in.
It is a simple test of your skills.
Here is the task:
At that time I will post the names of two banks. One in Switzerland and one in the Cayman Islands.
You will also be given an account number for each bank at that time.
Your task would be to hack in to the banks (they are fictitious banks that I have created of course). A url to each bank will be given when the contest starts.
Your task will be to move $1,000,000US $1,000,000,000US from one account to the other.
The first one to win, no, every one that accomplishes the task will be given $5,000.
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If you're missing 1 billion dollars, it wasn't me.
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Too bad it's not an actual business since social engineering is much more efficient.
bro....you jacked my thread
Anyways, plz check out my site...
Hello all! My name is Morgan, otherwise known on xbox as aka Pyramids. I am a top tier Halo player, and have been playing since Halo CE. With the return of Halo MCC, i plan on taking my talents to new heights, and would love for everyone to be along with me for the journey! So tonight at 9:00 PM PC Time, i will begin my first ever twitch stream, kicking it off with a 24 hour Halo 2 Anniversary stream! I will be giving away prices such as jackets, Halo copies, and the grand prize being an Xbox One. To be able to have a chance in the running, you simply have to be one of my first 1500 followers! I hope to see you all there and i am very excited to meet all of you! The reason i started my stream primarily was simply to help raise money for my mother with cancer, so even if your just there watching your helping! Thankyou so much guys, i am very excited to share this experience with you!
To follow and have a chance in the running, simply copy and paste this into your search engine!
twitch.tv/quickskater88/profile
Hello everyone! Long time lurker and finally hit an obstacle simply searching all of your great posts couldn't fix. I've been on android since my first smartphone while living in South Korea in 2010. I'm a tech savvy aircraft mechanic who built computers as a kid back when you had to manually find your own drivers. Getting ready to switch professions to the IT world with my upcoming military retirement. Looking forward to the interactions on here, hopefully bringing a few unique problems to be solved in the forums.
CBH60 said:
Hello everyone! Long time lurker and finally hit an obstacle simply searching all of your great posts couldn't fix. I've been on android since my first smartphone while living in South Korea in 2010. I'm a tech savvy aircraft mechanic who built computers as a kid back when you had to manually find your own drivers. Getting ready to switch professions to the IT world with my upcoming military retirement. Looking forward to the interactions on here, hopefully bringing a few unique problems to be solved in the forums.
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Welcome to XDA officially!
Glad to have an old timer around.
Thanks for the welcome! @orb3000
I'll try not to yell at the kids on the lawn, lol.