UnLost

For this App I was really trying to think about how I could alter it's uses since we don't have a car.  I started to think about walking around Hong Kong and how easy it is to get lost in all of the tiny back alleys and seemingly chaotic road plans.  I have re-branded the where is my car app to simply be a helper for when a person gets lost.  Simple and easy.  This should be a big help to my wife in the future! 

TourHongKong App

This week's app was a really fun one to make.  I really like the tools that allow for virtual/mobile tours.  For this app I changed the city, focusing on Hong Kong where we live.  I added more locations on the listpicker, some are famous, some are our favorite spots.  

I really can see a HUGE amount of potential with this app when it comes to the classroom and having the students go on both virtual and physical scavenger hunts as well as creating their own hunts with some tweaks to the app. Overall I had a lot of fun with this one!

QR code to download the app (android only)

Here is the homescreen of the app

PuppyRun!

I am realizing more and more that as I am working on these apps, my daughter continues to inspire me. In changing the LadybugChase into Puppy run I thought about my daughter and how she loves dogs.  She wants nothing more than to hold any dog that comes near us.  Big or small she wants to hold them. 

I am really enjoying getting creative with the game.  I know I am not altering the app in it's function quite yet, but the designs have been fun to change.  Of course I tested this app on my daughter and she loved it!  Another win in her book!  

DriveAlive... Staying focused on driving first!

This week's project is one that I really appreciate.  I have had multiple friends get into accidents because of driving.  I have written before that a lot of my inspiration for being in this program is my wife and daughters.  I really like that this app is not so restricting that it is not allowing messages to come, but rather it is opening up the ability to receive the messages and communicate to the person on the other side. 

As I was building this app I was very interested to see how the text to speech and location blocks worked.  It is so cool to have this ability within the app.  Overall this is a great addition to the app building tool box and I am excited to brainstorm about where this could come from.