Below you will find pages that utilize the taxonomy term “Apps”
Apache Cordova development environment install on Ubuntu
Apache Cordova has very nice documentation, however as so many projects it is focused on the Windows/MacOS duopolies only. Fortunately it’s not too hard to work out the differences.
Installing dependencies
Thanks to: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installing-Node.js-via-package-manager
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties python g++ make ant openjdk-7-jre openjdk-7-jdk
Installing Android SDK
Please note: one of the problems I found was that I had some Android tools from the Ubuntu repos that were conflicting with the SDK install. It’s probably a good idea to remove them first. That might save you from a lot of headaches down the line (and time to troubleshoot).
Back up Google Apps Mail using getmail4 + IMAP
Just a quick note on how to configure backups of Google Apps email to a local machine.
Install getmail
apt-get install getmail4
create config directory
Create a subdirectory in users home folder (and change permissions)
mkdir .getmail
touch .getmail
create config file
Create a file such as .getmail/username.gmail
[retriever]
type = SimpleIMAPSSLRetriever
server = imap.gmail.com
username = username@domain.tld
password = password
mailboxes = ("[Gmail]/All Mail",)
[destination]
type = Maildir
path = /path/to/storage/directory/
[options]
# print messages about each action (verbose = 2)
# Other options:
# 0 prints only warnings and errors
# 1 prints messages about retrieving and deleting messages only
verbose = 1
message_log = ~/.getmail/gmail.log
create data directories for storage
Create 3 sub-directories in your designated data directory
My mobile personal learning environment
Taking part in MobiMOOC has given me the opportunity to take stock of my own MobilePLE – the top 5 tools I find most useful as part of my ongoing learning.
- Catch Notes (previously 3Bananas) – mobile note taking the most critical component. Whenever I get a new device – this is what has to be installed as one of the first actions. For those not familiar with this software – it’s like Evernote without the bloat.
- TwiDroyd – mobile Twitter / Status.Net client. This could be replaced by similar Twitter clients
- GoogleReader – RSS reader client
- Flickr – image upload and sharing
- FourSquare – location based sharing
These are the main applications I use pretty much constantly, however here are some other useful services I use regularily: