Adventures of a Geek various programming related articles

Projects

Here are some of the projects I've been working on:

Distance Finder

This is a small google maps app that  helps you find the distance between two points, both the direct distance and the distance on a route.

All you have to do is write the two addresses and the app will find the direct distance between them and the shortest route.

You can also write a 'via' address for the route.

Together with the results, the app also shows a link that you can use to save your search results or share them with your friends.

Memorix

Memorix was designed to help you learn a new language by helping you memorise new words faster.

Here's what Memorix can do:

- Can hold as many dictionaries and words you want! You can use it to learn words in more than one language.
- It lets you review the word to learn them.
- It gives you various kinds of test to check if you memorised the words.
- It tracks your performance to help you improve.

There are several kinds of tests available. Various algorithms are used to make sure the words you seem to know less are shown more often in tests so you will learn them

MobileTuts@DIC

This is a small browser-based app I designed for the Dream.In.Code Summer of API Contest.

The idea was to make a basic reader of the tutorials subforum, to be viewed even on mobile devices. Since the main dreamincode site is too complicated to be viewed properly on mobile devices, using this app, people will be able to read tutorials even if they are not at their computers.

The app won the third prize in the contest!