I was recently asked to help out Jiibe, a start up client of ours, with a fun project. They’ve created Jiibe Connection, a video contest where you try to match a job seeker to the appropriate employer. The three employers are from three actual Vancouver companies including (obviously) Nitobi.
Here’s my entire interview with Darren and Julie.
I’m not doing so well in the results, but that’s just because the jobseeker isn’t cool enough to work at Nitobi. What do you think is holding me back as an employer?
a) my beard
b) my sarcasm (notice the interviewers laughing during my interview)
c) the fact Nitobi doesn’t go bowling as company
d) none of the above
Anyway go watch the video and vote for me and Nitobi!
The first PhoneGap sprint wrapped up this weekend. We started Friday with about 15 folks squished into the Nitobi boardroom for Pizza, a quick explanation and game plan delivered by Brock Whitten.
Here’s a quick summary of what we accomplished on the various platforms now in the PhoneGap umbrella.
iPhone
Added network detection
Notify user if no network is detected
Memory clean ups
Made default image/screen more intelligent
Android
Accelerometer
Basic camera support
Offline support
Bugs fixed
Blackberry
GPS is totally working with the W3C API (maybe some error states don’t work but we’ll get there)
Camera works
Mapping works
Phone calls work
Vibration works
*Not all the Blackberry stuff is checked in yet.
We also cleaned up wiki the wiki a bunch. The new PhoneGap site is almost ready to push live too.
What’s next? We need to get all the JavaScript APIs in sync. Check the roadmap for more info. The website will be up shortly. Stay tuned for the Translink case study too.
Nitobi sends a big thanks to the Handi mobility guys , EffectiveUI and everyone else who came out!
