Eat Canada, Just in Time for the Holidays!
December 20th, 2012 | Kevin Dubienski

Preview of what Eats Canada looks like in iOS devices.The Holidays are upon us and everyones caught the Christmas bug.  Scrambling about for presents and fresh eats are high on the list for most Calgarians. Eat Canada app has launched just in time for the season!  Local developer Jeremy Gale and CBC’s opinionated eating machine John Gilchrist have teamed up to release an app of their own.

When I first opened the app I was delighted to find reviews of restaurants in 11 of Canada’s biggest cities.  The app is smartly geared for the business traveler seeking a simple way to find eateries for their business luncheons or taking a client to dinner.  All the restaurants are also located in the downtown core of each city!  Reviews are written by a pro food critics, giving me trust in their experienced taste buds behind the words they write.  Driving me even more value, this app allows me to contact each restaurant, find the best route, and even make a reservation! read more

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Charity App Challenge Kick Off Party – Please RSVP!
December 12th, 2012 | Kevin Dubienski

The Charity App Challenge is an initiative to show technology can be leveraged for social good – hack-a-thon style!  Space is limited however the organizers would love to see the developers of Calgary coming together to make this happen. Don’t be a grinch, roll up your sleeves, and get ready to give back!

This year the Calgary Herald’s Christmas Fund has decided to champion mobile for its participating charities to help them in their organizational endeavours. The Hack-a-thon will be taking place over a 48 hour period, February 2-3, 2013 at the Calgary Herald. The winning app will receive funding to complete development. read more

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BeauCoo App Review!
December 6th, 2012 | Gavin Miller

BeauCoo Banner

Unless you live under a yyc rock you’ve heard the news that Beaucoo has launched! Beaucoo is the brain child of the Decoder team which includes the dynamic duo of Christian and Victoria Maclean.

The Beaucoo tagline is “Pics on someone your own size!” which ties in with it’s main aim: Beaucoo is an app to share fashion between women of the same size.

I was able to get my hands on an invite and a sneak peak at what the inside of the women’s fashion world looks like. However I realized that as a man, I was in way over my head! So for this post I’ve recruited our female designer Avery Kinsella to help out.

Gavin: What can you do in the app?

Avery: It’s like Instagram meets fashion. I’m able to take photos and post them, and see other people’s photos. I can also friend people that are similar in size to me and see what they’re posting really easy. There’s also a useful filter so if I want to just see skirts I can filter for that — which is super helpful.

Gavin: What do you think of Beaucoo?

Avery: The concept for the application is great. I feel that there are a lot of women out there that struggle with not knowing how clothes will fit on them because a model’s body type is no where close to average. If the user base gets large enough I feel Beaucoo could replace looking at clothes from a store’s websites or look books. It is amazing to look at how something will fit on other people that are my size!

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Gavin: How about the design of the app, what jumped out at you?

Avery: I enjoyed the design and thought it matched the product nicely. The design was carried throughout the whole application, and made it look unified and well thought out. The app was easy to use and navigate.

Speaking with Victoria about the app she told me that they’ve just submitted their next update to the app store, which is going to bring with it some tighter integration with the iPhone camera, and a few brand related features. The team is also looking at hitting up new platforms which they expect to release in the New Year.

Overall, Avery and I were really impressed with Beaucoo. There is a ton of polish and thought that has been put into the app.

And more than that, Beaucoo solves a real need for women: Finding clothing that fits. For this reason we feel like Beaucoo is going to make a huge splash in the tech scene of 2013. They’ve got the right team, a great product, and a cute fuzzy bunny mascot (I can’t wait for the plush toy spin off!)

Overall we’re super proud to see Beaucoo rolling out of Calgary and can’t wait to point back to this post and say “see we told you Beaucoo was going to go big!”

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Developer Interview: Jade Ohlhauser
November 28th, 2012 | Connor Turner

This was my first app to get significant rankings and my first to turn a profit. More important than the promotion is that Foam Roller Techniques is the best app for what it does and the users love it.

Jade Ohlhauser is a part-time app developer located in Calgary. Over the past year and a half, Jade’s Solid Jade Inc., has released some very interesting work. He caught our eye with his first apps Nukes, Arena Pinball and his recent release The Foam Roller Technique. Jade was kind enough to provide some insight into his experiences within the app world and gave a frank and honest take on some of the challengers facing our community at the moment. We hope you enjoy Jade’s take and you can follow him on twitter (@jadeonly) for his latest work. read more

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iHunter Alberta
November 19th, 2012 | Kevin Dubienski

iHunter Alberta brings life to Alberta’s wildlife management units (WMU’s) & hunting regulations.  Harnessing the full power of iOS maps, Alberta’s WMU’s are simply displayed as coloured areas and served through an app.  WMU’s are clickable to see what regulations apply within each area.  Questions like “When does cow elk season open?”, “where am I allowed to hunt?”, even “what’s the daily limit for ruffed grouse?” can be answered at the tap (or two) of a finger. read more

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City of Calgary Open Data Survey
November 7th, 2012 | Gavin Miller

Calling all developers! The City of Calgary is running a survey on Open Data and they’re looking for your input. This is a tremendous opportunity for you to express interest in all of the data the City of Calgary has (It’s a boat load!) and tell them you want access to it.

So here’s what you have to do:

  1. Take the Open Data Survey
  2. Share the link with your network. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn.

Take this chance to influence City policy and get access to some amazing data sets.

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