Category Archives: software development

CakePHP and Twilio: Receiving and Replying to SMS

Posted on April 5, 2012

We recently started updating a project that will be re-released, with a new face, and a new back, in June. Re-released because it’s been around for many years, and until last month, it relied on an SMS modem to receive … Continue reading →

Posted in code, how to, software development | Tagged cakephp, php, sms, twilio | 2 Comments

Speak: From poem to platform

Posted on May 28, 2011

We have been so busy lately, building a much improved version of our own site, running around to conferences, and completing a handful of projects, that we lost touch with our blog. I thought it was time for a small … Continue reading →

Posted in iOS, obx, software development, typography | Tagged digital poetry, iPad, iPhone, iPod, obx, speak, typography, wts, wtswtstm | Comments Off

How to capture touches over a UIWebView

Posted on November 13, 2010

I spent the last few weeks polishing the What They Speak When They Speak to Me (WTS) iOS application I developed with Obx Labs, which I mentioned in a previous post. Developing a working prototype for an iOS application can be done fairly quickly, thanks to the tools provided by Apple and a growing list of libraries and engines, but the more time consuming part of development takes place later, working with and often against the features embedded in the iOS SDK to polish your product. This how-to is about one specific issue that arose during the development of WTS: capturing touches over a UIWebView without losing its functionality. Continue reading →

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Coding Portable Poetry

Posted on September 27, 2010

A few years ago, at the Obx Labs, we created the Java prototype of “What They Speak When They Speak To Me” (Speak), an interactive poem conceived by Jason Lewis. The early prototype was then taken by Elie Zananiri who … Continue reading →

Posted in iOS, obx, software development, typography | Tagged cocos2d, iPad, iPhone, iPod, obx, speak, typography, wts, wtswtstm, Xcode | Comments Off

Mr. Softie: Typographic Text Editor

Posted on September 19, 2010

Five years ago, since before Wyld Collective Ltd even existed, we began developing Mr. Softie at the Obx Labs at Concordia University. Mr. Softie, a typographic text editor, expends on an application named It’s Alive! that Jason E. Lewis, supervisor … Continue reading →

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