Author Archives: Vykthur

About Vykthur

Mobile and Web App Developer and Researcher. Passionate about learning, teaching, and recently - writing.

I took a trip with Uber Lagos … and it was excellent!

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Vykthur

Some times, its really important to tell the beautiful stories – stories of things that went well and exceeded expectations and not only stories of disappointments or let downs. I am further encouraged to share this, given the excellent narration of … Continue reading →

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Foqus – A Mental Health and Mindful Meditation App

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Vykthur

Foqus is an app I released two years ago (July, 2014) for the Samsung Gear 2 which went on to become a finalist in the Samsung 2014 Gear App Challenge. Good to see Apple also catering to the mental health … Continue reading →

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Trivia Monkey is now Open Source!

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Vykthur

GitHub Link – Here ! To try out the working app, you can download it from the Windows Phone App Store. A while ago, I built Trivia Monkey as a way to get familiar with C# and mobile development for Windows Phone. … Continue reading →

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Objective C or Swift ? Which should I learn ? You should learn Swift!

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Vykthur

As someone who has developed extensively for the blackberry, windows phone, android and tizen platforms (and is invested in learning a new language or platform every year or so) … iOS is my next destination. Apparently, iOS apps can be … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 – We couldn’t complete the updates, undoing changes

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Vykthur

Similar to windows 8.1 update issues, it appears the new Windows 10 does occasionally have the same problem. With such problems, your PC may restart repeatedly showing the message below. We couldn’t complete the updates, undoing changes. Here are some steps to … Continue reading →

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Adsense Milestone … One Million Ad Impressions

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Vykthur

Around January 2014, I decided to share more of my thoughts on this blog for two main reasons. First, to share my thoughts on problems for which there wasn’t much information out there (e.g my posts on Samsung Gear App development) … Continue reading →

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PhD Study Memoirs

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Vykthur

If there’s anything you learn during a PhD (especially in the social science field), it is writing. Of course, the act of writing is born out of an underlying sequence of activities – thinking deeply (analytically) on matters, connecting dots, synthesizing (new) meaning and … Continue reading →

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Samsung Gear S2! Many things done right!

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Vykthur

image: Samsung developers And so Samsung has now released the Gear S2 – their new smartwatch which I talked about a while ago. While I haven’t gotten my hands on one yet, I strongly believe many things have been done … Continue reading →

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Finishing the Internship – Its a wrap!

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Vykthur

4 months did whizz by quite fast. And so the internship has come to an end! It was indeed a wonderful and inspiring experience and I am truly humbled and thankful for the opportunity! This post is more of a … Continue reading →

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Comparison of SmartWatches and Sensors with 3rd Party Developer Access

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Vykthur

Recently, I have been working with wearables and it has been exciting to watch the rapid pace of innovation with these devices – especially the impressive set of sensors that are built into them. Companies tend to provide limited or … Continue reading →

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