David Rodriguez

Cute.

Blocking my sites for the day to protest PIPA. Calling my Senator today to make a stand. What are you doing about it?

Useful code I use to convert string values to its enumerated counter parts.       

public static T StringToEnum<T>(string name)

        {

            return (T)Enum.Parse(typeof(T), name, false);

        }

        public static T NumToEnum<T>(int number)

        {

            return (T)Enum.ToObject(typeof(T), number);

        }

Pretty cool. Lois Lane uses a Windows Phone on an episode of Smallville. Just saw this during lunch today. I had to record it. Although, I am sure I am the last to know of course.

Guess what I am getting in March? Excited!

Apple <3

Watching Fraggle Rock.

Lazy, lazy Sprint…tsk tsk tsk

Very very cool.

Essential apps that need pinning:

• Google Reader (what’s new in the world)
• Google+ (yes sir)
• Facebook (meh)
• Tumblr (yeah!)
• Klout
• Rhapsody (my tunes)
• Netflix (movies please)

What sites do you have pinned?

Updates are always nice.

I am learning about generic agents in Windows Phone 7. I thought I would share what type of agents are available for Windows Phone.

Generic agents enables you to run custom code at regular intervals in the background of an app. There is a 1:1 ratio of an app and a generic agent. Each app has only 1 agent.

Code that needs to be run in the background lives in an agent which is a separate library (.dll file that contains the code to run in the background) that is associated with the foreground app.

The OS installs, stores, and updates the agent and foreground app together. The background agent is created and registered in the foreground app.

There are two types of scheduled tasks. That is a periodic task, and a resource intensive task that we can create in our foreground app.

Period tasks runs agent code every 30 minutes for 15 seconds. Each time the task is run the associated code gets executed in the background.

Resource intensive tasks only runs if and when the phone is in a state that power, network and processing resources are readily available (night stand mode):

• connected to an external power instead of the battery
• wifi is available, instead of cellular
• the battery is at least 90% charged
• lock screen is on
• and there active phone call

The phone will run the task for up to 10 minutes. This will allow the phone to perform some extensive data syncing, uploading, downloading scenarios. 

The background agent can be assigned as a periodic task, resource intensive task, or both (This will allow the phone to run tasks every 30 minutes for 15 seconds and when in night stand mode, when the above conditions are met, for 10 minutes)

I will post some sample code soon.

Ready to start watching the final season of Smallville. :D

This month’s MSDN looks awesome!
“Design your Windows Phone Apps to Sell” #davidistakingnotes

Working on some graphics for GoGetter. An alarm clock! Whoa!

My Klout can reach the Devil ^^. Now that’s influential.

This is a sexy phone indeed! Cannot wait to get my hands on one.

Klout for Windows Phone. Finally.

I have two Windows Phones!

Brian with his Windows Phone.

We have a Google+ page! Check it out!

Well, I recently updated GoGetter after many months of work on it. When it was done I submitted it to the Marketplace. One thing I forgotten to do was make it compatible for light themers. So, I worked on those updates and the original release number for this update was supposed to be 1.3.192. Upon submission to the Marketplace I was not allowed to have a MINOR version number to the app. So, I had no choice but to bump up the release number to v1.4. Below are the release notes to both version 1.3 and v1.4. Let me know what you think of the release. Have a good one.

ver 1.4
Support for light theme (forgot to add in v1.3)
Fixed error when restoring data from Dropbox when a custom background was used. Should work now. For best results, once data is restored exit GoGetter (hit the Windows button on your phone) and reopen GoGetter manually.

Note: this update was really labeled as 1.3.192 originally, but the Marketplace only allows for version 1.x updates, therefore, I had to bump the version number up to v1.4. So, v1.4 is the new 1.3.192. You live and you learn.

ver 1.3
Updated look (Tile, application, and splash page)
Add multiple actions or projects at once.
Dearchive actions
View archivable actions
Action item count in lists (Inbox, Today, Next Actions, etc…)
Pin to start adding actions (Mango feature)
BYOW - Bring your own wallpaper. Now you can use your own custom wallpaper for the main page.
Auto backup to Dropbox (hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly)
Added a few more tile color options
Added ‘How To’ section (to learn how to use GoGetter)
Bug fixes
More Mango feature to come

Just a quick tip for those who need to edit or delete a project from GoGetter. 

To edit a project press and hold the 
project. A contextual menu will appear 
to edit the project. You should just be 
able to hold it for 1-2 seconds to be 
presented with the option.

You are then able to edit the projects properties.

To delete a project swipe it left to right 
or right to left to be presented with its 
menu. From there you are able to delete 
the project by pressing the X button to the 
far right.

Once the X button is clicked your project and ALL associated actions to it will be deleted from GoGetter. Be careful when doing this. Always have a backup to Dropbox in case you made a mistake. You can find this option in Settings->Backup (this option is only available to purchased copies)

One great feature of GoGetter is the ability to backup your projects, actions, and its settings to Dropbox. This can be useful if you are upgrading your phone’s storage capacity (since the procedure will completely wipe out your phone’s contents), bought a new phone, or just wanting to have a backup for those just in case moments. Below you will see how you can backup your projects, actions, and settings using GoGetter.

On the main page of GoGetter you would need to go to your settings panel in order to find the Dropbox backup option. The Dropbox option is only available for purchased versions (sorry, I need to provide for my coffee addiction).

Navigate to the “Backup” pivot tab.

Enter your Dropbox credentials and click “Login”. If you do not have a Dropbox account you can create one from this page. If you create one from the app using the link provided you help me to receive more space on Dropbox. :D

Once clicked your credentials will be authenticated.

You will then be able to backup and restore your data.

Clicking the “Backup” link will backup your projects, actions and settings to Dropbox.

As well, you can easily restore your projects, actions and its settings by clicking the “Restore” link.

This is what my restored data looks like.

Your data will be stored on Dropbox as a folder called “GoGetter”.

If you have any questions or comments just let me know. I’ll be happy to help you with anything (GoGetter, life, pondering questions about the universe, etc…)

Have a good day!

Did you know you can change your default’s tile appearance on GoGetter to anything you want? Please look the screenshots below for more information. I am curious on how you have yours set up. Share with a photo reply. Thanks.

GoGetter was mentioned as one of the best apps for Windows Phone for July 2011. Excited to see.

Ver 1.2

Responsiveness and performance improvements

Extensive logging of exceptions capabilities (you will be able to email me crash reports after the the app has restarted after a crash)

Support for international users (reports of initial startup crashes addressed and fixed)

Many other improvements and bug fixes, thanks for the reports!

New stickers from Moo.com. These are some stickers I made for my app GoGetter. They turned out pretty nice.

original artwork to gogetter

working on GoGetter v1.2 performance

moleskin book for GoGetter

working hard on making my app faster.

GoGetter v1.1 for Windows Phone (walkthrough)

ver 1.1
(NEW)
Global search for actions in any list or project
Email or SMS actions, entire projects, or multiple projects to friends or colleagues
Backup and restore with Dropbox service (www.dropbox.com) 

As my twitter friend @jeffa00 said “You’re between Tetris and Halo! How cool is that?”

That is very cool. Cool indeed.

GoGetter featured again on the Windows Marketplace! GoGetter is featured along with great apps and games such as Monopoly, Last.fm, Puzzle Quest 2, de Blob, Bejeweled, Fruit Ninja, Burn it All, Tetris, Halo Waypoint, The Sims 3, and The Harvest. This just encourages me to work even harder. Can’t wait to see what v1.1 does!

GoGetter featured on Windows Phone Marketplace!

Submitted ver 1.1 of @gogetter to the Marketplace early this morning. Let’s hope it passes certification on the first pass. #windowsphone #wp7dev

GoGetter in the wild. Post your photos of GoGetter. I would like to see what your taste in colors are.

Introducing GoGetter for Windows Phone 7

I have been very quiet on my blog for sometime. Well, it was for good reason. I have been extremely busy working on my new app for the Windows Phone 7. I call it GoGetter.

GoGetter is a task management system based on David Allen’s ever so popular Getting Things Done® methodology. GoGetter will help you stay organized and stay on track of your every day to day task along with any projects that may come your way.

For the price of a Caffè Latte your contribution can help in the development of one of the best task management systems out there. Purchase today.

* Paid version: Unlimited actions per list, projects, contexts, backup/restore and excellent karma sent to you.
** Trial version: Limited to 10 actions per list, 2 projects, 5 contexts, and still excellent karma sent to you, because we love you that much regardless of your decision 

For more information on GoGetter and how it works please visit the following:
http://www.gogetterapp.com
http://www.twitter.com/gogetter
http://www.facebook.com/gogetterapp