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10000 active users

monocube — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:15:58 +0000

I’m happy to say Power Schedule has more than 10000 active users. That’s a small town using it. I know it’s nothing comparable to > millions other apps have, but it’s a great milestone for me. It even motivates me to continue working on it (I know, I’ve bene quite lazy lately)

Thank you all.

Off to summer holiday

monocube — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:39:41 +0000

Yes, finally that time of year has come
Tomorrow we’re heading for Sardegna, supposedly one of the best Italian destinations – where all the stars go. No, we’re not playing in their league, we just got a very good deal on accommodation. So I guess we have a good chance of having a coffee with Heidi Klum and the likes

See you when I’m back (29.08) with a surprise .

P.S. I can’t wait to dive again. Yay!

Restore Airplane Mode

monocube — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:15:39 +0000

One of the users wrote me an e-mail that after uninstalling Power Schedule, when he turned on Airplane Mode, WiFi was still enabled. This is because Power Schedule (and others) change this setting to allow individual control over WiFi, Bluetooth and Telephony. Since the application being uninstalled is not notified it’s being uninstalled, it has no chance of cleaning up (and restoring previous settings). This is how Android is designed (a bit of a flaw, in my opinion – on Windows Mobile an application was notified before uninstall).

Anyway, I wrote a small app to restore the settings. Download and install it using Astro or whatever file manager you have on your device.
Here’s the link:
Restore Airplane Mode

Back from Barcelona

monocube — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:29:33 +0000

Yes, I’m back. Barcelona is easily the best city I’ve ever visited (not that I’ve been to that many anyway). It has it all: views, sea (+1), food, night life, history.
Plus, the weather was excelent. We’ve had around 24-26 degrees C (78 F), while back home in Timisoara, around 37 C (98 F). That doesn’t seem right, but anyway – great weather for walking around the city .
I hope I’ll be back soon. Plenty of things left to visit.

Short holiday – heading for Barcelona

monocube — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:56:43 +0000

It’s been 42 degrees Celsius (Google says that’s 107.6 F) in Timisoara last weekend, so I couldn’t take it anymore. Tomorrow I’m heading for Barcelona, where AccuWeather says it’s around 27 C (80.6 F). Based on what I learned in school, these temperatures should be quite the opposite. Then again, weather’s changing.
Anyhow, the trip was not so spontaneous – I’ve bought the tickets back in May .

Wish me a nice holiday, please… I need a break from work

Back on track

monocube — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:13:04 +0000

As you know I’ve been away for a few days – so the release date for Power Schedule 2 was shifted a bit. I’m also quite busy at work – so I don’t have the energy to work on it after I get home .
I made some progress last Sunday – I still have to write a help file, some hints, and design new High resolution icons. But the overall functionality is done

London

monocube — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:59:17 +0000

I have a few days off, so I’m taking a vacation. I’m in London

10011 Power Schedule users!

monocube — Tue, 31 May 2011 17:14:52 +0000

Yes, indeed. It happened a few days earlier than my predictions (I thought it would get to 10000 next Sunday – that’s why I said I’ll release Power Schedule 2.0 on the 5th of June).
Anyway, that release date still stands, as I still have a few things to work on.

Looking forward to Sunday

Facebook page

monocube — Wed, 25 May 2011 11:06:35 +0000

Thanks to all who “liked” Power Schedule on Facebook. Now you can find the official page at http://www.facebook.com/powerschedule. Check it for upcoming news and discussions.

Power Schedule 1.4

monocube — Fri, 06 May 2011 21:35:04 +0000

I’m working hard for version 2 (which was basically rewritten), however I made this minor update (1.4), due to users complaining “Data Connection” doesn’t work on Gingerbread devices (see this article to understand why: Google is destroying Android). Basically, in 1.4 you will get a warning message when trying to access the Data Connection menu, with a link to the open issue at Google. Please star it to support developers (not just myself) – and not let Google create a(nother) precedent.

Thank you.