tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23754440904953466312024-10-24T21:37:06.728+11:00Originally this blog was intended solely for tech and tutorial, as it was titled previously, but now the blog content will expand. As life continues I will include travel, observations, career as an engineer, life undertakings (e.g. wedding, house, car), design and development projects and of course, as is a staple - a whole lot of tech. I intend post more consistently, so let's see how this goes as I take this blog in a new direction.andrewsariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03022324248526778960noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375444090495346631.post-23827091772752717592019-11-08T13:15:00.000+11:002019-11-08T13:16:55.142+11:00

The Engineering IRL website goes live and I'm proud and excited of this new venture. I spent time developing out SarioDev and SarioDev Apps and I had some pretty decent success with creations garnering almost 10,000 downloads on the Android App Store. Since then I have been doing so much engineering and I went from an Engineering Student, to an Engineering Intern and then all the way to an

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It's early 2015 and that means our wedding is just around the corner. And I can honestly say I'm marrying my best friend! It's that time where you start to feel the excitement and a bit of anxiousness with planning and organizing but it's going to be awesome. I'll be creating a blog leading up to the wedding to share our thoughts and plans for the big day! #projwedding2015

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SarioDev Apps: SarioDev Goes Live !: SarioDev Apps Website goes live and this is the first post going up on the site. I'm really excited to get this off the ground and ... Go and check out the SarioDev site! I've decided to discontinue SarioDev Apps specific posts from this blog and have a dedicated one. I will still continue to post things here but will be a different focus - you may have

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May the 4th be with you... Ah, yes, SarioDev is a Star Wars fan and has got a nice Star Wars Lego collection to go with it.  On this great day, we are excited to announce that our friends at GiveMeApps have done a video review on 10Up Number Puzzle Game! Favorite quote of the video: "Great way to recharge your brain, keep your brain fresh" Without further adieu, here is the video

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  Following the Facebook F8 Developer Conference this April has me excited to find out whats the latest. It appears that Facebook is focusing on mobile platform and cross development with some apps focus. That's great news for app developers which has me realizing that I don't have true Facebook integration for the 10Up App. The 10Up App page is where users can get the latest news about

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Frustration has set in as I continue to try and integrate play services into my app. Originally I thought it was going to be difficult. But after reading the developer information on it, I was under the impression that it was going to be really easy. It turns out that the leaderboard concept is really easy - which it should be and it's great ! But getting there is another story! In particular

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The 10Up Promo Video has gone live on Youtube! Check it out! This will be integrated into the App Description  Page here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sariodev.puzzle10up.app It is recommended by all top app developers to include an app video to help your app stand out against the rest. So here's the video for 10Up! I took the footage on a Galaxy Note III and an iPhone

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You can never build the perfect app nor complete in one release. If you do, you most likely missed your window of opportunity by now and it would only take one user to change your "complete product". It is very important to listen to your users and take their feedback on board. With SarioDev apps I've been trying hard to keep updating the app, which I've many ideas for, but by listening to my

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With the rise and fall of apps, both big and small everyone starts to wonder what is the next big app? This year alone in 2014 we have had the likes of Flappy Birds and 2048 among all the big corporations but these cases are the ones that make many think about this next big app. Although there are many great apps being published daily, which of these will captivate the app user world? Well, the

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Productivity just got easier. We've all used many tools that track and time our tasks to help our productivity, but the one flaw is that for it to truly be useful you need to set them up first to match you.  So here's a new concept for you to consider, start with one area, say you open a link in a browser - you easily get stuck reading a comments section or article. Now you are presented

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I just fought procrastination with @IN5Browser! 5 pages in 2 mins #IN5 #SarioDev

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If you have been following this blog, or my Facebook page, or anything related with me for that matter you will know that I have been developing an App and pursuing to make multiple apps for Android, Windows and Apple. I've been posting little updates here but I've decided to put up a little more detail about my progress, milestones and failures on this blog to do 2 things. The first is to help

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SarioDev, 2014 The Adbuddiz support page gives you 5 steps to add their SDK and start serving Ads in your app. Link here: http://publishers.adbuddiz.com/portal/support/java There is a slight variation in step 2 (Add jar to your app) for developers using Android Studio.  In Android Studio first you add AdBuddiz-2.0.1.jar to the libs folder and then instead of Project properties you

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Here is the link for my app IN 5. It's a timed browser for procrastinators. After 5 minutes your Web session is killed, no history, no getting distracted for a couple more minutes. Try it out today! It's free! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sariodev.in5.app

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IN 5 has JUST been published to the Play Store (28/2/2014). It will be a few hours before it is visible and I will post when that is the case. In the mean time it's great to see and it means I can start working on the Pro version whilst taking user feedback and working on the original version (As is the nature of being an Android Developer). This may be a small milestone, but for me it is

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After reading some articles and trends and forecasts for the shape of app development in 2014 it can be quite daunting to think all your work could result in minimal success - financially that is. Forbes had average lifetime income last year at about 6k per developer. Obviously with that the Median would probably be a more meaningful value to consider. Of course if you're building something for

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Today the Logo is ready to go into the app and onto the Facebook page. It's been changed and hopefully marks the time for the app to be put up to the test and submitted to the Play Store. The Logo is the first point of contact with the user and is also the first clue to whether your App is good or not. I don't believe that the Logo has the power to get users to click it more so than its ability

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It's been quite a while since SarioDev released 10 - Up.  Unfortunately no updates nor its coming to Android or iOS is being announced at this stage. I've decided instead to begin developing my next app and it will be on the Android platform. The name: In 5

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Now here is one wearable I am definitely interested in it wouldn't be my first after entering into the category - more on that later. Working mostly on computers all day it is very hard to maintain a good posture (although I've never really had one). Getting a friend to remind you, trying to get pillows to help and many other solutions are all good and can help, possibly. But in reality all you

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As the new year begins so does my intention to expand the content of this blog. It has been reiterated in the new description of the blog, now titled "Life and Tech by a Sario". So with that being said, 2014 is going to be a big year for me and for many others I presume. For myself, it is an important year of planning, preparation and development to put myself in the best position possible in

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On September of this year I got engaged. It was a big surprise and I had the event recorded. I finally got time to put it all together and here it is ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLDO5kBn19s

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It has been about 5 weeks since 10-Up was listed in the Windows Store and now it's time to start the tweaking process. I recently read a blog from successful app developers, reminding me that I should be tweaking my app often. These tweaks aren't particularly major app updates with new features, but can also be changes to keywords, descriptions, screenshots and more. With that said, this will be

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Today I tried to get 10-Up reviewed by more reputable review websites such as windows8core and betanews.com. It's pretty tough to get noticed. 10-Up has done quite well getting into the top 100 paid apps in the Windows Store within the first 2 weeks (albeit jumping in and out in terms of rankings) and now to push to the next level where it gets well into hundreds of downloads, I feel 10-Up needs

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After one week of being on the market, 10-Up has cracked the Top 100 Paid Apps in the Games category at 97th spot. 10-Up also has the top spot in New Releases for Games Category. I look forward to continuing to make 10-Up a great app and improve the user experience. Let's keep this thing going!

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After a successful launch with the 10-Up Facebook page gaining good interest among my friends, family and community, I decided to change my focus from app development to marketing the app as best I can. The primary communication about the App is through the Facebook page with other avenues including my development blog and my website. Now I need to try to expand out beyond people I know (as many

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