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What are Eclipse’s working sets and why you should use them

Manuel R. Ciosici — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:04:42 +0000

As you develop more and more with Eclipse you start more and more projects. This is especially true if you work with Android apps where you might have several demo / proof of concept projects, test projects, server back end projects and so on for just one product. Eclipse's workspace, which seems smart at first [...]

Tools to improve your (Java) code

Manuel R. Ciosici — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 12:15:10 +0000

Good code is a result of a large number of factors and attention to details. Things from architecture to your knowledge as a programmer all contribute to the quality of your code. One thing that can help raise the quality of your code is the tools you are using. Recently I had a great experience [...]

The problem with quality apps on Google Play

Manuel R. Ciosici — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 11:08:47 +0000

I've heard people say it many times: the quality of apps in the Apple AppStore for iOS devices is better than that in the Google Play app store for Android. I normally hear lots of explanations for this, explanations that include fragmentation, youth of the Android platform, lack of an application review process, etc. I [...]

[en] AdMob now serves AdSense

Manuel R. Ciosici — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 10:02:09 +0000

I was checking my AdMob account this morning and I noticed a new option: Enable AdSense. This option allows AdMob users to not just publish ads from the AdMob network, but also from Google's AdSense network. After a bit of searching the web for a bit I found that this feature has been announced a [...]

[en]Android fragmentation

Manuel R. Ciosici — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 12:55:33 +0000

There has been a lot of talk lately in the Android community about the fragmentation of the ecosystem, what people should and shouldn't do, who is to blame. And many people have come quite quickly to point at this and that trying to convince everyone they've found the real cause for device fragmentation. In this [...]

[en] Thoughts on fragility

Manuel R. Ciosici — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:34:40 +0000

I am no longer a child but I am still in a constant state of awe. There are so many things in this universe that are just plain bigger than me, and I realize that every day. The thing that surprised me these days is how much work people have put throughout the ages into [...]

[en] Stop that man!

Manuel R. Ciosici — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:03:25 +0000

If you've read my blog, and especially the posts about my travels you know that I'm no stranger to extra security checks as my vibrant personality seems to always activate the alarms. Well, this time it was in the Bilka supermarket just outside Århus.I went there yesterday with my new flatmates to do some shopping [...]

[en] A more (Mac like) usable Ubuntu

Manuel R. Ciosici — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:52:22 +0000

Last week I was playing with the Compiz settings in my Ubuntu 10.04 and I stumbled upon some nice usability settings I didn't knew I could set. So after spending some minutes setting up everything I ended up with something very similar to how Expose works on the Mac OS X. I have the upper [...]

[en] My trip to Romania – part 3 – Back to Denmark

Manuel R. Ciosici — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:57:43 +0000

This is the second post in a series about my summer in Romania, click to read the first part, Getting there or the second being there. As I said in the previous part of this series, I wasn't feeling very well when I left Arad. That is to say that all the way to Budapest [...]

[en] My trip to Romania – part 2 – Romania

Manuel R. Ciosici — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:14:05 +0000

This is the second post in a series about my summer in Romania, click to read the first part, Getting there or the third Back to Denmark. You know that feeling when you go away for a while and then come back to your town and look around to see if anything changed? And most [...]

[en] Summer wish challenge

Manuel R. Ciosici — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:10:37 +0000

It's summer, school break, some more relaxing, it seems to me like a good time to do some planning for the next 12 months. So here's what I thought of: I'll decide on 5 things that I want to do until next summer, I'll write them down here and then challenge 3 or 4 people [...]

[en] Business Academy’s Intro Trip

Manuel R. Ciosici — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:47:40 +0000

I'm writing this short post to let everyone know that the Student Council in the academy has posted information about the intro week activities we have planned for the new students and the intro trip. The trip is going to be awesome as the council has planned all kinds of games, activities and a party. [...]

[ro] Redesign pentru automatele de bilete de tramvai Arad

Manuel R. Ciosici — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:59:27 +0000

În recenta mea vizită în Arad am observat că în multe stații de tramvai sunt prezente automate pentru achiziționarea biletelor. Am fost foarte fericit să văd automatele și să număr rapid pe degete avantajele pe care le aduc: biletele se vând 24 / 7 ceea ce înseamnă mai multe bilete și mai puține scuze pentru [...]

[en] My trip to Romania – part 1 – Getting there

Manuel R. Ciosici — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:43:25 +0000

This is the second post in a series about my summer in Romania, click to read the second part about being back in Arad, Romania, or the third Back to Denmark. I fell asleep at about half past one, woke up at half past two, left the house at 40 past 3 and walked to [...]

[en] Travelling again

Manuel R. Ciosici — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:11:28 +0000

I'm leaving Romania tonight and I couldn't be happier to do so. The main reason is the heat here which I'm apparently not used to anymore. Also it seems it has paid a role in my not feeling well at all these days. I hope I'll have a non eventful journey back to Denmark and [...]

[ro] Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier

Manuel R. Ciosici — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:00:50 +0000

Știam de film de ceva vreme și azi mi-am făcut timp să-l văd. După mulțimea de filme românești din ultima vreme toate filmate în același stil (și pe cam aceleași câmpii sudice foarte foarte calde) evident nu am rămas impresionat de decor. Stilul de filmat și monaj e cam aceleași, deci nimic impresionant acolo. Povestea [...]

[ro] Prezentarea de la conferința Edmundo

Manuel R. Ciosici — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:21:06 +0000

Mai jos am inclus fișierul prezentare pe care l-am folosit la conferința Edmundo de la Timișoara din 10 Iulie. Conferința era pentru viitorii studenți la faculate în Danemarca și conține o mulțime de informații practice. Mai jos e fișierul prezentare: [ro] Prezentare Edmundo View more presentations from Manuel Ciosici. Share on Facebook

[en] About time

Manuel R. Ciosici — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 00:39:58 +0000

I think it's interesting how people always get nostalgic about the past. No matter how bad the times were, the human mind seems to want to always remember the good things and record them in better good light. Thinking a bit about the recent history here's how it looks in my mind: the 2000s were [...]

[en] Scotland

Manuel R. Ciosici — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:58:30 +0000

I got the chance during last week to go to Scotland and visit Ioanid while helping his friend Igor develop an iPhone app. It has been an exciting journey in a place with a many of differences from the Denmark I got quite used to. It was a bit weird at first to see buildings [...]

[en] Black

Manuel R. Ciosici — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:57:01 +0000

While I was cleaning the home desktop the other day I stumbled upon lots of old documents, photos and videos that I had made. Among those was this poem I wrote on 21 of September 2006 at 23 hours: I tried to listen to music, but it was all hard rock. I went for a [...]