Archive for the ‘Ahmed’ Category

Introduction to Android Development in Java Course

A few weeks ago I’ve published the specifications page of my latest additions to my training academy, the Android Development Course in Java. A 60+ hours of live-coding hands-on experience in the development of native applications on android using Java. The course will take you from the basics of the Android operating system and the [...]

Impressions on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 3G Edition

A few weeks ago, I purchased Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 3G edition from Vodafone Egypt for a relatively good price, the device is shipped with Android 3.1 Honeycomb with 16GB of storage and a very attractive white back. There are many reviews on how the device looks and feels, so, I decided to wrap my [...]

Introducing Redique

I’ve been working on a very simple project that allow processes or computers to communicate seamlessly using Redis as a backend. I love Redis because it’s very powerful, yet very simple to configure and use. Let’s first understand the motivation behind redique The motivation is the need for a small, cool, json-based, super-fast RPC system [...]

Use Virtualenv with IPython 0.11

If you are a Python hacker, most likely you will be using a virtualenv for your development environment, you are probably an iPython user. Unluckily, IPython doesn’t pick the virtualenv paths by default and you will have to tweak it a little bit to make it work. Basically, this a slightly tweaked version of this [...]

My Startup Weekend Alex 2011 Experience

“An extraordinary experience with the top-notch geeks in the city and nearby cities” – That was my definition to this event “Startup Weekend” after participating a few months ago in SWCairo, I was pleased to launch Fakkarny and very excited to meet the top-notch geeks. That experience changed a lot in the way I think [...]