Development Blog for August "Gus" Branchesi
The introduction of language-based systems like smart speakers and chat bots brings with it some opportunities for ecommerce storefronts. I’ve created a proof-of-concept skill for Alexa that leverages one of our ecommerce platform’s RESTful API’s. Lifepics is one of Taylor Digital’s software platforms that is a complete omnichannel B2B2C solution for photo dealers. It is used…
My wife was kind enough to get me an Alexa for Christmas, so I’ve been coding my own skills to better understand the limitations and capabilities of it and similar platforms. I have created a proof-of-concept skill for the company I work for, Taylor Digital, that allows the creation/completion of an omni-channel order as well…
If you are an Apple Developer and have an Apple TV 4, you not only have access to creating your own Apple TV apps. You can also download some great projects from GitHub for the Apple TV 4 that Apple does not allow on their store due to policy violations. What you are essentially doing…
A few years ago, I developed a storybook engine for iOS devices that supports animated, personalized storybooks for the iPad and iPhone. It is a universal application that runs on all devices and takes advantage of what each device offers. It supports: Recording your own voice reading the book on each page Personalizing the book with…
My latest coding project involves Mame, specifically iMame4All. iMame4all is an emulator for iOS devices that lets you run ROMs from old arcade machines. Emulators like this are pretty common place. I’ve been running several on my Mac and iPad for a while including the Commodore 64. What has reinvigorated my interest is my latest…
I have developed a storybook engine for iOS devices that supports animated, personalized storybooks for the iPad and iPhone. It is a universal application that runs on all devices and takes advantage of what each device offers. It supports: Recording your own voice reading the book on each page Personalizing the book with the child’s name…
