Yesterday I started in on the strange world of Java programming. Mainly I did this because I wanted to develop a mobile app for my Android phone. My work sent me over to the Powell’s Technical bookstore and I picked up "Beginning Android" by Apress.

The project was a success and I wrote my first app! It isn’t anything all that special, but it’s definitly more cool than a hello world app. It shows a background image, has my job’s logo as a button, and when you click it the phone shakes and adds the text "Zoom... " to the screen. There is also an options menu!

I did a writeup on my company blog today, so feel free to read it, download it, run it, criticize it, share it, whatever.

Company blog post