In addition to working on BAFIRC, I’ve also been contemplating what needs to be done on the Android client for Wooters.us.

The short todo list:

• Proper notifications - sound/vibrate/etc, all configurable
• Add polling configuration options and enable poll support (aimed for battery saving)
• Get proper app icon, release update to Market

Beyond that, I have also been doing a little bit of reading up on Google’s Cloud to Device Messaging (C2DM) framework. This is, for example, what ChromeToPhone uses for pushing messages to the phone.

I have been granted trial/development access to further explore and develop on C2DM for the Wooters app, so I guess all that’s left now is to actually code make it work. One concern is that Google sets strict quotas on the number of messages we can send, so reducing and optimizing for resource usage will be of utmost concern. I will work on the Wooters app, and begin exploring C2DM during the next Wooters.us Hackathon (which may happen as early as this coming Sunday)!

Keep your eyes peeled for any updates on this.

Thus far, I have just been slacking off and relaxing so far tonight. Played some video games, chatted with people online, and now I am watching TV - the season premiere of Storm Chasers to be exact. BAFIRC is still churning in the back of my mind, but I am just relaxing a bit for now.

Speaking of Storm Chasers, I would love to be a storm chaser one day. Maybe when I semi-retire I’ll be able to make if work.

Yeah, it has been a few days since I have made much progress with BAFIRC. I am hoping to be able to implement something useful for it tonight. I still am not totally sure on how I want to lay out my plugin system, so I may just work on fleshing out the DCC code a little more. Either that, or spend some time considering 005 i-support or a different, seemingly more up to date CTCP spec that Sevalecan linked me to.

Anyway, that’s about it. I just felt like writing a blog post, so I did so from my phone.

Another day has come and gone without working on BAFIRC. Today, I caught up on some sleep and wrote a 5 page paper that’s due tomorrow.

I’ll get back to BAFIRC at some point, but for tonight, I’m just going to relax and enjoy the rest of my night.

I didn’t end up working on BAFIRC very much today. I got distracted doing some gaming, chatting, visiting with family for a while, eating dinner, etc. Life just got in the way today. I’m not even sure that I will get around to doing any work on it tomorrow.

I have a slight backlog of work that needs to get done. I have a paper to write for a class, and I have some other homework to do for a couple of classes (that I may as well tackle tomorrow, given that I have the day off due to Columbus Day). I’ve got a few random personal things to do (mailing out a rebate, cleaning up my desk, etc.) as well. So yeah, I intend on beginning tackling these things as soon as I get up, but you know how that goes, I’ll probably waste half of the day distracted and end up not getting everything done. But, maybe I’ll hit the jackpot of focus, and actually do everything - we’ll see.

Beyond that, I’ll probably play some Halo Reach or something to relax and unwind a bit. I’m not sure if I’m going to feel like coding (that, and I’m still working on a good design for the plugin system - usually if I let these sorts of things simmer in the back of my mind for a few days, I’ll come up with a solution I like).

Anyhow, that’s that. I’m going to head to bed and attempt to get up semi-early to begin tackling everything I need to do.