Shindig is owned and operated by Andrew Burke out of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Things I Do
Andrew Burke is an independent full-stack developer with over 20 years of experience building software. He also teaches how to code and has spoken at conferences across North America.
Partnering with Lighthouse Labs to bring part-time coding courses to the Halifax area.
An app-based scavenger hunt. A uniquely enhanced theatre experience. I worked closely with Halifax's Zuppa Theatre to create all the software for the groundbreaking This Is Nowhere project. You can find out more in my series of blogposts about the project.
Remembary is the diary app for iOS that connects to your photo library as well as Twitter, Facebook, and RSS feeds to help you remember what happened today - or last week.
It started as a friendly spoof of shipsstarthere.ca, and now it has over 400 pictures of science fiction and Nova Scotia. T-shirts, posters, calendars, and more available in the online store
Recent Blog Posts
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Building a React Native App Without Tears - Part 3
After all that configurating, we're ready to actually start writing some React Native code! -
Building a React Native App Without Tears - Part 2
More details on how to set up and configure a React Native app -
Building a React Native App Without Tears (Mostly)
React Native is wonderful to develop in - except for all the hiccups and twiddly configuration things that need to be done to get it to actually run on a device. -
This Is Nowhere: The Memento Edition
Relive "This Is Nowhere" with the memento edition of the app. -
This Is Nowhere: Aspects of Accessibility
The This Is Nowhere project had accessibility in mind from the start - and it led to some surprising insights. -
Presentations About NowHere
Over the last year or so I've been working on a big software/theatre project called This Is Nowhere. Here are some presentations I've done about it. -
This Is Nowhere: Head-First Into React Native
It was looking like I would be doomed to support multiple codebases for our mobile app requirements - but React Native saved the day. Mostly. -
This Is Nowhere: Bloomsday Halifax
This Is Nowhere is more than just a one-off thing. It's supposed to be a platform and toolkit for building different kinds of projects. For example, I built an app guide to James Joyce's "Ulysses" -
This Is Nowhere: Why an HTML/JavaScript Single-Page App With GPS Is A Bad Idea
Building a mobile app with HTML and JavaScript is great in terms of speed and flexibility, but if you need GPS access ... there are problems. -
This Is Nowhere: GPS and Wayfinding and More UX
One of the keys to the This Is Nowhere app was helping the user find their way to destinations - but not being *too* helpful. GPS was important to this, but there were still many challenges.