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 25 years of experience building software. He also creates digital art and has spoken at conferences across North America.
Andrew is a frequent speaker at conferences and user groups. He has presented and keynoted at conferences and events across North America, virtually and in person. He is also an award-winning Toastmaster. You can find out more about his speaking engagements here.
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.
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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All About Bloomsday Halifax 2024
I recently adapted my location-based mobile multimedia platform NowHere to bring James Joyce's "Ulysses" to life in Halifax. This is an omnibus listing of all the blog posts I've written about it. -
Punk Rock Software at Next Week's Halihax
I'll be giving an updated version of my "Punk Rock Software" talk at the "Halihax Frontend Meetup" on September 27 at 6pm -
My New Ultra-Lightweight Personal Site
As social media is collapsing, I'm bringing back blogging. I rebuilt my personal site recently and it's extremely lightweight. -
Halihax JS Meetup
Last night for the first time in ages I went to a tech event. In person. With pizza. And presentations! -
Back at it
(tap tap) Is this thing still on? -
My Expanded Twitter Thread about BurgerWeek 2021
Continuing my annual tradition, I put together a quick-search page for Halifax Burger Week 2021, scraping the official site for data. This time I tweeted about the whole process. I've collected the thread here. -
This Is Nowhere: The Server Side
Behind every great mobile app is a great server CMS delivering data and managing traffic. -
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.