Damian Mehers’ blog

I just released my first Amazon Echo Skill, called “My Notebook”.

It’s a common scenario: You are sending data to a service, or waiting for something to happen, and you don’t want the user to interact with your form while that is happening.

tl;dr: Complete standalone example here.

I’ve been getting System.InvalidOperationException: Only one operation can be active at a time in a Xamarin app I’ve created which uses the Media Plugin, and finally figured out why I was getting it.

I’m working on an app where I navigate from one page to another, passing data by setting the new page’s binding context: Navigation.PushAsync(new QuickNotePage() { BindingContext = quickNote}); When designing the Xaml for QuickNotePage I was pained to see

Not sure why this is happening, but its been happening on all my installations of Xamarin with Visual Studio 2015.

The Goal I’ve had a couple of TI SensorTags sitting on my shelf for a couple of years.

A long way to go In December 2015, when first I released Powernoter, an unofficial Evernote client for the Pebble Watch, I initially targeted Pebble Time (codename Basalt), and Pebble Time Round (codename Chalk).

I’ve started to use TypeScript in IntelliJ, and wanted to use it for a Google Apps Script App that I’m writing.

First, a demo: Alexa, tell Evernote to create a note “Remember to call my Mother”: I recently acquired an Amazon Echo, and although there is limited support for interacting with Evernote via IFTTT, I wanted to simply create Evernote notes as in the demo a…

When I read the release notes for the Android 5.0 APIs I was delighted to see this: Android 5.0 introduces the ability for apps to browse the media content library of another app, through the new android.media.browse API.

Using a VR headset, even one as simple as Google Cardboard, can be mind-blowing.

I recently wanted to make some changes to the Pebble emulator, which uses the PyV8 Python-JavaScript bridge to emulate the phone environment running your phone-bases JavaScript companion app.

I know I’m not alone in wishing there was a TimeSnapper equivalent for the Mac.

If you are developing using the Moto 360 and debugging over bluetooth, you’ll notice the battery plummeting quickly.

I just posted Why your basal ganglia and wearables were made for each other

I just wrote on LinkedIn’s Pulse about How I got my dream job: My wearables journey at Evernote

This is a technical blog post.

Trying to create a simple WatchKit table, I hit the error shown in this blog post title.

There is a fine Evernote iOS SDK complete with extensive Objective C examples.

My eyeglasses are broken, and I want them fixed.

The inevitable evolution from wearables to embedables is at once both exciting and horrifying.

OK, I admit it: I can’t help it.

I recently gave a brief interview about Evernote and Wearables, with special focus on the Pebble, for Adam Zeis at Connectedly, part of the Mobile Nations group (Android Central, iMore, etc).

At first glance it might look as though Evernote on the Pebble is a simply a clone of Evernote for the desktop.

Chrome is a cool browser, but its secret sauce is that no matter whether you are using iOS, Windows, Mac, Android, Linux or ChromeOS, you can sync your bookmarks, passwords, recently viewed URLs and more.

Like a lot of people I rely on Evernote as my external brain, but my use of Evernote extends beyond the digital realm to the physical realm too.

Sony have adopted an intriguing approach to development for their SmartWatch 2.

Yesterday I gave a presentation at the excellent Mobile Central Europe conference in Warsaw, Poland, on Evernote and wearable devices.

You may well be wondering why I am writing a blog post on how to enter Focus view in Word 2011 on the Mac, when clearly I should be focusing on writing something… let’s not go there.

Pebble just released a public beta of their new SDK, version 2.0, and one of the more intriguing features is the ability to write JavaScript code that executes within the Pebble phone app.

This is a recording of the presentation I gave at the Softshake Conference in Geneva in October 2013.

Note: This is derived from a speech I gave at toastmasters last week, inspired by the arrival of my very own brand new Oculus Rift VR headset A generation inspired.

Disclaimer: Although I do work for Evernote, this is my personal opinion.

I was at the speaker’s dinner after speaking at the excellent Reaktor conference in Helsinki, chatting about our favorite authors, and rather than just sending an email to the people that were there, I thought I’d instead write a blog post.

I’ve been spending a little time developing an app for the Pebble watch recently, and I thought I’d share my development environment setup, so as to give other people some ideas.

Amazon just released the first version of their Windows app to sync Amazon Cloud Drive.

Pebble I signed up for the Pebble Kickstarter for a couple of reasons.

Earlier this year, the 2013 South By Southwest Interactive Festival took place.

Once a month I scan my physical mail and receipts into Evernote, and then rename each of the new notes to something meaningful.

I’ve been using Evernote since November 2009, so you’d think I ‘d know how to use it by now.

This is the feature that I wish all Evernote users knew about.

I use Evernote both on Windows and on the Mac.

I know, I know … I just extolled the virtues of using tags … however, there is another perspective … Tags make it super-easy to find notes, however there is a cost.

In my previous tip I explained that each Evernote note can be stored in one, and only one Evernote Notebook.

The first time you started Evernote on your Mac or PC you saw on the left hand side a list of “Notebooks”.

Nevertheless there are tips and tricks I’d like to share: features that are a little hidden and ways of thinking about Evernote that might not be intuitive.

Yes, I know.

I don’t mind bad marketplace reviews of my Windows Phone Chrome Sync app because of bugs, but I’m not sure that I can do much about this one!

I’m delighted to announce that Chrync 1.1 was recently released.