Author: Torbjorn Zetterlund

  • Heading to the Huizen Triathlon

    On my way to the Huizen Olympic Distance Triathlon, took the train from Amsterdam to Bussum, and then I biked over to Huizen. The race did not go that well for me, as usually the swim did not go well and I was very flat on the bike ride, it was also very windy – I have…

  • Small vs large company

    Small vs large company

    Working for a large or a small company has its differences, the owners of small businesses have an emotional attachment to what they built and operate, while in a multinational there is no emotional attachment, everything in accordance with numbers – employees are numbers, employees are measured by how valuable each one is to the business.

  • Securing Your Private Key for your Android App

    Maintaining the security of your private key is of critical importance, both to you and to the user. If you allow someone to use your key, or if you leave your keystore and passwords in an unsecured location such that a third-party could find and use them, your authoring identity and the trust of the…

  • Signing your Android application for release to Google Play with Eclipse

    When you want to release your Android application to Google Play, you need to first sign your app. To do that there are some prerequisites. My examples are for Eclipse users. Before you can sign your application, you must first ensure that you have a suitable private key with which to sign. A suitable private…

  • How to find Android debug.keystore location

    Developing Android Apps on a Windows 7 platform and you need to find your android debug.keystore key, then do the following. step 1: go to – C:Program FilesJava<your java version>bin – and run jarsigner.exe first ( double click) step2: locate debug.keystore, in my case it was – C:Users<“MyUserName”>.android step3: open command prompt and go to…

  • Skype to serve up personalized ads

    Skype is a great service, that I use frequently to keep in touch with friends and family. Skype is changing, I learned today that Skype is going to serve up “Conversation Ads” during audio calls. One of the few places you do not see an ad today is during your Skype conversation – we are…

  • Check this out 13 Technologies Inspired by Nature

    I was browsing the ‘Date With History’ website (now defunct) when my eye caught that Leonardo DiCaprio foundation was one of the participating organizations for the “Date with History” – so I click on the link and ended up the Leonardo DiCaprio official website.

  • This is how you do a product launch

    For the launch of the high quality TV channel TNT in Belgium a button was placed on an average Flemish square of an average Flemish town near a sign with the text “Push to add drama” that invited people to use the button. Watch the video…..

  • Sugar Detox Day 1 – Monday June 11th 2012

    My first day of avoiding refined sugar – my goal of this activity is to dampen my sweet tooth. The first day is always easy, I raised early and went for a 10km run.

  • Can worms get drunk?

    This is a hypothetical question – can worms get drunk? Living in an apartment we do all our composting through a worm bin that we have in our kitchen. The worms eat the most compostable by-products of our personal habits. In exchange, the worms produce nice fresh soil that we use for our indoor plants. The other day I had a cup…