
Let’s continue the theme of Cool Stuff Week-related posts. Brendan’s told us about OpenSocial, Huan has compared Rails and Django, and I’m happy to talk now about one of my CSW projects. It’s a prototype iPhone app I’m calling Postcard, and I think it’s a big step towards addressing one of our customers’ most pressing problems.

If you aren't aware already Constant Contact Labs is developing a version of the QuickView iPhone App for Android. Check out the blog post: QuickView for Android Preview for more details. I have been helping work on this Android application for some time now and over the course of development I have used various resources to get started, work through common problems, and become more familiar with the framework. Rather than just leave these resources "favorited" in my browser I thought I would share them. So here is a list of resources I believe no Android developer should be without.

After developing the mobile version of the Constant Contact Labs website, I’ve learned 2 really important lessons:
Developing a mobile website is “easy”
Planning for a mobile website is “hard”
Here’s why…

We’ve written in some detail here about QuickView, Constant Contact’s iPhone app. It’s providing our customers with a quick and convenient way to interact with their email campaigns, contacts and lists while on-the-go, and we’re hearing from iPhone-owning customers that they really appreciate the value it adds to their Constant Contact accounts.
We’ve also been hearing from customers of the nation’s largest wireless carrier, though, and they’re wondering when they’ll be able to take advantage of a mobile Constant Contact experience. The answer is: soon. Very soon. Labs is happy to pull back the curtain a bit today and talk about the upcoming QuickView for Android.
Learned new tools from my business.