UPDATE: Found out about the encfs security audit by Defuse Security. I might have to revise the encryption I use. UPDATE 2: I’m now using duplicati & Backupsy. Duplicati does incremental backup + encrypts the data via standard gpg.

Kash Yesterday we announced Kash, our new product that’s going to change how merchants receive money and how consumers pay for things in store. When it becomes publicly available, consumers will get 1% cash back and free money transfers. Retailers will be able to increase their margin by cutting out credit card fees. Join the wait list at http://www.withkash.com. We’ve …

I needed to access Beanstream from node.js server but there wasn’t any existing library that I could re-use. It wasn’t too hard to write one, but I needed help from Beanstream support to resolve some confusion that came from bad documentation. This post provides details on how you can access Beanstream from node. 1. Getting and Configuring a Test Account …

Integrating Google API into a node.js application is fairly straightforward. First step is to include the googleapis module in your application: Then you need to specify the API and version you want to use. Below I show the usage for Google+ Sign-In: var client; googleapis .discover('plus', 'v1') .execute(function(err, data) { …

For the past year I used my own monitor from home at work and tried to make do with my 6-year old ultraportable whenever I had to be out and about. However, it’s now time to upgrade. I ordered a Lenovo E431 laptop and a 24" monitor during last year’s Black Friday sale. Ubuntu has been my Linux distro after …

A quick update on what’s happening at AvidTap. We’re busy delivering tons of awesome features for our Saladworks launch next year. We’re moving to a new office location in the new year that’ll give us more space. New Hire We’ve made our latest hire to bring #6 onboard. When I decided that I was going to start a company, one …

Here at AvidTap we’ve been preping a new set of native app updates based on Cordova 3.1.0 since Oct. I recently unleashed both the Android and iPhone apps last week. This new update brings the Bluetooth LE / iBeacon support I talked about before. Watch out for us beginning to roll that out to stores in the new year. During …

Thanks to my co-founder Geoff, we just released a new version of AvidRegister to the Play Store. Geoff fixed a performance issue that was slowing down our app, and he also fixed a memory leak issue we’ve been getting OOM crash reports on. The result is that the app is super snappy. Feedbacks from our customer have been that they …

Update: Watch AvidTap demo day video. It’s been a year since I left Well.ca to take on the most difficult challenge in my career. Starting a company is unlike anything I’ve done before. I’ve worked at a couple of world’s largest companies, and I’ve worked at medium size as well as startups. However, you won’t know what it’s like to …

Wow! It’s been 2 months since I last blogged. In the blink of an eye we’re now 2 weeks away from HyperDrive demo day on Oct 18. The reason I’ve been missing in action on my blog is because I’ve been extremely busy cranking out code. Around the last time I blogged in August, we received a cheque from a …