NATE PAPADOGIANNIS
Bayside, New York Rochester Institute of Technology Computer Science 2024
ABOUT ME
"Who are you?"
Hey! I'm Nate Papadogiannis, a 20 year old Computer Science student with a hard last name
from Queens, New York (The smaller part of the big apple). I'm currently on year 3 of my 5 year Co-Op program at
RIT where I've gained a ton of experience with Java, Python, C, MIPS, Android Native,
and after this site, HTML and CSS :).
Of course, software makes our lives easier, but I'm especially interested in the ways it
interacts with us and how we can make those interactions a little bit more human.
Throughout my work, I like to try and add personality to my projects.
Whether it be by having a spirit week Discord bot wish both teams good night before
shutting down or by making a cartoon character the face of a weather app, my goal is to
make apps people enjoy using. For more info on my recent personal projects,
here's a wormhole for you.
Outside of coding, I'm a guitarist, a digital artist, and an extremely competent gardener
(And I have 20+ living plants if you need a reference on that).
My personal GitHub is just starting off, so I hope that you'll check up on it as I fill it
up with all the cool stuff I'm planning. You can also stay updated on what I'm working on
by checking back on this page later.
Hope to see you around, feel free to send me a message
and say "Hey!"
-Nate P.
HumanCast: Brellbert's Weather Station is Online!
June 2nd, 2021
Native Android Java UI/UX OpenWeather
Something that's always bugged me is the mundaneness of checking the weather every morning before getting dressed.
Weather apps are criminally boring (And honestly, not user-conscious). Sure, it may "feel like" 60 degrees, but what
does that mean to our user in words. Is it cold? Is it nice? Without feedback from the user, we'll never
know.
Here's where HumanCast comes in.
It's high time checking the weather becomes a two-sided relationship. HumanCast is a new app
for Android that delivers accurate weather data, personalized forecasts, and tongue-in-cheek
humor from your new favorite weather pal, Brellbert.
As of Now, Brellbert can...
- Grab GPS data from user's device
- Access OpenWeather data via their One Call API
- Give current weather forecast (With some snarky comments)
What's Next On My To-Do List
Goals for the app's future include allowing for user feedback to facilitate forecasts that can
provide hyperspecific advice such as "It's 70 degrees, but you may feel chilly. Bring a jacket!"
Something else I've considered is making the jump from Android Native to Flutter, but as this is my
first chance to use Android Native, I'd prefer to put that decision off until I've gotten the hang
of mobile development down.
Check out the GitHub Repo below.
WormBot, The Worm Week Referee
Feb 23rd, 2021
Python Discord API JSON Database
In the past, Worm Week (Context here) had been a very small event
that I could scorekeep by myself, but as the participant list has grown past 50 people,
I've needed a way to keep track of points easily. This is the purpose of WormBot
WormBot is a Discord bot that crossposts user submissions from the submission channel in a
neatly formatted embed. Additionally, and most notably, it awards points to each user with the click of an emote. This
new total gets added to the official scoreboard file and the newest version gets
uploaded to Google Sheets. This allows me to revert points back in case points are ever wrongfully
given.
As of Now, WormBot can...
- Organize Worm Teams Randomly
- Send Out Daily Wormtivities
- Keep Track of Points locally and in the cloud
- Respond to User Commands (Both fun and functional ones)
- Save The World
So... What is Worm Week?
Every year, the 3rd Saturday of February is Worm Day (or at least, it has been for the past 3 years after I made this holiday up). Each year, 2 teams across America spend the week leading up to Worm Day competing in worm-themed creativity challenges (A.K.A. Wormtivities). These can be anything from submitting worm haikus to drawing yourself as a worm to writing a 1-sentence worm story.
All participants earn points from either participating in each daily Wormtivity or from a daily bonus (Like the early worm bonus where the first few participants earn double points for their team). At the end of the week, there's a Final Wormdown where you can submit whatever you want and the top 3 most voted submissions earn tons of points.
More to Come
Come back later!