Coming back to New York after a couple months away, I’d accumulated quite a few odds-n’-ends that needed attending to. In the meantime, I was anxious to get back to work, and so I took a brief detour and joined the ranks of indie developers who, unwilling to accept the multitudes of existing well-executed Twitter [...]
Continue Reading →My February side-project was submitted to Apple several days ago, and I’m currently awaiting acceptance. This is a delicious novelty Twitter client app for iPhone and iPad.
Details to follow on launch, but in the meantime, check it out for yourself at http://www.takeawaytweets.com/
Continue Reading →Apple has approved for sale my first children’s book app, a joint venture with acclaimed illustrator and children’s book author Craig Frazier, titled Stanley Mows the Lawn. Without spoiling the story, Frazier’s well-loved Stanley character appears in this title to perform the rather unpleasant chore of mowing his overgrown lawn, [...]
Continue Reading →Presented for your consideration today, a brief examination of what makes an app an app, and distinctly not a desktop application, nor a mobile website for that matter (and this is by far a more compelling examination).
Continue Reading →The New York Times is running an interesting article today discussing the thoughts and concerns of some Brooklyn based developers who are publishing their work as applications for Apple’s iOS.
Adderall Diaries Blurs Books-Apps Line draws attention to a number of issues, including, most interestingly to me, that of the editorial over-sight posed by [...]
Continue Reading →Greetings from Chicago. After two days and fifteen hundred miles, I’ve confirmed a few long-held assumptions about the quality of food served alongside American highways, but, to date, no revelations about the broader state of technology in America.
Revelations aside, the role of technology in a life-on-the-road has been interesting, and sometimes frustrating, to observe. [...]
Continue Reading →Tweets
- Bayern bonkers. , 13 hours ago
- RT @rwenderlich: Great post by @Aen on the UI "rhythm" in iOS apps, including tons of examples and analysis: http://t.co/4vyvIUPC (\cc @ ... , 2012/05/18
- Just witnessed man screaming into pay phone, "It wasn't me it was him!". I think if you're using a pay phone, burden of proof falls to you. , 2012/05/17
- RT @shayman: Came across this Info panel from a NeXT app I cowrote 17 years ago. I wonder what ever happened to the other guy. http://t. ... , 2012/05/17
- RT @sesamestreet: It's been 22 years, but it feels like yesterday. We still miss you, Jim. http://t.co/1jC4jBTG , 2012/05/16
- Check out "City's Tech Boom Leads to Hiring Crunch for Engineers" from WNYC: http://t.co/kU3ioV7h , 2012/05/16
- RT @bdeskin: Wondering about those badoo ads on the subway? From Wired UK: http://t.co/hZ7SmJGe , 2012/05/15
- @annakschmidt very interesting, though i do not. , 2012/05/15
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