Archive for iPhone & iPod Touch
No, I did not fall off the face of the earth, however…
it sure felt like it. I just realized that I haven’t posted anything since Jan 17. Yep, that’s 3 months ago. Where did the time go? No excuse. Time to get back in the saddle. Interestingly enough, what I have to say today is very close to what I said on Jan 17. I’m getting [...]
ZXing, MongoDB and Search Exchange
It’s been a couple of weeks since I last posted. No excuses, just didn’t do it. Lenya got back burnered, but it’s coming back out again next week. I’ve had a number of very interesting and cool quick projects with a client that precluded me from working on the Lenya implementation. I’m really excited about [...]
The first foray into NoSQL and my tools list
This week, I dipped my toes into the NoSQL world. Currently, I’m evaluating MongoDB for a project. It’s amazing that people are thinking this is new and revolutionary. I was doing this stuff in the late 80s with PICK, Universe, UniData, Revelation and a number of other “post-relational” databases. Back then, it was all green [...]
Thank You and Good Night
This is going to be a really short one. We had a big web site go live for a client this weekend. I’ve been up for 36 hours, but I did sneak in a 2 hour nap and the caffeine is beginning to run out… Here are the highlights leading up to and through the [...]
Do as I say, not as I do
“Proper planning will keep things from turning into emergencies. Lack of planning makes everything an emergency.” – @scottjallen I broke one of my cardinal rules over Labor Day weekend and I meant to blog about it last week, but I was too ashamed to admit what I did. I jumped the gun and upgraded the [...]
Terracotta FX, App Store woes, Creation West and Chia Obama
I’ve spent a lot of time this week working on implementing striping with Terracotta FX for a client. All said and done, it’s been a pretty straightforward process, but like a lot of other “bleeding edge” software, sometimes the documentation is lacking. I was trying a configuration option that I remembered talking to some of [...]
The Moron Test back to #1 and more iPhone development news
This week, The Moron Test from the great guys at DistinctDev jumped back to the #1 paid app in the App Store. I’ve known the guys at DistinctDev for quite a while and the #1 couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of guys. The app that initially knocked off TMT was Sims 3. However, Sims [...]
Time for some shameless self promotion
Last week, I was interviewed by Kirsten Valle of the Charlotte Observer for an article about iPhone developers in the Charlotte area. I was one of three companies interviewed for the article. The other two are my good friends Andy and Suki at Turing Studios, the publishers of the rocking PortfolioLive and the guys at [...]
Big Nerd Ranch iPhone Bootcamp Day 4: It’s All About The Core
Core Graphics, View Transitions, Core Animation, Camera, Acclerometer, Web Services and Networking. Long day…learned a lot. JSON Framework from the video: http://code.google.com/p/json-framework/
Big Nerd Ranch iPhone Bootcamp Day 3: More Than Meets The Eye
Day 3 was by far the easiest and hardest day. Archiving && Webkit && Media == Easy. OpenGL ES && Textures == HARD w/ spinning head side effect.