scrolling a UIScrollView programmatically
I wanted Color Dog to have a scrolling movie style credits effect. I did what any other incompetent programmer does and went googling for some code to cut and paste. I found a solution at...
View Articlelittle guy, big dreams, big mistakes
This is my first official blog entry in conjunction with iDevBlogADay. When I first start reading iDevBlogADay, I thought, “I can do that!”, and put myself on the waiting list. The more I read, the...
View Articletrying something different
I recently just finished my first contract gig. I first pursued the contract because I thought it might be full-time and give me a chance to work with other developers. It was neither, but is looking...
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don’t talk yourself out of marketing
My iPad Application Color Dog was approved by Apple on March 11, 2011. Why is that date important? That’s the date the iPad2 went on sale. I had originally submitted the app not expecting it would...
View ArticleiAds for kids?
There was some news last week that Apple had recently started pulling ads from some apps targeted toward children. After reading about this I was a little bit disappointed since I have a couple of...
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how I got better at refactoring
I have a bad habit of not refactoring my code. I do this for a couple of reasons. None of them are good excuses. My current projects is kind of mundane, but that was by design to help me become...
View Article360idev: my favorite conference
This post will be kind of short since I am at 360iDev this week. Today is the second day and this is my second time attending. It is always a mixed bag for me. When I leave part of me feels like I...
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ipad résumé experiment postmortem
I really like iOS development. Ideally, I’d like to have a full time job developing games for iOS. But really, I just want more experience doing iOS development. I want to get better, find a mentor...
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iPhone 5 a/b testing
I recently released a utility app for iOS that I use to track my kids basketball games. I used a iterative process to come up with a minimum viable app I could put on the app store. I purposely...
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a different kind of app gold rush
I originally made “My Hoop Champ” as an app to track my own kids basketball games and share them with family and friends. I couldn’t find an existing app on the app store that did everything I wanted...
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