I don’t know about you, but I often forget just how much I can enjoy and actually need time off to rest from work. I recently took ten days (mostly) off to be with family and explore the great outdoors. After returning to work, I feel recharged, and fresh with ideas; even colleagues have made note. I …
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iPhone 6 Screen Resolution, Points, and Pixels Explained
iPhone 6 Screens Demystified on PaintCode There were a lot of questions surrounding the rumored iPhone 6 display resolution. A few had well-reasoned extrapolations based on conjecture, but ultimately we had no idea. Now that the hardware is public and our iOS 8 SDKs are gold master, we finally have the numbers. And…. they’re not what …
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Initial Reactions: Apple Watch, Apple Pay, iPhone 6
Today’s Apple event flew by, and for good reason – it was jam-packed full of some goodies. iPhone 6, 6 Plus I hate to say it, but I think the iPhone 6 is the least interesting piece of news from the Apple Event. But, that doesn’t mean these are un-interesting devices. Of course, we’re all …
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New iTunes Connect “Processing” Purgatory and Usability Issues
I believe these issues are easily addressed, however they sure demonstrate how usability/experience is affected when a few pieces of key information is missing.
The Human Connection
From Brent Simmons’ post: Why I Love Indies and You Do Too: I’ve noticed something obvious about popular music — it’s almost never instrumental. There’s always a human voice singing a melody. We humans love human voices. That’s what we get from indies that we don’t get from corporations. We get that human voice and the emotional …
July 2014: We Noticed Indie Died
It seems July 2014 may go down as the month when we realized being an indie (iOS) developer is no longer feasible. It’s not that something suddenly happened, rather, we collectively realized the same thing: there’s no way to make a living doing this. Rather than making a living off of developing one or two …
Samsung co-CEO: We want Tizen to be on everything | Mobile – CNET News
Samsung co-CEO: We want Tizen to be on everything | Mobile – CNET News. No surprise. Samsung, with the lion’s share of Android marketshare, is positioning itself to usurp power and control from Google. Considering their ambitions, this is their only hope.
Apples Answer on Upgrade Pricing
From David Smith Logic Pro X is a Major with a capital M update to their professional audio editing suite. It appears to represent a significant investment in both time and resources. So how is it being sold, especially to people who already paid $200 for the previous version Logic Pro 9? It is a …
Apples Answer on Upgrade Pricing
From David Smith Logic Pro X is a Major with a capital M update to their professional audio editing suite. It appears to represent a significant investment in both time and resources. So how is it being sold, especially to people who already paid $200 for the previous version Logic Pro 9? It is a …
Samsung Dangling the Carrot for Tizen Devs
Samsung offers $4 million bounty to populate Tizen app store. So, Samsung is offering $4M to developers to write apps for the Tizen platform. The kicker – Tizen isn’t Android. It’s a linux-based mobile OS that focuses on hybrid web technologies, much like WebOS. Let’s put the news into some perspective: Samsung is undisputedly the …
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