Monthly Archives: July 2008

SeattleBus Diary: 1.0.2 available

Posted on July 29, 2008 by Joe

I just received notification that the SeattleBus 1.0.2 update has been reviewed and is now available on the iTunes Store. Hopefully everyone will be seeing it as an available update within the next 24 hours.

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OSCON 2008 wrap-up, back in Seattle

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Joe

OSCON 2008 wrapped up very nicely last week. I spent friday evening lurking about Portland a bit with Karen, but to be honest we crashed out pretty early. Saturday at 8:30am we were scheduled to take the Amtrack Cascades 500 … Continue reading →

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OSCON 2008 – Wednesday

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Joe

It’s been a busy day, and it’s not even over! I’m scribbling this down during a break beofre the final sessions of the day kick into gear. There’s been a huge variety of sessions (as always) at OSCON – and … Continue reading →

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OSCON 2008 – tutorials and intro stuff

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Joe

The OReilly Open Source Convention for 2008 is underway in Portland, OR. I’ve been here since Monday, picking up a few tutorials and generally bending my brain around some new concepts. I went to the Introduction to Seaside, which included … Continue reading →

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SeattleBus Diary: update is “Pending Review”

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Joe

Excellent news! I’ve managed to finally upload an “accepted” copy of the SeattleBus 1.0.2 binary! That puts it into Apple’s application review queue, which means it will hopefully be available to everyone by the end of the week or early … Continue reading →

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pitting cherries

Posted on July 19, 2008 by Joe

I spent some of this afternoon pitting cherries. It’s a little tedious, but relatively mindless. On the kitchen prep chores, it’s way above peeling potatoes or carrots. Plus you can pop the periodic cherry in your mouth while you’re working. … Continue reading →

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SeattleBus Diary: ongoing update saga

Posted on July 18, 2008 by Joe

I’d really hoped to be able to post that I’ve got the updates for SeattleBus into Apple and they’re pending review. Alas, right now, I can’t. It’s quite the saga of things I’ve tried – lists I’ve following and checked … Continue reading →

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cherry harvest

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Joe

I’ve been waiting for a good month, letting the cherry tree do it’s thing. One of our trees got nailed by a late frost and didn’t produce much, but the other is going gangbusters. I just spent an hour harvesting … Continue reading →

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SeattleBus Diary: some updates, metrics, and the AppStore

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Joe

I am by now means the only iPhone developer who’s run into this, but man – the reviews on the AppStore are just broken. Craig Hockenberry (of the ADA winning iPhone application Twitterific) wrote about the AppStore and reviews on … Continue reading →

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SeattleBus Diary: finding the nearest stop

Posted on July 14, 2008 by Joe

Finding the nearest stop was one of those things I just couldn’t pass up when I was designing SeattleBus. The iPhone includes some really nice geolocation API’s (meaning any iPhone application can potentially look up where you are). Apple’s set … Continue reading →

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