Monthly Archives: July 2008

SeattleBus Diary: launch day feedback

Posted on July 11, 2008 by Joe

I priced SeattleBus, like many other iPhone application developers, in a bit of a vacuum. It’s hard to set a value, but I took a stab. The initial pricing tier was “15″, meaning the price that showed up on the … Continue reading →

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SeattleBus will be available for the iPhone 2.0 launch!

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Joe

I was very excited tonight to receive the notification that SeattleBus passed the Apple review process and it’s status has changed to Ready for Sale! I’m going to have one of lord-knows-how-many applications in the AppStore for the first day … Continue reading →

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the clang static code analyzer

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Joe

clang Static Analyzer (i.e. “scan-build”) is the bomb.  Wow! I think I’ve got myself an Xcoder’s presentation topic – this is some neat stuff that needs to be shared.  

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learning to Program on the iPhone – a “Microsoft developer’s” POV

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Joe

The blog post by Jesse Ezell complaining and to some extent bad-mouthing the iPhone development environment was making the rounds on twitter today. I was in an all-day meeting, so it made perfect reading material for when I just needed … Continue reading →

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How I got started programming

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Joe

Anne Kate pushed out and asked for some folks to answer the question “How I got started programming?” Seeing as I was on the list (not quite sure how I made that list, but ok…) Here’s the juicy bits How … Continue reading →

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guts of the iphone

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Joe

TouchArcade has a very nice writeup of what’s actually under the hood with an iPhone. I’ve been learning quite a bit about the OpenGL ES implementation, and specifically the chip that’s driving it – but more from a “that doesn’t … Continue reading →

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SeattleBus 1.0

Posted on July 6, 2008 by Joe

SeattleBus 1.0 is done and uploaded into the AppStore – hopefully in time for the upcoming 2.0 launch. I didn’t get everything done I wanted to do for 1.0, so there’s a nice set of “to do” items pending for … Continue reading →

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Spent the week in Burbank…

Posted on July 3, 2008 by Joe

I’ve spent this past week in LA – Burbank I think most specifically, but I get confused on what’s burbank, glendale, the “greater LA area” and all that stuff. I think of it all pretty much as “North Hollywood”, which … Continue reading →

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