Category Archives: iPad

Crimson Steam

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Joe

I snagged a copy of Crimson Steam (iTunes link) this past Friday, thinking it would be fun to play with over the labor day weekend. The game play is good, very good actually. It really uses the direct touch style … Continue reading →

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Making a board game

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Joe

It’s been too long, so I’m diving back into IOS development and making a board game. I have a test app (not even close to the final thing) for working out the UI pieces of the game that I just … Continue reading →

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Artificial Intelligence for Games, Second Edition

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Joe

I’ve been thinking it’s time to cobble another IOS app up for sale, not just fiddle around with open source client apps (which is a lot of the IOS work I’ve been doing lately). So I found a board game … Continue reading →

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WWDC 2010

Posted on June 5, 2010 by Joe

Ticketing system replaced and launched, I’m ready for a decompress. There’s pretty much no better place to do that, in my mind, than at WWDC in San Francisco this coming week. I used to send myself every other year. Strangely, … Continue reading →

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Looking for a full time Cocoa programmer

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Joe

Gus, El Presidente at Flying Meat Inc., is looking for a full time Cocoa programmer to come work with him up in Everett, WA. Here’s the details: Do you love programming for the Mac and iPhone and think Objective-C is … Continue reading →

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sketching on the iPad

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Joe

I ran myself completely down on my extrovert batteries this past week. So far down that I didn’t even leave the house for wanting to avoid all of humanity on Saturday. On Sunday, I relinquished a bit – and at … Continue reading →

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SeattleBus and the iPad

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Joe

I received a call last night, rather out of the blue. “Are you porting OneBusAway to the iPad?” was the opening line. “Uh… No, but then i didn’t write OneBusAway either. I wrote SeattleBus…” That bit of confusion resolved, we … Continue reading →

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The language of gestures, v0.9

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Joe

Since I woke up this morning, I’ve been thinking about the patterns and new UI concepts that we are becoming accustomed to with this first release of the iPad. Like a lot of others, I’m intensely interested in the productivity … Continue reading →

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iPad UI twiddlin – it’s about the thumbs & gestures

Posted on April 4, 2010 by Joe

I haven’t spent quite as much of today with the iPad in my hands, but I’ve been thinking and mulling over elements about it all day. It’s the Mail application, you see. It bugs me. Well, it bugs me in … Continue reading →

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iPad day one

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Joe

Like a huge number of other folks, i wrangled an iPad for today. I pre-ordered it and waited for UPS to deliver it this morning. It made it into my hands just after noon, and I’ve been poking at it … Continue reading →

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