Category Archives: iPhone

Temporarily removed from sale

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Joe

Since I haven’t been able to get the site providing the data back online within the week, I’ve temporarily removed Seattle Bus from sale on the AppStore. I’m working on a “fix” (changing the data provider) now that will hopefully … Continue reading →

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Data feed for Seattle Bus stalled out

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Joe

A quick update for folks looking for help with Seattle Bus: The site that the application uses for it’s data source (mybus.org) has been intermittently available recently, and today it’s been down completely. This is a site run at the … Continue reading →

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route-me – Google Code

Posted on December 26, 2008 by Joe

route-me – Google Code (via /.) is a mapping library for the iPhone that uses OpenStreetMap instead of Microsoft or Google’s mapping engines. It’s available under a BSD license and has some reasonable “how to embed” information on the wiki … Continue reading →

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Disney’s Fairies Fly – iPhone Game

Posted on December 3, 2008 by Joe

I’m very pleased to see Disney’s Fairies Fly (iPhone/iPod Touch game) available on iTunes. While you won’t find my name in any credits on the application, I was responsible for the underpinning of some of it – one of the … Continue reading →

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Ideas are worth nothing, execution is everything… another refrain

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Joe

Raven Zachary posted Turning Ideas into iPhone Applications on to the OReilly Inside iPhone blog tonight. One of the interesting bits is that he laid down an expected minimum “going price” for a good iPhone developer ($125/hr if you’re curious). … Continue reading →

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How people really use the iPhone

Posted on November 12, 2008 by Joe

I saw this from Daring Fireball: How people really use the iPhone.  It is a fantastic, professional user-experience overview of a variety of applications – but most importantly some real information on how folks are using the interface. If you’re … Continue reading →

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Competition for Seattle Bus

Posted on November 1, 2008 by Joe

I found out this morning that I have competition for Seattle Bus! Barry Kaplan made a damn-near copy of my application and is selling it on the App Store for $0.99. From the initial reviews, he apparently started selling it … Continue reading →

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Rands In Repose: FriendDA

Posted on October 20, 2008 by Joe

If you haven’t read Rands in Repose before – now’s a good time. He’s got a particularly good article up today: Rands In Repose: FriendDA: The lesson of the Holy Shit is that when you stumble upon a truly revolutionary … Continue reading →

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NDA backlog

Posted on October 11, 2008 by Joe

Since the NDA has been, or is in, the process of being lifted, I thought it was high time to post some of those blog notes that I’ve scribbled down in the past while I’ve been working on Seattle Bus. … Continue reading →

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SeattleBus Diary: UITabBarItem images…

Posted on October 11, 2008 by Joe

SeattleBus uses a the UITabBar for the primary navigation around the application. With each UITabBarItem you can set a few attributes. You can choose to use a system defined UITabBarItem, or you can specify your own name and image. It … Continue reading →

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