Category Archives: mac

Mac or macintosh programming related

6 hours with Spore

Posted on September 7, 2008 by Joe

Spore’s out… I got it around noon… and now I’m taking a break to write a bit about it. Hey – wha’dya expect? Me to wait for Christmas or something? Not a chance. I’ve played into the first “three” stages … Continue reading →

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Hey Apple – who are my customers?

Posted on August 8, 2008 by Joe

I imagine that sounds like a very strange statement, but it’s one that has been occurring to me more frequently lately. Apple was fairly slow off the gate to provide any sales/trend information about how my application was doing, and … 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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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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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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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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my wireless is dying…

Posted on June 21, 2008 by Joe

I’ve still got an original Apple Airport Graphite in the basement, serving up 802.11b goodness for house. Only it’s starting to not serve up so much goodness. I’ve carefully checked against the neighbor’s wifi – and we’re on different channels, … Continue reading →

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switching from high octane to diesel mechanics

Posted on June 17, 2008 by Joe

I can’t help but think that this next week is going to be like switching from high octane to diesel mechanics – technically speaking. Or maybe it’s a more appropriate metaphor to say I’m moving from the edge to the … Continue reading →

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