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Call for testers: OuttaMyWay! v3

Hawk iMedia Posted on November 19, 2015 by Hawk iMediaNovember 19, 2015

Nearly 2 years in the making, OuttaMyWay! v3 is ready for public testing! This update supports iOS8 and above on both iPhones and iPads, and has a number of other enhancements and new features.

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Posted in iDevBlogADay, Software Development | Tagged iOS, OuttaMyWay

RAID to the Rescue

Hawk iMedia Posted on October 29, 2015 by Hawk iMediaOctober 31, 2015

Thank G-d for RAID! And I’m not talking about the bug spray. I have a Linux server in my basement which hosts the family email, a few websites, and all our music and photos. I built this machine 5+ years … Continue reading →

Posted in System Administration | Tagged mdadm, RAID

Dynamic & Interactive Launch Screens

Hawk iMedia Posted on October 24, 2014 by Hawk iMediaOctober 24, 2014

I recently set out to re-write one of my apps. The app currently supports iPhone and iPod touch screens up to and including the 4″ displays. There are a handful of “Default” launch screens to support essentially 2 screen sizes … Continue reading →

Posted in iDevBlogADay | Tagged Auto Layout, CocoaPods, Launch Screen XIB, LaunchScreenViewController, Size Classes, Xcode6

Follow-Up: First Responders Day Promotion & Support

Hawk iMedia Posted on October 13, 2014 by Hawk iMediaOctober 13, 2014

A few weeks ago we ran a promotion in support of National First Responders Appreciation Day. We lowered the price on our popular app OuttaMyWay! – Personal Lights & Siren for three days and committed to donating half the proceeds … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Giving Back, National First Responders Day

Supporting National First Responders Day

Hawk iMedia Posted on September 26, 2014 by Hawk iMediaSeptember 24, 2014

Saturday, September 27th is National First Responders Appreciation day in the United States, a day set aside to recognize, remember, and thank all the brave men and women who daily put their lives on the line (or who have given … Continue reading →

Posted in iDevBlogADay | Tagged Giving Back, National First Responders Day, OuttaMyWay

FilterFresh: The Back Story

Hawk iMedia Posted on April 11, 2014 by Hawk iMediaApril 10, 2014

This week, with as much media “blitz” as an indie shop can muster, we announced our latest app, FilterFresh, along with our completely revamped website. FilterFresh is free and solves a simple problem: It reminds you when to change or clean … Continue reading →

Posted in iDevBlogADay | Tagged FilterFresh, Helpshift, iAd, UI, UX

Badged UIBarButtonItem

Hawk iMedia Posted on March 28, 2014 by Hawk iMediaMarch 27, 2014

A new project (nearly ready to release; stay tuned) required some custom UI. One element was a badged UIBarButtonItem, for which I wrote a custom class, which I am releasing as open source here: https://github.com/granoff/FFBadgedBarButtonItem

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Posted in iDevBlogADay | Tagged Objective-C, UI, UIBarButtonItem

Caching +imageForURL: Results

Hawk iMedia Posted on February 14, 2014 by Hawk iMediaFebruary 13, 2014

About a month ago I wrote about the recurring but ever-solvable problem of loading images in the background without losing performance while say, scrolling a table view. While I would be pleased to ship that code today, there is an … Continue reading →

Posted in iDevBlogADay | Tagged Performance, UITableView

Endlessly Solvable Problems

Hawk iMedia Posted on January 17, 2014 by Hawk iMediaJanuary 16, 2014

There is no shortage of common engineering problems that have been solved over and over again, or just once. In either case, if a Good(tm) solution is found, it gets reused wherever it is needed. Others however, get solved over … Continue reading →

Posted in iDevBlogADay | Tagged Performance, UITableView

Look Back, Look Ahead: New Year Observations

Hawk iMedia Posted on January 3, 2014 by Hawk iMediaJanuary 2, 2014

Goodbye ’13, Hello ’14! This is the time of year where we all take stock of the year just ended, and think about what the coming year may hold. This is that post for me, a personal reckoning of sorts.

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Posted in iDevBlogADay | Tagged Career, Consulting, Lessons Learned

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