Call for testers: OuttaMyWay! v3
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.
Continue reading →RAID to the Rescue
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 →
Dynamic & Interactive Launch Screens
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 →
Follow-Up: First Responders Day Promotion & Support
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 →
Supporting National First Responders Day
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 →
FilterFresh: The Back Story
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 →
Badged UIBarButtonItem
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
Continue reading →Caching +imageForURL: Results
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 →
Endlessly Solvable Problems
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 →
Look Back, Look Ahead: New Year Observations
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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