A Change of Scenery
After considering my options over the past few weeks, I made the move this past Sunday. It was another long Sunday night working at IndyHall, and as I finished my work, I proceeded to pack up my iMac...
View ArticleCatching Up: How Have You Been?
Publishing to this blog is something I enjoy, but sadly not something I’m naturally good at doing on a regular basis. Forgive me Internets, it has been three months since my last confession, err blog...
View ArticleNovember 12, 1955
Unbelievable that Old Biff could’ve chosen that particular date. It could mean that that point in time inherently contains some sort of cosmic significance, almost as if it were the temporal junction...
View ArticleAnnouncing a New Project, CB Reader
Ah, the first public breath of a new project. So much potential and so much to do. Exciting times are afoot. From the teaser page: CB Reader (code name) is a new project that aims to help people...
View ArticleChecking In: April Flu, New Desk, Taxes
Sorry for the lack of updates. I kind of fell into a work drought over last few weeks with a mixture of a bad stomach bug, a new desk which required lots of teardown of my office and now a few days of...
View ArticleNew Let’s Play Section
While I haven’t mentioned it too much on the blog, I’ve recently got back into Let’s Plays. From the new Let’s Play index page: Let’s Plays (often shortened to LPs) are basically people playing a video...
View ArticleWeek in Review: WWDC, E3 and CocoaHeads
It’s been a crazy week. Some random notes and observations… WWDC Apple did a tremendous job streaming the Keynote. I watched it live on my Apple TV in the living room while chatting with friends on IRC...
View ArticleMy New Job with DmgCtrl
After almost eight years of self-employment I have decided to jump back in and as of Monday started a new job working at Damage Control (DmgCtrl) here in Philadelphia. I would suspect most people...
View ArticleSide Projects
Sorry for the dead air over the last few months. Things got a bit hectic at my job and I couldn’t seem to find the free time to post. On the plus side, things are starting to calm down. We’ve shipped...
View ArticleLooking for feedback from Twitter users
I have an application I’ve been working on. I’d love to get some feedback from people to see if this is a real problem for Twitter users. To do so I’ve made a short survey. If you use Twitter and have...
View ArticleGoldCards 1.1
GoldCards, a Hearthstone reference guide version 1.1 is live on the App Store. It is mostly a data update regarding the recent nerf of Unleash the Hounds though I did squeeze in a few other bug fixes.
View Article7 Minute Workout Featured on Apple.com
One of the apps I worked on, 7 Minute Workout, has been featured by Apple again. This time it’s part of the Strength TV ad which features a bunch of great fitness apps on iOS. In related new the...
View ArticleJuly Recap
I’d hate to go a month without posting so here’s some random updates! Philly CocoaHeads is going as strong as ever. Our WWDC June meeting filled the Apple Store Briefing Room to capacity (~50 people!)...
View ArticlePhilly Craftsmanship
Software as Craft Philadelphia A community of professionals dedicated to well-crafted software Was very happy to attend the inaugural meeting of this group last week. Was a great mix of discussion and...
View ArticleCocoaLove Tickets
It’s September, which means next month is October, which means CocoaLove is coming up fast! We’ve got a great weekend planned and if you haven’t already secured your ticket I’d do so now since we are...
View ArticlePhone Names
I love coming up with fun names for my computer hardware. My computers typically are named after video game characters, for example my Mac mini CI server is called GLaDOS. She loves to test. My phones...
View ArticleQuick CocoaLove Recap
CocoaLove was a huge success. All of the talks were well received and the attendee side conversations vibrant and interesting. I think I saw 2 laptops open all weekend which to me is a huge sign people...
View ArticleQuestions for Your Job Hunt
While looking for a new job last year I slowly built a list of questions I would ask the various companies to help better understand if they were a good fit for me. Some of these questions are ripped...
View ArticleSummer Hiatus Update
Hello internets. So sorry for the summer hiatus here on the blog. So what have you been up to? (Email me and say hi!) I’ve been doing good. WWDC was a fun time in June and shortly after that I had 6...
View ArticleMemorable Songs from Pivotal Indy Moments of Your Life
While attending the Release Notes Conference this past week I saw a talk by Mike Hurley of RelayFM fame. A lot of the talk was pulling wisdoms from Mike’s own story, the history of his past projects up...
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