Online discussions in the iPhone development landscape over the past few weeks have centered on the maturity of the Web as an alternative to native development and the nightmare that is the AppStore. Neven Mrgan released Pie Guy, a Pac-Man like game that serves an excellent example of what is possible with the […]
Archive for November, 2009
- Ted Naleid’s Mercurial Setup Tips ✶
A good set of tips and suggestions for those embracing Mercurial as your DVCS of choice. Peter Hosey’s configure-hgrc script is also a great tool for first timers.
- The Future is Finally Starting to Arrive ✶
Jonathan ‘Wolf’ Rentzsch sees future of application development being in our hands thanks to open source technologies like WebKit, Cappuccino and more:
Cocoa feels so stagnant by comparison. Waiting for a single vendor to drop new APIs for us like so many once-yearly doggie treats. Indie developers are leading the charge — we no longer need to wait for dinosaur platform vendors to define our physics.
- Rogue Amoeba quits the iPhone too ✶
Airfoil Speakers Touch 1.0.1 sat in Limbo for 3.5 months as Apple decided on the whim to not allow Rogue Amoeba to stream the image of the user’s computer type and application to the iPhone.
The chorus of disenchanted developers is growing and we’re adding our voices as well. Rogue Amoeba no longer has any plans for additional iPhone applications, and updates to our existing iPhone applications will likely be rare. The iPhone platform had great promise, but that promise is not enough, so we’re focusing on the Mac.
When I said I had sleepless nights about Apple on the whim fucking my business over this is what exactly the type of thing I had in mind.
Why I Chose FastSpring
I have been meaning to write about my experience with FastSpring.com for a few months, but it kept getting pushed onto the backburner for a variety of different reasons. After a recent experience with the company, I finally feel compelled to get this post out of the Drafts folder.
Before FastSpring
Since launching Today […]
- Prefinery — Beta Management Software ✶
New Web service that helps to automate Web or desktop software beta testing. Looks promising enough that I may try it for an upcoming major release I’m working on. My beta process usually tends to be asking for emails on Twitter, sending out a mass mail and then dealing with everything via Mail.app.
- Chromatic: Automatic Chromium Updates ✶
Chromatic is an easy way to install and update the latest builds of Chromium: the open source project also known as Google Chrome.
(via @rentzsch)
- Mockingbird ✶
Mockingbird is an online tool for building wireframes and mockups. A fine example of what is possible with Cappuccino framework.
Hi. I'm Justin Williams and this is my weblog. I am the crew chief of Second Gear, a purveyor of fine Macintosh and iPhone software.
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