AppCode Review
As is well documented on Twitter, I’ve had my share of frustrating system locking beachball of death experiences with Xcode, so it should come as no surprise that I’ve been keeping a keen eye on JetBrains’ AppCode IDE for iOS and MacOS development. Being a user of two...
A Farewell to Apps?
Ars Technica recently posted an article by Larry Seltzer that discusses the possibility of native mobile apps being marginalized by web-based solutions thanks to the increasing advancement of web standards on mobile. Normally, I’d ignore something like this — in most...
2015 Year in Review: Apple
Now that we are just dabbing our toes into 2016, it’s given me some time and cause to look back at the year that was. A lot of things were happening in 2015 but they broadly break down into who was involved: Apple, Google, Microsoft, VC Startups. Today, we start with...
iOS Needs to Go Pro
Apple did it! They launched another amazing, category defining product! Of course, I am referring to the iPad Pro. Coder Radio listeners will know that I have a fabulous gold model that I'm enthralled with. I truly believe that the Pro has the potential to become the...
The King’s Mores
The recent tragedy in South Carolina has brought questions of the Confederate flag being used on government buildings and other placaes that it might be offensive. Personally, I agree with the critics that it was wildly inappropriate for the US flag to be flown at...
Postmortem Part 1: The Curtin Rises
If you’re anything like me, you started your business knowing that one day you might lose it but at a certain point you figured that you lasted long enough that you were pretty safe. Of course, you’ve gotten a few dings and dents along the way but you figure that...