Play Means War
Google IO fever is in full swing and, though there are a lot of interesting things coming out of this year’s IO, but there is only one real threat to Apple’s leading position in mobile Monetization. This is Play Games. Play Games functions a lot like Game Center with...
Why Not Platform X?
Recently, I launched my latest app Tomato Soup -- simple iOS pomodoro timer and have been fielding a lot of questions from Coder Radio listeners regarding my platform choice; for those who don’t know Code Journal (iOS and OS X) and Tomato Soup (iOS) are both only...
UILocalNotification 100
There are a lot of cases where you will want to notify your user of some event of reminder without actually setting a formal alarm in their Alarm app. The standard solution most developers seem to take in these situations is to setup something like Urban Airship and...
Code Journal 1.3.3 Released
I'm happy to share that Code Journal for Mac version 1.3.3 is now available on the Mac App Store. This build includes a few small tweaks including splitting off from the iOS Github tokens and now has a friendly message for users who have no incoming activity in the...
Taking the Firefox Challenge pt1
There was a point in my life when I was something of an aggressive advocate for open-source and free software. I am still a huge fan of them and do open-source as much code as I can and even contribute to some free software projects, but I've also gone back to a...
No, The Market is not Fine
There has been a lot of discussion recently in the iOS community regarding the so called "health" of the paid application market. My feelings on whether it is better to pay for the software you use to ensure that you are the developer's main customer are well...
About Me
Hi! I’m Mike! I’m a software engineer who codes at The Mad Botter INC. You might know me from Coder Radio or The Mike Dominick Show. Drop me a line if you’re interested in having some custom mobile or web development done.
