In 1986, Fred Brooks wrote a paper about software engineering entitled “No Silver Bullet”. I won’t bore you with the gory details, but the summary is that there are complexities and difficulties in software engineering that always exist no matter …
This is one of my favorite scenes from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Quark explains that “The bigger the risk, the bigger the win”. Learn to laugh at tough situations. Food for thought in life…
One indie developer (Dong Nguyen as of Feb. 4, 2014) has the #1, #4 and #9 top free apps in the iOS app store. Flappy Bird – #1 Super Ball Juggling – #4 Shuriken Block – #9 This is astonishing …
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We updated our You Doodle icon a few weeks ago and it’s been well received. Downloads are up and people are using the app more. Looks like the app icon does matter after all 🙂
The following is not intended as a guide or critique to iOS app store ranking, rather it is about iOS app store search and discovery. On the iOS app store, there are three ways to appear in search results: – …
Almost everyone agrees that an app icon needs to be simple, eye-catching, beautiful, brand representative, etc. I’m not so sure after seeing the app MomentCam rise to the top of the photo and video charts in iOS. Check out their …
Factorials have always fascinated me, partly because of their use in statistics and probability. Factorials have an explosive growth pattern. They also appear in our every day lives (if you have a day job in an office at least). Where …
Found this gem on stackoverflow: – (NSString *) platformString{ NSString *platform = [self platform]; if ([platform isEqualToString:@”iPhone1,1″]) return @”iPhone 1G”; if ([platform isEqualToString:@”iPhone1,2″]) return @”iPhone 3G”; if ([platform isEqualToString:@”iPhone2,1″]) return @”iPhone 3GS”; if ([platform isEqualToString:@”iPhone3,1″]) return @”iPhone 4″; if ([platform …
I spend a lot of time in the Photo / Video category of the iOS app store. That’s mainly because I have an app, You Doodle that’s in the app store and ranked about 100 on any given day in …
I’ve often thought of an iconic scene from the movie Braveheart and how it pertains to software development. The clip is entitled “As it Matters in Battle” and is shown here: How in the world does this even relate to …