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Apple Watch Impressions: A Day Without My iPhone
I received my Apple Watch yesterday after an arduous, never-ending 10-day wait that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. Since the March announcement, I have intentionally kept myself in the dark on the details of this new Apple product. Does it have a microphone? I didn’t know. Can you make calls on it? I really […]
The Horrors of Sub-Contracting
I’ve been a full-time mobile consultant now for three years and, even in that short period of time, I’ve seen the kind of work I do change a lot. When I started, I did a lot of projects for budding entrepreneurs and fixed-bid work. I loved it! But over time, partly due to the allure […]
Getting the Charles Debugging Proxy to Work with iOS
The Charles Web Debugging Proxy is a near mandatory tool for any developer. Getting it to work with your desktop apps is usually very easy since it just…works. However, for use with mobile, there are a couple tricks. Configuring for the iOS Simulator The iOS Simulator is a native app that “imitates” your iTouch device. […]
Speeding up Android Studio
I’ve been using Android Studio for about a year now, adopting it early to get a jump on things. And in that time, I’ve certainly had my share of frustrations with it, but it’s going to be a superior tool to ADT when it comes out of beta, so it’s worth it to use it […]
How to Create a Flappy Bird Clone with SpriteKit in 20 Minutes
First, create a project in XCode. We’ll call it “Floaty Avian.” Next, bring in the SpriteKit and… WHY ARE YOU READING THIS? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?? THERE’S A MILLION GREAT GAMES ON THE APP STORE, AND YOU’RE **STILL** HUNG UP ON THIS ONE? IT’S GONE. YOU’RE AN IPHONE DEVELOPER! I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU CLICKED […]
John Blanco
I've been writing mobile apps professionally for 10 years: Blackberry, Java, ME, iPhone, Android. I've gotten dozens of apps into the various App Stores for dozens of clients, big and small.
My current specialty is in iOS and Xamarin development. If you need an app written at a fixed price or just need a hourly developer to give a boost to your current team, I might be your guy.
Let's make an app!