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Clients: Getting a Better Project Price…from a Denver iPhone Developer
My experience as a technical consultant has taught me what the best projects to pursue are, how to smell a rat, and how to come up with the highest bid that wins. I don’t know, maybe I bid low, or too high, who knows, but I’ve got a great conversion rate on getting contracts signed […]
An Open Letter to Apple: Please Kill Synthesis in iOS 6!
And John Blanco penned an open letter to Apple… Dear Apple, The gig is up. I see what you’re doing. You’re trying to fix one of biggest follies of iOS development that the mainstream doesn’t know about but us developers do. You want to kill Objective-C. It’s obvious. No no, it’s not that you added […]
RIV Announces RaptureXML for iOS!
I’m so pleased to announce a new project that’s now on GitHub called RaptureXML. It was born from the sheer aggravation using any of the current XML frameworks has caused me — and I’m sure every other iOS developer out there! The beauty of RaptureXML is the ability to use query paths, which leverage a […]
The Ruby Version Manager
If you’re doing Ruby and not using RVM, you simply need to be. There’s not only a big difference between Ruby 1.8.7 and 1.9, but you’ll likely want some different gemsets to use different Rails versions, including the new 3.x series. Here’s the most concise guide possible for setting up RVM. (Mac OS X instructions […]
InnerBand Tutorial Part 2: Core Data Quick and Easy!
This is the second part of a multi-part series on the InnerBand Framework. Previously, in InnerBand Tutorial Part 1: Introduction and Functions, I reviewed what the InnerBand Framework is and the basic mechanics of its macros. The various Apple frameworks are hit and miss. Some of them, such as UIKit, are spot on in their […]
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!