iPhone
A Checklist for your Mobile Functional Spec
When constructing a spec for your client, starting from scratch can be a little painful as it’s very easy to forget the “boilerplate” functionality you need to know about. Here’s a little bootstrap to get you started on what you need to ask: Target Devices – What devices does the app need to run on? […]
Smart Stacks v1.0 for iPad Released!
Pleased to announce that Rapture In Venice, in partnership with Patrick Hansen, has released Smart Stacks, a kids’ educational flash-card app exclusively for iPad! It’s been 6 months in the making and work on it came after all my full-time *and* client work. But, with both of us equally busy, we executed and got it […]
Overriding Your iPhone’s Localization In-App
For my upcoming flash card app for the iPad, I had the unusual challenge of needing to be able to change the app localization based on a user’s selection rather than just depending on the language globally set by the user on their iPhone. The reason is that I want the user to be able […]
Is an Objective-C Minifier Possible?
My coworker-friend-buddy, Sean, and I are putting the final touches on our iPhone framework, iBoost. One thing we have to think about now is how it will integrate with our (and your) applications. There are two basic strategies I’ve seen: Copy the source code into the project. This is never done with Java projects, but […]
Apple Screwed Up (And Not Just With the iPhone 4)
Apple has gotten a lot of bad press lately over the iPhone 4. But, as “AntennaGate” (barf) closes up shop and we move on with life, it’s really important to point out that one other thing the whole controversy has done is cover up for a whole lot of bad decisions by Apple. I’m miffed, […]
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!