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iOS Brownbag: View vs. Layers (including Clock Demo)
For many iOS developers, layers are a lower-level, complex version of the UIView. In reality, it’s the UIView which is a thin layer on top of CALayer. Unfortuntely, 95% of the iOS books and documentation out there talk almost exclusively about the UIKit and so it’s no surprise we get that impression. In this blog, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
John Blanco :: Chief Architect
I firmly believe that coding is life. I started back when I was 10 years old on my Tandy TRS-80. I've been writing apps professionally for 15 years, including 6 years in mobile.
There is no greater feeling than creation, and no finer creation than a great app. Each time you publish one, you give millions of people the ability to do something new in a way they couldn't do it before. Now, with online distribution, it's never been so easy to actually get your app into their hands!
I love what I do!
Shannon Garrett :: Lead Designer
With a passion for all things design and technology, I am focused to face the challenge of simplification in mobile design. I have been designing digitally for over 13 years streamlining media from print to web, and now into hands with mobile devices.
I have an ambition to bring visions to life within good design and usability down to each detail.