WWDC 2013 Videos of Interest

WWDC 2013 Videos of Interest Introducing Text Kit Advanced Text Layouts & Effects with TextKit Building User Interfaces in iOS7 Custom Transitions Using View Controllers Customizing Your App’s Appearance for iOS 7 Introduction to Sprite Kit Designing Games with Sprite Kit Getting Started with UIKit Dynamics What’s New in iOS User Interface Design Pretty much all the Whats New…

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Apple’s iOS7 and the future of development

Sure iOS7 brings a lot of technological advances. But more importantly, it sets a new precedent in the Software Development industry. Here are a reasons: 1). An Elite development team. Many people complain about Apple shutting out developers by not opening up. It’s funny because their code is open, you just have to be willing to pay. Where disgruntled programmers see disappointment, I see a company filtering an elite team of outsourced developers to keep pushing the envelope where only the savviest survive. 2). An evermore demanding market niche. I downloaded ios7 on Monday like most devs. The first thing I noticed was Skype crashing and Testflight failing to install.… Read More

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No free lunch…

I started coding in iOS since 2009.  I do it part time because I have a full time job, so I dedicate about 3 hours a day, 5 days a week. I am a tech guy, always have been.  Studied Biochemistry and picked up ASP, PHP and moved into iOS.  But because I live in a country where technicians are highly undervalued, I got my MBA in 2000.  So I know a thing or two about how to run a business. So when I started meeting indies in 2009, I approached them and said, “I have some ideas for an app, is anyone interested in working with me?”.  Their response… Read More

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