iOS Appstore upgrades
There is a bit of talk around upgrade pricing for iOS apps, and the pitfalls around it and why Apple is not likely to offer it any time soon. Amplified(5 by 5). Build and Analyze Instacast 2.0 on The Verge. Most of it boils down to: Developers want – need – to charge for upgrades to keep a product viable. …
Read MoreSo many straw men. So little time. (comments on On why I am not buying RubyMotion)
Cesare Rocchi has an article called On why I am not buying RubyMotion, with his reasons why he’s not going to use RubyMotion (found via the ever useful iOS Dev Weekly). I agree with some of it, but overall, I think it’s a bit of a strawman. Of course, the arguments are almost identical to the arguments for – and against …
Read MoreBreakfast in London – an exercise in disappointment
London has a lot of things going for it – bars, restaurants, shows, great shops, lovely outdoor spaces, generally nice people – but breakfast is not one of them. Sure, there are places where you can get breakfast, but the quality – for someone coming from a society who do breakfast and coffee a lot more than they do drinks – …
Read MoreNew Macbook Pro’s, and upgrading HDDs
About every 12 to 18 months, I make a habit of upgrading our hard drives. This keeps them nice and new, and so far, failure free*. Last time, I got the new (at the time) Seagate Momentus XT, which is a HDD/SSD hybrid drive. It combines a 500GB SATA disk with a 4GB NAND cache. The user, and computer, has …
Read MoreEarnest – the newest member of the FreeAgent (and BigTed) family
Over the last 3 months or so, I’ve been working with FreeAgent on an iOS app for people who are covered by the new HMRC rules around micro-businesses. I’ll let Roan explain it more: But first, a story. Once upon a time (last November to be exact) the benevolent and all powerful HMRC laid down a challenge to the software …
Read MoreFreeAgent announce bank statement link with Barclays and mobileAgent gets more useful
Yesterday, FreeAgent announced that they have integrated with Barclays, so your bank transactions are auto-loaded into FreeAgent. This is a huge step, which would cut out one of the few reasons why I log into the bank (if I used Barclays – HSBC next, please!) This feature, however, makes mobileAgent all the more use. mobileAgent has shown the current bank …
Read MoreThinking about buying MonoTouch or Mono for Android? (5% discount code!)
As might be abundantly obvious, I use and love the Xamarin tools for mobile development – mostly MonoTouch, which I’ve used for all my apps, but also Mono for Android. They are fantastic tools, backed up by fantastic support and an amazing community. Xamarin are now offering 5% off for anyone buying thru their referral program, so if you are …
Read MoreNew Zealand. In Panoramas
These panoramics were taken with AutoStitch on the iPhone 4S. No other retouching. All link to full sized versions. Captions link to Google Maps. Kaiteriteri Awaroa Awaroa
Read MoreNew Zealand. In pictures.
4 days in the US. 21 days in New Zealand. 6 flights (2 business class!). 4 days at Awaroa. Lots of coffee. A fair bit a cider. Lots of sun (and some rain). One small horse with sore feet. Lots of fun.
Read MoreBacking up. You do, don’t you?
Amazon dropped off a new backup drive today, so I thought I’d share my backup “strategy”, because you should be backing up, kinda like you should be flossing your teeth. These days, especially if you have a Mac, it’s so easy that there is no excuse for not doing it. TL;DR: FFS, make sure you backup, and test your backups …
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