Category: Product
Early Apple Watch Thoughts
I’m a huge fan of wearable technology. Not every piece of wearable, sorry Glass, but anything that I can wrap around my wrist. Up until this point I’ve used various fitness trackers to monitor my activity throughout the day. These days I prefer the Misfit Shine to anything else and continue to wear it. I…
6 Simple Tips To Help Generate More Ideas
So you’ve learned how to write code with Swift, but you have no idea what product to build. Let me assure you that this is a pretty common experience. Few begin learning a language with the intent to build a product. The good news is that you’re well ahead of the pack. I assume you…
Let’s Walk Through The Apple TestFlight Experience
If you needed a free way to distribute and test your app in the past, testflightapp.com was the place. Is the new TestFlight still the place? While there are other great alternatives, like Hockey App, it isn’t a perfect solution for those who can’t add a recurring expense to their development cycle. That’s just not…
9 Effective Tips For Improving Code Quality
[alert color=”yellow”]I’m starting this year off with open ears. Please take some time to provide feedback via this short survey. It’ll help me help you.[/alert] When you build a product you inherit a set of expectations. Your team, investors, and, most of all, customers expect it to work well. Also, they expect regular updates that…
20 Essential Tools and Libraries for iOS Developers
Happy New Year! For those who had a break I sincerely hope that you found some time to rest and relax. I usually take advantage of the time to reflect on the previous year and make any adjustments that help to get me to where I want to be. This year I will be doing…
Top 10 Most Common iOS Mistakes During Development
I’ve built dozens of apps since 2008 and have seen quite a few ways developers end up stumbling. They find themselves in an scary position of trying to fix the stumble, or, worse, they completely kill any chance of success. The following list is composed of iOS mistakes that I frequently see. Some of these…
Is it a passion project or a financial project?
Are you working on a project right now or thinking about what you’re going to build next? Before you get too deep into either path, ask yourself a simple question. “Am I building a passion project or am I building a project that’ll help support my family?” These are two very, very different things. When…