Archive for the ‘Generic Rambling’ Category

iPhone app complete

I finished, with some help, my first iPhone app. I think I have to withhold the name as not to falsely take individual credit, but it was done under contract for reallyMedia.
My iPhone application for Chico’s is only now starting to become recognizable from its raw, primordial form. I discovered, or rather deduced, that the [...]

The most egregious thing I know.

I am completely annoyed with open source projects that insist you compile the source on your own machine, rather than offering a release binary. This has got to be the last vestiges of long-bearded engineering running through the veins of the software development ecosystem.
I propose a new rule, if you are going to ask for [...]

The discard pile

I think that in the grand spectrum of things, it is better for a designer, or even a particular kind of developer, to have things in his body of work that he’d rather not associate himself anymore. It shows people that you’ve grown and improved over time, and moreover, that you’ve done enough in your [...]

Urge to make satire site: rising

My first employer finally took down my good looking Flash promo site for their company. Probably more to do with the fact that they can’t keep anyone employed who can actually maintain it, than the fact that it was outdated.
I found the source files for the site and I need to do a little voodoo [...]

Attention: language recognition engines

Please understand when discovering the word “Twilight” in speech, double check for the word “hate” preceding it.
That is all.