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iPad Magazine Publishing

October 26, 2010 // 0 Comments

The  iPad has changed a lot of things in the six months since its introduction. A whole cottage industry of game and utility apps has sprung up for the device. Companies [...]

iPhone prototyping software

August 3, 2010 // 0 Comments

Ask any house builder and they will tell you, don’t put the drywall up before you do the plumbing and electrical. The advice holds true for software as well. Unless [...]

Portable prototyping studio

August 2, 2010 // 0 Comments

Last week we posted an article on iPhone user interface prototyping. Our conclusion was that an analog approach was the quickest way to approach the initial task of [...]

Designing and Prototyping

July 30, 2010 // 0 Comments

Designing  and prototyping is a big part of creating great software applications. Skimping on the design step in hope of shortening the development cycle is a typical [...]

iPhone programming books

July 14, 2010 // 0 Comments

“What do I need to get started?” This is the question we get most often from readers regarding iPhone development. The answer is pretty simple: an Intel-based [...]

TapWorthy apps: Emerald Sequoia

July 8, 2010 // 0 Comments

The App Store has a huge collection of timer apps, clock apps, and apps which count down in every imaginable way. We use them all the time, but we usually don’t [...]

TapWorthy

July 7, 2010 // 0 Comments

t was 1994 and the world had just been introduced to the Newton MessagePad. The Newton was a handheld personal digital assistant (PDA) which was supposed to help you [...]

Finished with Chapter 6

July 1, 2010 // 0 Comments

It has been a while since we updated our progress with the HeadFirst iPhone Development guide. We have been working through the examples from Chapter 4 through Chapter 6. [...]

Multi-monitors

June 2, 2010 // 0 Comments

We were distracted by the flurry of iPad-related stuff coming into the office and neglected our iPhone (and now iPad) programming studies. However, the Memorial Day weekend [...]

Navigating a Touchscreen UI

May 7, 2010 // 0 Comments

The iPad is a great example of how difficult it is for some folks embrace new/different things. For the first time in thirty years a new computer interface has been created, [...]
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