Let’s Kick Ass In 2009

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

I’ll keep this short and sweet. I’m grateful to my family for supporting and encouraging me in my life pursuits. In particular, to my wife Chrissa and my infant son Henry. It’s cheesy but true, their love keeps me going every day. I’m also grateful to everybody on the internet who gives me the time […]

Touch And Go Pricing

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

There has been much debate in the iPhone developer community about the price of applications for sale in Apple’s App Store. These prices are trending cheaper and cheaper, such that even products of considerable complexity are often available for just $1 or $2. I have myself experimented with selling a dirt-cheap and dead-simple application, Shush, […]

Textcast 1.0

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

Congratulations to my friends Dave Dribin and Wolf Rentzsch, whose recently formed company, Bit Maki Software, has just released its maiden product: Textcast 1.0. The application is designed to make it easy to turn any text from the web, an RSS feed, or a simple text file, into an audio podcast you can listen to […]

The Gift Of Software

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

The holidays are upon us, and if you’re anything like me, you’ve put off buying gifts for your friends and loved ones until almost the last minute! I hope you won’t overlook the possibility of sending the gift of software this year. Thanks to a new feature in the Red Sweater Store, it’s finally easy […]