Mar 7, 2012
Here’s a great comparison showing the difference in OS fragmentation between iOS and Android - http://pxldot.com/post/18754186750/ios-ebb-and-flow.
From the article: “iOS devices have, on average, reached 10% version share 300 times faster than Android versions, 30% share 19 times faster, and 50% share 7 times faster …
Mar 7, 2012
Here are some awesome web charting libraries to make it easy to create nice-looking graphs and charts for your website:
Mar 2, 2012
There are a ton of great looking themes at http://www.tumblr.com/themes/, but to really have full control over the theme, take a look at the Tumblr doc, Creating a custom HTML theme.
Feb 26, 2012
The easiest way to add ads to your iOS app and make the most money is to use a single ad aggregation network. A few popular ones include:
Using one of the ad aggregation networks above will save you the trouble of having to add …
Feb 22, 2012
Here’s a nice article for entrepreneurs that lays out the steps to build a startup from conceptualization to exit. The article lists 5 steps and details each of those steps:
http://www.clarencewooten.com/index.php?page=5-stages-to-startup-success
Feb 22, 2012
A product with great engineering will only get you half way there. The other half is great design. I’ve been playing around a lot lately with graphic design, color palettes, gradients, and text effects using Mac apps like Gimp, Seashore, and Inkscape.
A great way to learn a new …
Feb 22, 2012
Inkscape is a great cross-platform tool for creating vector graphics. After I created some graphics with the basic gradients, border, and 3D effects, I wanted to see what interesting text effects I could create.
Text effects can add a lot of richness and pop to your design. Here’s a …
Feb 22, 2012
It seems like everyone’s using background textures in their mobile apps or on their websites. Here’s a nice article that talks about creating background textures in one my favorite Mac drawing tools, Inkscape:
http://tutorialgeek.blogspot.com/2010/11/texture-in-inkscape.html
Feb 22, 2012
A few people were asking me about how Objective C and its syntax stand out. Common questions came up about Objective C’s properties and synthesize, bracket and dot notation, and function and argument naming, and the class naming with 2 or 3 letter prefixes.
Here’s a quick comparison …
Feb 9, 2012
It’s pretty easy to create an iOS HTTP library, but why bother when there’s a great one already out there?
Check out the ASIHTTPRequest library.