product design Let's focus on the Interface Layer It's not unusual to see ideas for different interactions for products that already exists in abundance. Everyone kinda wants their own little ideas baked in, and it usually comes from frustration experienced first
marketing SaaS marketing – scratching the surface This is primarily my beliefs around how to create distribution for a SaaS product, packed with links to what I regard as the go-to resource for each topic. This is not a "
iOS Presenting iOS View Controller as bottom-half Modal Presenting view controllers in iOS is a trivial thing. At least if you can do with the capability provided by iOS out of the box. But sometimes it makes sense to go a
design Overwhelmed by the Full Width I almost always prefer adding stuff to a page with a constrained, fixed width. Of course the width will adjust to the device viewing the page, but building a page in a web
Apple TV Playing video in an Apple TV App with tvOS in Swift So yesterday I did a small little experiment with tvOS, namely a TVML based app which was fun to see how Apple is trying to make it more accessible to new developers (TV
Apple TV An experiment with client-server apps on Apple tvOS I've spent a little time digging into the SDK for the new Apple TV - tvOS - specifically using the client-server app architecture. In about an hour I got a local Node.js
API APIs are the new Business Development Back in 2008 I spent months and months on integrating with a new partner that the company had hit up. Literally hit up. Talk, meet, go out for lunch, out for beers, meet
business Things without substitutes In the business of software, there are no substitute for a great product if you want to truly succeed. Look at all the companies you admire - the one thing they all have
Azure Adding SQL Azure database as Linked Resource to Web App The so called Azure Preview Portal, that has been in preview for ages and ages, is less than ideal or should I say confusing in a few places. One thing I particularly find
Azure Be aware of how Azure auto-assigns Resource Groups Resource Groups in Microsoft Azure is used to structure all your apps, databases, services, VMs etc. into logical containers that you can manage at once. But when you create new resources, the Azure
design Adding more depth to modal View Controller Transitions in iOS The default modal view controller transition in iOS is something that I've become a little annoyed of. If the view controllers (the one being presented, and the one presenting the modal view) both
design Prototyping your iPhone app idea You have an idea for an iPhone app. You believe it's great. You can think of so many ways it will be successful. In fact, you can only think of how your app
iOS iOS 9 news - Notes from following WWDC 2015 remotely I'm not at WWDC 2015. Unfortunately! But this year Apple has made it a much better experience to follow along without a ticket. They release WWDC 2015 videos on a daily basis and
iphone Home Button gestures on iPhone Since the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, the increased screen size has caused new issues for single hand navigation around the OS that I notice on a daily basis. The worst impact is
iOS Text Recognition in iOS with Tesseract OCR OCR is an old technology. I remember from my early days with my own computer that I bought a handheld scanner that featured OCR capabilities, and I experimented with handwritten notes to see
iOS Easily display different formats of your logo in Swift I constantly make very small UI sub classes in my iOS apps to make it easy to display a certain type of label, button or text field. I'm using Swift in my current
iOS A Vibrant Background Image View in Swift A while back I wrote about how you could make the transition from Launch Image to root view controller look smooth with a background image as large as the iPhone 6 Plus resolution.
design A Weird Case of UIVibrancyEffect on iPhone 6 vs. iOS Simulator I've often seen a couple of differences between how a real iPhone device and the iOS simulator renders some advanced stuff. But it's often the iOS simulator that is acting out, and everything
ideas Allowing an Idea to go Out of Control By natural instinct, most people and organizations tend to get defensive and protect their ideas and products when they start to go beyond their control. I'm not talking about Blockbuster who refused to
iOS Present iOS 8 Share Extension as Modal View I was having a little fun creating a share extension for iOS 8 in Swift. One problem I quickly stumpled upon was the need to get rid of the storyboard so that I
design Fall in Love with the Problem - get over the Solution We've all been seduced by the awe of a genius and beautyful solution to a problem. As developers and entrepreneurs we just love new technology and simple solutions, and we often jump right
iOS Is $19.99 the new $3.99 for iOS apps? A lot of data has recently been shared about revenue numbers of popular iOS apps. Overcast, Manual, Dash for Mac, Unread and Monument Valley to name the articles I've bumped into the most.
integration Integration as Marketing In regard to iOS apps, this is not as relevant as it was before the app-to-app integration features of iOS 8. Basically instead of just integrating another app/product with your own, you
programming Programming books Programming books or just books on the topic of developing software, are a great source of inspiration. If you’re a software developer or you work at a software company, maybe this reading
iOS A couple of iOS and Mac developer tools I can't live without I just updated my config on GitHub and added a few iOS and Mac developer (and design) tools that I can't live without. First of all there's PaintCode - the name is pretty
