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Author Archives: Randall
So long Michigan!
Today I gave my 2 weeks notice at TechSmith. It was a tough choice to make but after lots of deliberation, I decided it was time to try something new. When I was a senior in college 3 years ago, … Continue reading
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Easy App Store Promo Code URLs
Apple lets developers generate 50 promo codes so they can give out their paid apps for free. Developers can use these for reviewers or to get some good PR on Twitter. Apple made it really easy to redeem the codes … Continue reading
Why I’m sticking with GoDaddy… for now.
Yesterday I was all ready to start switching my domains from GoDaddy. I was reading articles about how to do it and wondering how hard it was to migrate a WordPress blog. I got to work and started running WHOIS … Continue reading
RBAdView a simple drop in iAD implementation
It’s pretty easy to add iAds to your iPhone app. The simplest thing you can do is drop an AdBannerView onto your interface in Interface Builder. That is the bare minimum you need to get them working. The problem with … Continue reading
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Where does my blog traffic come from?
It’s been a little over a year since I started this blog and I wanted to look back and see how the blog is doing. I thought it would be interesting to show my most successful posts and explain how … Continue reading
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Afternoon Apps 2: Scrumbled
A few weeks ago I made an app called Descrumbled for cheating at Boggle. I wanted to see if I could build an app in a single afternoon. I built it and released it in one day. The next weekend, … Continue reading
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Taking control of the volume buttons on iOS, like Camera+
Camera+ just got VolumeSnap back in their app. If you don’t know the story, Camera+ used the volume button on the iPhone to snap a picture. Apple rejected their app and kept them out of the store for three months … Continue reading
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Afternoon Apps: Descrumbled
At events like Startup Weekend, you try to build an idea in a weekend. I wanted to see if I could do something even faster. So I bring you Afternoon Apps, where I build an app in a single afternoon. … Continue reading
Making your iPhone app look great on an iPad
Running an iPhone app on an iPad isn’t the best experience. It doesn’t use the iPad keyboard and everything looks very pixelated. Ideally, you would build an iPad version of your app, but that’s not always worthwhile. The iPad is … Continue reading
Building a static library that works on the iPhone and the simulator
Apple’s iPhone simulator runs really smooth and fast. This is because they aren’t emulating the ARM code on your Mac, they’re actually building x86 binaries that will run in the simulator. Because of this, code written for the iPhone needs … Continue reading