Archive for the ‘Software’ Category



Stay

Monday, August 9th, 2010

Stay is a Mac app for arranging your windows based on the display you're using. I've been dreaming of this for years.

Magic Window

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

The best app demo video I've ever seen.

• Acquisition, Part One

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

So how did I go about deciding I wanted to make iPhone apps, getting acquired, and becoming an executive at an award-winning iPhone development company? I went out drinking with Brent Simmons. Everything after that is kind of a blur. About a year ago, I happened to be flying in to San ...

Fundraisin’

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

Mike Berg of WeHeartGames is supposed to speak at 360iDev this month. But things fell through and he can't cover travel expenses. This would merely be a bit of a bummer if Mike wasn't scheduled to speak. But as a contributor, his absence has an impact on the event itself. As ...

iDev – No Foolin’

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

John Wilker, in defiance of today's shenanigans and tomfoolery, has created a one-day discount code good for %22 off registration for 360|iDev. Go here and use the code april1 This is an excellent deal. If you haven't registered already, do so today.

AppStarAwards

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

Glowfish is a finalist in this year's content. Even better, ReadWriteWeb calls Glowfish an "early standout." We're thrilled.

Glowfish

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

This new app is what's been eating up all of my time lately.

South by Southwest

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Paul Carr is the only reason to bother reading Techcrunch. Every word of this is pure gold: Tip One: Don’t go to South by Southwest Interactive. I’m serious. It sucked last year, and it’s going to suck again this year. You’re kidding yourself if you think otherwise. The idea that SXSWi is ...

• KeyGrinder

Monday, February 15th, 2010

KeyGrinder ((iTunes link)) is now available on the App Store. Alex King once told us that he wished someone would make an iPhone app based on the PwdHash project at Stanford to make it easier to use secure passwords on the iPhone. Rather than just rush something out, we decided to ...

Typewar Review

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

It's a bit selfish and unfair, linking to a review of my own app. But when you design a game for a mobile phone, there's really no better compliment than this: I sure thought it was right up mine when I first spotted it last night. The game’s description warned ...

Typewar iPhone App

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Eldarion and Massively Overrated are proud to present the Typewar iPhone app (iTunes link). Our thanks to the Eldarion team for putting so much time into creating an API for us. Jay and I could not be more pleased.

360 iDev

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Brad Ellis and I will be speaking together at iDev San Jose in April. We'll be talking design, of course. The details of our talk will be on the schedule soon. If you'd like to come see us (or any of the other awesome speakers), sign up soon. Use code ...

Letters

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Brent Simmons has kicked off a project to to write a truly great Mac mail client for designers, developers, and power users. The mailing list is already hopping with people — including yours truly — submitting ideas and arguing over defaults. Consequently, the project is still in search of a ...

Boob Party

Friday, January 15th, 2010

There's a free app in the top ten right now called — you guessed it — Boob Party. I haven't downloaded it, and I won't link to it directly, but it does feature reviews like this.

Kiwi

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Slick new Twitter client. (Via Patrick Burleson)