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Geocoding for iPhone 3.0

While playing around with the iPhone 3.0 SDK beta, I found a glaring omission in Apple’s Maps SDK. The SDK has a class for reverse geocoding coordinates to corresponding addresses, it doesn’t allow for the reverse (geocoding). I would guess this has something to do with an agreement with Google, but it just seems like [...]

Escalate, Only If Absolutely Necessary

Last summer one of my dining room chairs had a leg break off, half way down (a very odd location), but it looked like it was just a weak spot in the wood. Because it happened under normal use I felt I could go to the manufacture with a clear conscience and

Installing an Ad Hoc iPhone / iPod Touch Application

Are you friends with an iPhone developer? Have you been conned into testing the ultimate fart app? Well you’ve probably ended up with two files in your email that you have no idea what to do with. Here’s how to get in on all the farty goodness:

Obtaining your iPhone’s or iPod Touch’s UDID

A UDID is a code that is used to uniquely identify each individual iPhone / iPod Touch. So why do you need this number? Well there could be several reasons, but if you’re an end user, it’s probably to give to a developer to allow you to install a program that isn’t yet available on [...]

When to reinvent the wheel

Continuing with the trend of cliché titles, I thought I’d discuss the use of pre developed tools, libraries and Content Management Systems or CMSs. Choosing which code to write from scratch and which bits to pull from already written projects can be quite the art.

The Office 201

By: Olivia Lorriane Pederson

Hybrid Web Applications

Breaking the flow when you’re in the middle of getting stuff done is not only a nuisance at the time, but if it’s happening over and over it begins to drag down your morale, productivity begins to suffer as a result, and effects the bottom line quickly.

Does your branding stink of old wieners?

…well maybe it should!
I used to think of myself as an artistic fellow. Someone with an inherit knack for the graphic arts. But I was recently humbled by the branding genius of a local Mexican restaurant. I will only go so far – these amigos however are “shaping” the future.

SaveTheDevelopers.gone

There’s been a lot of talk going around about the end of Internet Explorer 6. I used to think the day would never come. Then, sites like SaveTheDevelopers.org, ieDeathMarch.org, and most recently, DearIE6.com began sprouting up. I had hope.

Web Strategy While Scrutinizing Spending

I can’t believe how many times I hear people talking about how they are going to change where, and how they spend their money, yet do little about it.  They are aware of the waste that is going on, talk about reducing it, but then when it really comes time to do something about it [...]