I recently purchased a new iMac, a lovely Core i3 27″ beauty that swayed me over from six year of Apple laptop use. So far, the computer has been wonderful. The processor and faster memory offered a great performance improvement over my unibody MacBook, and the improvement in graphics power was incredible. Overall, I’m very [...]
TipCounter is finally available for sale in iTunes for iPhone & iPod Touch! Catering specifically to bartenders & servers, TipCounter makes it a breeze to keep track of your tips during shifts and see just how much money you’re bringing home. Tip Counter is the easiest way to keep track of tips from any job. [...]
Are you a bartender or server who likes to keep up with your tips? If so, be sure to signup for the beta to my latest iPhone app, Tip Counter! Tip Counter lets you easily track your tips earned per shift, across multiple jobs. With this app, never wonder what you’re bringing home. Tip Counter [...]
The iPad is changing things. How do I know this you ask? Take my word for it. I met a friend for dinner last night, another programmer and Apple “enthusiast” like myself and brought along the iPad for him to play with while we were geeking out. The waitress asks us what that gorgeous thing [...]
I’d like to introduce my first open source project, entitled PharosPHP. PharosPHP is a lightweight Object-Oriented framework aimed at providing common and useful functionality to developers, in order to create powerful and flexible applications quickly. Overview I create custom web applications for a living and found myself needing a common toolset across projects. I looked [...]
Apple announced today that they will be holding an event for the media on October 20th entitled “Back to the Mac” where they will showcase the next version of Mac OS X. I’m really hoping for something in Mac OS X to blow me away – so far 2010 has been relatively quiet on the [...]
With the recent announcment of Google’s instant search results, and late last week “YouTube Instant” – there comes App Store Instant. Great site that gives you search results for apps in the App Store, well, instantly. Certainly several times faster than the pokey iTunes Store itself. Check it out for yourself: http://appoftheday.com/instant/
I’ve been an advocate for Bluehost for several years now, as I’ve been with them for 4 years. They’ve always provided excellent service in the “super cheap” hosting range. The basic plan is 6.95/mo and has served me well, powering this website as well as a few others. However, I have reached my frustration point with [...]
For those of you that haven’t heard the “earth shattering” news that Apple released yesterday in a a press release, shame on you. Developer Agreement Essentially, Apple tweaked the terms that were added earlier this year in the developer agreement restricting the languages and tools that a developer could use to produce an application for [...]
I love Apple’s MobileMe service – and the improvements that came to the Mail service last month were a huge step forward in the right direction, bringing features such as easy archiving, server side rules, vacation messages, and rich text formatting when composing messages on the web. Now that the update to the Mail service [...]