Speaking at VTM and 360iDev This Fall

  • September 10, 2010
  • Kirby Turner

Fall is almost here and it’s going to be a busy on for me. Not only will I be heads down trying to finish my upcoming book, I will be speaking at two iOS developer conferences. The first conference is Voices That Matter in Philadelphia on October 16 and 17. This will be my first VTM, and I’m very excited to be apart of the event. There are a lot of great talks planned for the 2-day conference. My talk will be on the advantages of writing universal apps for iPad and iPhone. Early bird pricing ends today so register now to save money. Use the discount code PHASPKR to save even more money.

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My App Store Pricing Experiment: The Final Chapter

  • September 01, 2010
  • Kirby Turner

Today is my final update on the pricing experiment I started back in May. You can read the previous posts here and here. The goal of the experiment was to see if the sales trend for Labor Mate would continue at the higher price of $1.99. After three full months, I can say the higher price has done more harm than good.

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iPad Stylus Review

  • August 29, 2010
  • Kirby Turner

I admit I don’t have a strong need for a stylus when using my iPad, but there have been occasions when I wish I had one. Using my finger to take notes in a drawing app is sometimes frustrating to me. My finger drawn text is usually too large, and on hot summer days, my finger doesn’t always glide smoothly over the surface of my iPad. So I decided to give an stylus a try. The problem was, which stylus to buy.

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ANN: Hey Peanut 1.3 is in the App Store

  • August 26, 2010
  • Kirby Turner
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Hey Peanut 1.3 is now available in the App Store. The 1.3 update to Hey Peanut includes a new safari theme and all new animal sound effects.

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Don't Rely on UIDevice orientation for Rotation

  • August 23, 2010
  • Kirby Turner

Last week I tweeted about having rotation issues with an iPad app I’m working on. This is the second time in recent weeks I’ve encountered rotation issues in an app. In both instances I was using a UIScrollView so I started thinking the UIScrollView was source of my problems. In the most recent instance the UIScrollView contains a UIView that uses a number of CALayer instances for content display.

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New Safari Theme for Hey Peanut

  • August 21, 2010
  • Kirby Turner

At long last, a new theme is coming to Hey Peanut. Hey Peanut 1.3 was submitted to Apple today. This update includes a new safari theme for toddlers to enjoy. There is a hippo, giraffe, zebra, and a friendly lion. Also included in this update are all new animal sounds recorded from actual animal.

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Crazy Busy Last Week

  • July 27, 2010
  • Kirby Turner

Life has been crazy busy over the last week but fun at the same time. I’m wrapping up a client project, and last week I spoke about iPad programming at the NYC iPhone Developer Meet-up. The next day I followed up the talk with a one-day training class on learning iPad programming. Thanks goes out to Julio Barros of E-String for keeping me busy last week, I mean for giving me the opportunity to talk and teach.

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Some Useful Books for iOS Developers

  • July 26, 2010
  • Kirby Turner

Last week I had the opportunity to teach a one-day class on learning iPad programming. One of the students asked what books I recommend. A friend asked the same question over the weekend, so I thought I might as well post the list of books on iOS and Objective-C programming I have found helpful.

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A Really Simply Timer

  • July 19, 2010
  • Kirby Turner

A friend asked if I would put together a sample iOS app that shows how to display a stopwatch timer like the one used in Labor Mate. It seemed like a fun exercise to break up the night, so I said, “Sure, why not.”

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