Hi There, Just wanted to write a quick post about targeted advertising. Everyone seems to hates ads, and this probably comes from the days of old when you didn’t have control over your ads, such on the radio or tv, and yes, those are annoying. They are non-optional. They are often not relevant. They are not targeted. However, this is changing. With the internet the times are a changin’ and we’re starting to see more and more targeted ads. What are targeted ads? Basically they’re ads meant for you. You (should) only get ads relevant you your life. Men won’t [ Read More ]
Hi there I’ve started to notice a trend in the app store, and I wanted to share my thesis about what is happening. These days we’re seeing some incredibly awesome apps come to the store, the latest of which was probably Clear, a todo app that has a clean, almost metro, UI and a great UX to boot. Joining Clear would be Path, Reeder, Tweebot etc. These sorts of apps are what I want to dub ‘iOS Apps 2.0′ (from Web 2.0) and are sort of what happened to the web, when we saw the rise of Web 2.0 services [ Read More ]
Hi There, After my greater than random chances with predicting technology trends in 2011 and 2010, I thought I’d quickly write up my guesses/hopes for 2012. In no particular order… 1)iPhone 5 and Retina iPad 3. These new products will feature redesigns as well as the usual speed boosts and performance gains. 2)Windows Phone 7.6/8. This update will boost market share but will still remain behind android and iOS. It will feature Kinect integration. Also Windows 8? 3)Android will reach more devices, will be of low quality, but cheap, thus gaining more market share. 4)Facebook will have an IPO, (go [ Read More ]
Hi There, I recently got send Windows Phone 7 device in the form of a LQ Quantum. So far I really like the phone, and runs WP 7 really smoothly. There are however some things that have started to irritate me, but I’ll come to those later. Firstly,on first boot of the phone, like an iPhone would ask you for your Apple ID credentials, the windows phone asked for your Windows Live ID – and this was seamless since I still remembered my hotmail details from my youth. The set up was a few taps and I was in [ Read More ]
“I have just had the best weekend of my life…I went there to make contacts, find work experience and to learn. I came out with that and much, much more!” - Sam Jarman, iOS freelance developer, on NZiDev 2010 Hi There As this years coerced poster boy for NZiDev, A conference for iOS and other mobile developers, I feel its my duty and privilege to tell you how the weekend went. Overall I think the weekend was better than last year’s. Different, yet familiar. It was run in the same bar camp style (“an [ Read More ]
Hi There, This holiday period I’ve decided to pop up a nice we message in Align It, thanking the user for the download, and offering them a seasons greetings. I decided to do this in code, but using NSDate to see whether or not the date they open the app is in the holiday period (I’m going to use the Apple shutdown period as a guide, 23rd-29th of December). After a bit of study of the NSDate API, I came up with the following code. (Since there isn’t yet a inHolidayPeriod method yet ) Firstly you need to input the [ Read More ]
Hi There, I’ve been wanting to do this post for well over a year now, and I really want to share my top 5 movies. I hope you guys agree, or some good discussion ensues. Here they are, in no particular order. 1) The Social Network This movie is about how Facebook came into being. It features an AWESOME soundtrack as well as great acting by all the cast. While its not terribly accurate to what really happened, this film is still a really good watch. 2) Tron: Legacy This is on my list for the CGI Alone (and [ Read More ]
Hi All, I really like the new scrolling in Lion. Love it. Makes a lot of sense. I hate going back to old computers now. Love the mono chrome. Enjoying Full screen Xcode. Be safe, click away, have fun. Sam PS. Still don’t like spaces gone.. I find it a bit slower. And state saving annoys me. Before I begin, Id like to say that I’ve been using 10.7 Lion for 24 hours now, and my opinion is likely to change… but here is my opinion right now. I hate [ Read More ]
Hi All, As you might have known, lately I teamed up with Game inventor Brooke McKenzie to create Align It! for iPhone and iPod Touch. This week we’re giving away 3 free copies of the game. All you need to do to tweet from the button below! Don’t change the text otherwise we might not be able to find your entry! Good luck! Tweet Cheers Sam Oh, and if you can’t wait… heres the free version! UPDATE: Thanks to all those who entered. Congrats to @elbabyyeh, @kimblearbuthnot and @delphijunkie for winning promo codes for [ Read More ]
Hi There, Just a few days ago I passes a significant milestone, 3 years on twitter. I was one of the first of my friend circle to adopt it, and I watched many more wonderful people join the service. Some lessons I have learnt: 1) It’s not all about followers. I joined twitter, like everyone else in the hopes of becoming the next youtube type star… that quickly dimished when I had gotten one follower in the first week, and that was a spam bot. I then proceeded to try those services which promised follow backs, and that worked, [ Read More ]
