When you think of knowledge and learning, what immediately pops into your mind?

Any responses would greatly help! Thanks! (and yes, I’ll have another post detailing the current status of iFlash touch soon).

- Davey

- Davey

It seems that, lately, there’s been a large amount of controversy spreading around the Mac and iPhone developer community, mostly stemming from Apple’s recent decision to ban a few apps from the App Store. 

Well I, personally, think we all need to take a step back for a minute and take a deep collective breath.

First, the three events that have everyone up in arms all happened relatively recently, and Apple really hasn’t had time to figure out what exactly to do. No matter what it may seem like on the outside, Apple is really just a bunch of people who sometimes make rash decisions without fully considering the ramifications. You can safely bet that there is a huge conversation going on right now about what to do, the results of which will probably be revealed soon.

Second, with Apple, it always seems like it gets worse before it eventually gets better. Remember when they offered us the “sweet” solution of web apps for the iPhone? We all know now that was only a stop-gap solution until the App Store could be figured out, but at the time it felt like the end of the iPhone developer world.

Third, although many of us are scared at what comes next, and some have even considered a change to the new Android platform, we should (again) take a step back and realize these are hasty responses to issues that we still know very little about. There’s no need to immediately abandon the iPhone ship because of a few denied apps. Really! Not just yet, anyways.

I am at least as angry (if not more, for reasons I can’t go in to) about the news of Apple denying apps that “duplicate functionality” as anyone else. But I also know that we all need to wait and see what emerges in the coming months.

Then, and only then, should we make a decision.

- Davey

Anyways, enough talk. Here it is!

Nothing too exciting yet, but it’s a good start (especially considering how my original sketch for this screen looked). You’ll notice that the Deck Library is going to be built right into iFlash touch, so anyone, whether they have iFlash on the Mac or not, will instantly get access to over 2,500 decks. Pretty awesome!

I’ll be revealing more screenshots as development continues, so stay tuned!

- Davey

For me, this is the first time I’ve actually lived in a city, and the experience is, well, very different! There are so many types of people here, ranging from the “hipsters” (saw the term on Yelp.com, heh), to the tourists taking pictures left and right, to the beggars asking for money on seemingly-random street corners. It’s both awesome and scary, but it sure makes for some fun people watching :-).

The transition from suburbia to a city obviously carries many challenges, but what I wasn’t expecting is how awesomely convenient it is to live in the middle of literally everything. Within 10 minutes, I can walk to endless restaurants, book stores, coffee shops, companies, parks… basically anything I’d ever need.

I’ll repeat this again, since it still blows my mind. I can walk to all of this, without breaking a sweat. Whoa.

Anyways, more to come in a future post. It’s time for me to continue my hunt for an actual place to live!

- Davey

Loopware blog posts

Journal blog posts

Thanks!

- Davey

So I’ve converted back to WordPress for my blog. I liked Chyrp, but upgrading it was too much of a hassle to keep using it. Unfortunately, during the conversion process all existing comments were lost, but feel free to leave new ones!

It’s been a while since I’ve posted about iFlash on the iPhone, and unfortunately I don’t have much to report. I’ve been busy doing an internship at Apple for the last 3 months, which has put a damper on my plans to have a working version out soon. I’m hoping to find some time to work on it soon though, and I’ll try to blog about it more regularly once there’s more to see.

If anyone’s interested in seeing the mockups, I could probably find a way to get those posted as well.

Thanks!

- Davey

Sorry about the downtime. I’m still working on getting the blog back up in running order. Thanks!

Does anyone know of some good Windows flash card programs out there? I’m having a hard time finding one to recommend. (And, if you happen to make one for Windows, please email me!)

Thanks!

- Davey

Just a quick note. If you try updating through the iFlash updater (by clicking the iFlash menu and selecting “Check for New Version”), iFlash will report that it can’t reach the Loopware servers. Until I fix this problem, you can download/update iFlash by visiting the following link:

http://www.loopware.com/iflash/download.php

Thanks!

- Davey

Apple, if you’re listening, don’t add Flash to the iPhone!

Just a random thought.