So my app is now available for sale within the iTunes App Store, Huzzah!
I think that this link will work :)
Monday, February 16, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Darwin's 200th Birthday
So tomorrow is Darwin Day, which is a celebration of Darwin's Birth, but actually the 200th such day since his birth. Given that he is in no fit state to enjoy cake or candles, some folks decided to organize events to look at his work, and the state of life sciences. There are events all around Toronto, Mississauga, Guelph and Hamilton featuring films, speakers, booze bashes, you name it and someone has it planned. I encourage people with a free evening to check out the full listing for local events (the search doesn't seem to work in Canada.)
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Ran late liaat night, and forgot to set the alarm, so I am late and tires so no post of worth.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Done, finally, or is it just a begining?
So last night Apple finished processing my contract, and its robots accepted my application for review. I'm about 3 months late, but my app is done. By done, I don't mean that it is finished, but that the first full commercial ready release has been made. My hope is that I will begin to garner some success, and then follow up with more and better releases. All done in my two hour train rides to and from my real work.
Its been a heck of a ride, especially the last few months where real work has been sucking all the room out of my schedule leaving me fewer and fewer hours to work on my app, and the attention my app needed was more then just the one hour intervals could provide. Fixing a defect can take hours of analysis, especially when they are broken up over 5 days. The few last minute problems were all paper work, and graphical, my icon fought me for days, and required external help from Alex before I beat it in to shape. I don't like the final look of the icon, but dammit I decided release the damn app and fix the icon in a future release. Here it is in its fully res glory, and I won't shame myself here with the cruddite version embedded in my app:
For those who haven't seen it, here is a peak into my app:
What the heck is this? Well for those who are D&D 3.5 players out their, this is a spellbook of all the freely available d20 SRD spells. Its a life saver at the game table where I can look things up quickly with out digging through a book. There are a lot of features I intend to add (hides future features from prying eyes of competition) but those will come later.
In the mean time, I plan to sit back for a few weeks, knit a pair of socks (cast them on this morning,) get http://www.rpgtouch.com up and running, and do a whole heck of a lot of work-work in my spare time ):
Probably going to blog a bit more as well, but as always I won't make any promises.
Anyways trains in the stations ttyl.
Its been a heck of a ride, especially the last few months where real work has been sucking all the room out of my schedule leaving me fewer and fewer hours to work on my app, and the attention my app needed was more then just the one hour intervals could provide. Fixing a defect can take hours of analysis, especially when they are broken up over 5 days. The few last minute problems were all paper work, and graphical, my icon fought me for days, and required external help from Alex before I beat it in to shape. I don't like the final look of the icon, but dammit I decided release the damn app and fix the icon in a future release. Here it is in its fully res glory, and I won't shame myself here with the cruddite version embedded in my app:
For those who haven't seen it, here is a peak into my app:
What the heck is this? Well for those who are D&D 3.5 players out their, this is a spellbook of all the freely available d20 SRD spells. Its a life saver at the game table where I can look things up quickly with out digging through a book. There are a lot of features I intend to add (hides future features from prying eyes of competition) but those will come later.
In the mean time, I plan to sit back for a few weeks, knit a pair of socks (cast them on this morning,) get http://www.rpgtouch.com up and running, and do a whole heck of a lot of work-work in my spare time ):
Probably going to blog a bit more as well, but as always I won't make any promises.
Anyways trains in the stations ttyl.
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Just touching base
Hey all, just touching base, nothing really exciting, but I felt I should post something. The house was certainly a spike in excitement, but now we can hurry up and wait. We are really excited, but essentially our hands are tied until Mattamy calls us up and tells us its time to start picking stuff. We tried going out to the design center but the cabinet choices aren't available yet, the price lists aren't available yet, and basically they aren't interested in seeing us for a few months. So hurry up and wait...
Around the house we have, we have started looking around and saying "Okay, what do we have to do to sell this place?" And more importantly is it something we can do sooner and enjoy for the 15 months we have left, or should we wait until the last minute. I think the truth is we need to wait until it gets warm enough to throw the windows open, as we have a lot of drywall repair and paint fumes in our future.
We had a family bout of cold/flu last week and we are all recovered, or at least 90%, but it has made this week tough, and last week worse. Mother nature hasn't really helped with heaps of snow and bad train service. Seriously Monday I was almost 2 hours late after what I can deduce as Go Transit literally greasing/icing their own tracks... Thankfullly Mom was able to pick me up from Meadowvale and get me home or I would have been later still.
I've managed to finish all the paperwork with all the various governments to establish myself as someone who may sell apps on the Apple App store, but now I need to get my act in gear and finish my app. It is also at about 90% but that last 10% is killing me. I know there is a memory leak issue, otherwise the functionality is done. I'm on the cusp of releasing a bad app and fixing it once I get customer bug reports, but I feel the heel for doing it. So I will work for 95% and leave customers with only the last 5. I'm motivated to get it done, because the more apps I can sell, the more upgrades I can get in my new place. If it is successful I have a few ideas percolating that I think will do well, and appeal to a broader customer base.
Anyways that is the news, g
Around the house we have, we have started looking around and saying "Okay, what do we have to do to sell this place?" And more importantly is it something we can do sooner and enjoy for the 15 months we have left, or should we wait until the last minute. I think the truth is we need to wait until it gets warm enough to throw the windows open, as we have a lot of drywall repair and paint fumes in our future.
We had a family bout of cold/flu last week and we are all recovered, or at least 90%, but it has made this week tough, and last week worse. Mother nature hasn't really helped with heaps of snow and bad train service. Seriously Monday I was almost 2 hours late after what I can deduce as Go Transit literally greasing/icing their own tracks... Thankfullly Mom was able to pick me up from Meadowvale and get me home or I would have been later still.
I've managed to finish all the paperwork with all the various governments to establish myself as someone who may sell apps on the Apple App store, but now I need to get my act in gear and finish my app. It is also at about 90% but that last 10% is killing me. I know there is a memory leak issue, otherwise the functionality is done. I'm on the cusp of releasing a bad app and fixing it once I get customer bug reports, but I feel the heel for doing it. So I will work for 95% and leave customers with only the last 5. I'm motivated to get it done, because the more apps I can sell, the more upgrades I can get in my new place. If it is successful I have a few ideas percolating that I think will do well, and appeal to a broader customer base.
Anyways that is the news, g
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Ooops, we did it again
Hey all, this is the first real post in a looooooooong time, just writing to share our exciting news. Erin and I put a deposit on a new home last night! We are super excited, and as of this afternoon the builder has signed the agreement and we are officially on the path to new-new home ownership.
The fast and easy questions: Where are you moving?
Down the street... but specifically here is a google map that pretty much shows where the new house will be (as it doesn't exist I can't be exact.)
View Larger Map
So yes, we are staying in Milton, and staying with the same builder (Mattamy Homes.)
How big is it?
2301 sq-ft (I like the 01, it sound precise.)
And?
Um, 4 bed, 2.5 bath, 1.75 car garage (not full sized, also known as 1+stuff car garage.)
We have an awesome lot with a park behind our house, which really was one of our criteria, we also negotiated a better price (semantically) on the home, which we feel reflects these troubled times
Here is the artists elevation drawing (why do they call them that?)
And the floor plan: (this is showing the 3 bedroom option, we took the four.)
So officially/unofficial we will be hosting Bryan's (to be last name agnostic) Family Christmas 2010.
Assuming it is done in May 2010 on schedule :)
Anyways that is the news, I plan to track excitement here as per the last home, and expect regular Bryan pictures galleries to flow to this location. For those who are still reading, the picture of Loki + Murlock is a clickable link out to a gallery that include Bryan + Murlock images as well.
The fast and easy questions: Where are you moving?
Down the street... but specifically here is a google map that pretty much shows where the new house will be (as it doesn't exist I can't be exact.)
View Larger Map
So yes, we are staying in Milton, and staying with the same builder (Mattamy Homes.)
How big is it?
2301 sq-ft (I like the 01, it sound precise.)
And?
Um, 4 bed, 2.5 bath, 1.75 car garage (not full sized, also known as 1+stuff car garage.)
We have an awesome lot with a park behind our house, which really was one of our criteria, we also negotiated a better price (semantically) on the home, which we feel reflects these troubled times
Here is the artists elevation drawing (why do they call them that?)
And the floor plan: (this is showing the 3 bedroom option, we took the four.)
So officially/unofficial we will be hosting Bryan's (to be last name agnostic) Family Christmas 2010.
Assuming it is done in May 2010 on schedule :)
Anyways that is the news, I plan to track excitement here as per the last home, and expect regular Bryan pictures galleries to flow to this location. For those who are still reading, the picture of Loki + Murlock is a clickable link out to a gallery that include Bryan + Murlock images as well.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
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