Creativity, curiosity, and code
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Playtiles is a new, indie product that lets you play Gameboy-emulated games on your mobile device. It’s a little, credit-card-sized device that “sticks” (not permanently) to your mobile’s screen and gives you buttons that press onto the screen to work as a controller. I won’t post images or detailed descriptions. It’s a simple product easily […]
You probably don't want to build "finished software". But what can we learn by thinking about it as a concept?
In-person events are good. I have missed them.
I’m going through a phase of figuring out what I can get out of the cloud and “own”. Particularly with regard to streaming services. I’ve never paid for Spotify. But I’ve had iTunes Match so that I can take all of the weird, not-on-streaming music that I have (I wrote about this back in 2013!!!!), […]
If you, like me, saw the MacStories article about using an 8BitDo controller for automation and productivity, but couldn't get it working, here's some things that might help!
I don’t do public speaking often. I don’t take my talks on tour. I don’t really like traveling very much, and my family commitments have prevented me getting out much. But when I do… oh boy, it’s a BIG deal.
A list of great little indie iOS (and sometimes Android!) apps recently, and links to the places that I found them - usually interesting newsletters.
Start with good decomposition. Then use encapsulation to create good abstractions. That's how I code. That's how I was taught to code 30 years ago. And it's still how I code today.