Blake

It’s no lie that I like Apple products. I have a MacBook Pro, two iPods (80 GB Classic and 8 GB 1st generation iPod Touch, and a recently purchased Magic Mouse. I think that Apple makes some great products, even though I’ll admit that some of them are a bit overpriced. Is the price justified? [...]

Sad day (http://mashable.com/2010/04/30/lala-shutdown/). At least they’ll keep the site going until May 31st. Good news: I’m getting a $25 gift cert for iTunes!

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The Apple iPad will be released next month, and how will it change technology and what we do? Analysts predict that there will be heavy adoption among enterprises. It’s conceivable that professionals like insurance adjusters and doctors would greatly benefit from great apps on the iPad. But what does the iPad offer to the everyday [...]

I’m taking a mobile development class this semester, and we’re learning how to develop applications on the iPhone and Android. This last weekend I went over a tutorial published by O’Reilly books. Elizabeth goes over how to tie together a UINavigationController, UIViewController, UITabController, and UITableViewController all in one app. You definitely want to already be [...]

What are you looking for in someone you’re interested in? I ask myself that on occasion, and there are things that stay constant and other things that change from month to month or even week to week. Through it all, I keep coming back to having some similar interests on the top of my list. [...]

“You’re a great guy.”

I don’t think that the iPad will ever get Adobe Flash. It’s not a matter of technical feasibility, but I think that Apple will ever allow it. The fact of the matter is that Apple manufactures hardware devices and sells the content to go along with it. Apple would cannibalize its content sales if they [...]

iPhone development is pretty stinking sweet. So I wanted to play around with some accelerometer hardware, but I don’t have an iPhone or iPod touch (yet), so I only had to work with the simulator. I tried using the shake gesture inside the simulator, but it doesn’t register any accelerometer data when you shake the [...]

One of my resolutions for the new year is to read at least one book every month. It’s already halfway through January, and I’m doing pretty good so far. Today I just finished Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. I could not put down this book. Gladwell addresses issues of are we a product of our environment, [...]