I was really happy that I was able to learn enough Objective-C to make my own app, put it on the App Store, and see other people getting use out of it. The response has been great so far, and I’m planning lots of new improvements already. But I’d be lying if I didn’t admit there was one thing, visually, about the app that was bugging me. And that was the default Apple keypad. Not that I don’t think Apple’s keypad is a great design.…

I work with an amazing team at Bombing Brain Interactive. While my role there has always been visual and user experience design, along with web site development, one of my goals this year was to branch out a little into real, honest-to-goodness app coding. Not that we don’t already have an abundance of coding talent going on with Gene and Tim, but because I wanted to improve my skill set and make myself more valuable to the group in any way I could. I believe firmly that in order…

Red Sweater Blog – MarsEdit 3.5.3: Mea Culpa: “So the focus on MarsEdit 3.6 was instantly sidelined, and MarsEdit 3.5.3 was brought to existence in the space of about an hour today, taking this critical bug fix and a couple other less urgent fixes that didn’t make it in time for 3.5.2.” (Via The Red Sweater Blog.) I love when developers are this communicative and up-front about their mistakes. Amazing how the little one-person shops tend to do this way better than the…

10 Years of Touts: A collection of little rotating “tout” graphics we had at the top of the old site. The oldest modification date? 2002 — 10 years ago. Through these touts, you can basically see everything we’ve done over the last 10 years. The passage of time generally freaks me out, so it’s a little overwhelming for me to see these all in one place, but it’s also kind of nice and comforting to see that, man, we’ve done a lot of stuff. (Via Panic Blog)…