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Apple Reference Image: Trust But Verify
Apple published a whitepaper about their new approach for verifying photos are what they claim to be and how they might have been edited.
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Notes on making apps, running a small software business, and working from wherever we happen to be.
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2026
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What I Use for iPhone App Development in 2026
iPhone dev tools roundup. The apps I keep in my Dock.
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Buy My Apps, Help Me Buy a Duo: Introducing GoPhoneMe
The iPhone Duo is priced like a laptop. So I built a Fun Raiser.
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Introducing ProofRoll: Photo Reports and Before & Afters for Every Job
My new iPhone app for service pros. Take job photos, track your time on site, and send a branded PDF report before you leave the driveway.
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Making Stare Master, the Game I Sat on Since 2013
A prototype eye imaging app for diabetes monitoring gave me an idea for a staring contest game. Thirteen years later, it's now on the App Store.
2020
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Thoughts on MVPs
If an MVP fails, it missed on the V.
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Family Diversions in a Time of Isolation
I’m writing this at the beginning of what is likely to be for many – but not all, naturally, which I fully understand – a long period of working from…
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Part-Time Digital Nomad: Remote Work and Worldschooling
Two things I knew when I was a kid in the early-1990s: 1) the Internet is totally amazing, and 2) being able to work from anywhere sounded like…
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Every Company is a Technology Company
“In short, software is eating the world.” – Marc Andreesen Every company is a technology company, they just may not know it yet. Even yours. I’ve been…
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Relearning to Write
Do you remember when you were in high school, and for the yearbook your classmates would vote for what everyone might be doing later in life? Most…
2016
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Coming Soon: “3Up Video“
Super-simple new video app from the maker of SketchParty TV and TTL. There’s a terrific business book by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson…
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Introducing “Truth Truth Lie” for iMessage
Available now! Get it on the iMessage App Store. I’m like most app developers. Every year at the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), Apple shows us…
2015
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Giving Thanks: How SketchParty TV Did This Year at Thanksgiving
This year’s Thanksgiving was the best SketchParty TV has had since its debut in 2012. Thank you! I make a family-friendly party game for Apple TV and…
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SketchParty TV for the new Apple TV: The Story so Far
In June of 2011 I had the privilege of attending Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC). It was an incredible conference; I met some great…
