iPhone 7 Plus

As a follow up to my last post, I decided to get the iPhone 7 Plus in Matte Black. As the fool I am, I set an alarm for 3:00am last Friday to wake up and order the phone. At the time, I had the intention of ordering the Jet Black version. However, as soon …
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IPhone 7 and Other Stuff

As anyone who follows tech knows, today Apple released the new iPhone 7, the new Apple Watch Series 2 and some new Apple and Beats headphones. Coming into today’s announcement, most of the iPhone details were known – no headphone jack, new colors, two cameras on the plus model, etc. Apple did manage to pull …
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Introvert Tweets

Introverted. Someone who hates people. Low tolerance for idiots. Shy. Standoffish. Or maybe just a-hole. Whatever label you want to slap on it, sometimes (all the time?) keeping to yourself is the preferred course of action. And I have to admit, these tweets capture thoughts I’ve had and continue to have almost daily: http://thechive.com/2016/08/26/tweets-that-expose-the-inner-thoughts-of-introverts-30-photos/

Apple Watch Sport – First Impressions

I’m not a ‘watch guy’. But I am an Apple guy, and as a developer and runner, the concept of the Apple Watch has me intrigued from a couple different perspectives. Primarily, since Apps are our business, it’s a good business call to be familiar with the technology first hand. Secondly, I currently use a …
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iOS Wallpaper: Rainy Road

As an avid Apple fan and carrier of multiple iOS devices, one of my hobbies is creating Wallpapers for iOS devices. I’ve decided to share some of my favourites here and make them available for download. Hope you like them! Here’s the first of (hopefully) many – I call this one ‘Rainy Road’: iPhone Sizes: …
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Days Without Gets Some Love!

About five years ago, I had an idea to build a simple app to keep track of various goals and streaks in meeting those goals. The result was Days Without, and it was one of the first apps I’d built entirely on my own. Since then, I’ve made some updates, expanded the feature set, and …
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Here's your $40 Billion in Change. Have a Great Day!

Yesterday Apple released their Holiday 2014 Quarterly Financial results, and they were staggering. The charts, numbers, and everything are off the charts. But for me, nothing shows how huge and successful Apple has become, than this bit from 9to5mac.com: The record-breaking numbers also explain why, despite the stock buybacks and dividends paid out by Apple, …
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Umm What? If a BlackBerry CEO Whines on his Blog, does anyone hear him?

This morning I came across the post below from 9to5mac.com and just had to shake my head. Apparently BlackBerry CEO John Chen thinks Apple should be legally required to port iMessage to BlackBerry: “…  Apple does not allow BlackBerry or Android users to download Apple’s iMessage messaging service… This dynamic has created a two-tiered wireless broadband ecosystem, in which iPhone and …
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App Prices Rise in Canada

Apple today increased prices for apps in Canada and across the European Union to account for currency fluctuations. In a quick survey of the app store, I noticed prices are now $1.19 (instead of $0.99), $2.29 (instead of $1.99), and $3.49 (instead of $2.99), etc. While Canada is not a huge market and pricing should …
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A bite of Apple History

Creating the simple is extremely difficult. Dozens, perhaps hundreds, of quality versions all get rejected. Rounds and rounds of seemingly insignificant modifications typically follow. But once you see it, you can’t imagine it any other way. That’s Apple. And it all begins with the iconic logo: http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/myths-and-mysteries-apples-apple-162098