Juggleware Developers' Blog » alec http://www.juggleware.com/blog news and random thoughts from your friendly neighborhood independent developers at juggleware, llc Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:42:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Just Say No to Payola, or Why I’m Not Paying For a Good Review. http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2012/01/just-say-no-to-extortion-or-why-im-not-paying-for-a-good-review/ http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2012/01/just-say-no-to-extortion-or-why-im-not-paying-for-a-good-review/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:50:00 +0000 alec http://www.juggleware.com/blog/?p=446 Continue reading →]]> http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2012/01/just-say-no-to-extortion-or-why-im-not-paying-for-a-good-review/feed/ 4 Sol: Sun Clock for iPhone now in App Store http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2012/01/sol-sun-clock-for-iphone-now-in-app-store/ http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2012/01/sol-sun-clock-for-iphone-now-in-app-store/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:57:30 +0000 alec http://www.juggleware.com/blog/?p=406

We’ve been working on this one for months and I’m happy to announce that Sol: Sun Clock, our lastest iPhone app, is now available in Apple’s App Store.

It lets you look at the day’s sunlight times, quickly …

]]> http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2012/01/sol-sun-clock-for-iphone-now-in-app-store/feed/ 0 Drawing Text on an Arc in CocoaTouch http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2011/08/drawing-text-on-an-arc-in-cocoatouch/ http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2011/08/drawing-text-on-an-arc-in-cocoatouch/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:41:41 +0000 alec http://www.juggleware.com/blog/?p=381 CoreText is available now in iOS, but it’s not an easy framework to use. After trying several other approaches to draw text on an arc at this Stack Overflow page,  I adapted Apple’s sample code  CoreTextArcCocoa for Mac …

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]]> http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2010/12/psychic-summit-aqua2/feed/ 1 Gaia Herbs app also in store (belated post) http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2010/12/gaia-herbsapp/ http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2010/12/gaia-herbsapp/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 20:18:28 +0000 alec http://www.juggleware.com/blog/?p=316 Somehow, another client job that we completed this year and has been in the App Store since July didn’t make the Dev Blog, so I am going to try to correct that oversight now.

Gaia Herbs appJuggleware was contracted to do the …

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It …

]]> http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2010/12/moped-app-approved/feed/ 3 Climbing the (psychic) summit… http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2010/11/climbing-the-psychic-summit/ http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2010/11/climbing-the-psychic-summit/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:43:16 +0000 alec http://www.juggleware.com/blog/?p=306 I’m putting the finishing touches on our latest app, which is being produced for HD audio/video outfit Psychic Summit.

All I can tell you now is: think Brian Eno’s iPhone apps, or the Buddha Machine……

]]> http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2010/11/climbing-the-psychic-summit/feed/ 0 Apple: Only “professional” satirists can make fun. http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2010/09/apple-only-professional-satirists-can-make-fun/ http://www.juggleware.com/blog/2010/09/apple-only-professional-satirists-can-make-fun/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:43:52 +0000 alec http://www.juggleware.com/blog/?p=303 Well the Freedom Time controversy has long passed from my mind, except when some other story pops up that reminds me.

Today I had the chance to read Apple’s new App Store Approval Guidelines (registered developers can read them here…

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Features:

  • Better caching resulting in fewer sound drop-outs
  • Auto-reconnect on temporarily dropped connection
  • Compatibility with devices running legacy OS 3.x
  • Animated
    • …
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