Author Archives: alec

Sol: Sun Clock 2.0 has been submitted to the App Store; current version now 1/2 off.

Posted on July 31, 2013 by alec

We are pleased to announce that the new version Sol: Sun Clock has been submitted to the App Store. To celebrate, we are making the current version half-off for 2 days.

A lot of work was put into Sol: …

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Landscape Photography Tutorials

Posted on May 29, 2013 by alec

My friend Dan sent me this link to landscape photography tutorials, an excellent resource for those of you using Sol: Sun Clock to take golden hour photos outdoors.

Light Stalking: 14 Essential Landscape Photography Tutorials…

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Best Review Ever?

Posted on May 24, 2013 by alec

We’ve gotten some really great reviews for Sol: Sun Clock so far but this one might be my favorite.

And don’t worry, iPhone 5 screen size support is in the next version!

DEVS— I use this app everyday of my

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What’s Going On? Conqueror for iOS and more…

Posted on May 16, 2013 by alec

For those of you wondering what we’ve been up to as of late, I’ve got a lot of interesting news. We finished up a couple big projects for clients in the beginning of the year, and with that behind us, …

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CoreTextArcView for iOS now on GitHub

Posted on April 23, 2013 by alec

Well, I’ve been using git for about a year now, so I was overdue to put something on GitHub.

By popular demand (well 2 people on StackOverflow asked for it anyway), I am putting on GitHub my adaptation of the …

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End of The World Promotion—Get Sol: Sun Clock for Free.

Posted on December 20, 2012 by alec
In honor of the Solar New Year we are making Sol: Sun Clock free for a limited time.
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Vimeo “Magic Hour” & 48-Hour Film competitions this weekend

Posted on August 10, 2012 by alec

This weekend, Vimeo is hosting a competition. Shoot one minute of footage during the “Magic Hour” (also known as the “golden hour”).

Also this weekend is the international 48 Hour Film Competition where teams have 48 hours to write and …

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Marketing’s a Bitch: Lessons from the App Store

Posted on June 26, 2012 by alec
After months of obscurity, Sol: Sun Clock rose to #11 on the Weather charts the night of the solstice, and the next morning, when Apps Gone Free went live, it quickly rose to #2. Downloads went from around 10 a day (paid) to the peak of 21,042 in one day. That is an increase of over 2000%! Over a period of three days, Sol topped 30K downloads.
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UIColor-expanded

Posted on June 23, 2012 by alec

Here’s some handy code to extend UIColor, based largely on code by Erica Sadun, but with a couple of fixes and handy (to me) additions. Let me know if this is useful……

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Walkthru video for Sol: Sun Clock

Posted on May 1, 2012 by alec

Sol (Sun Clock) Walkthru on Vimeo. It’s also available on YouTube.…

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