Category Archives: Sol: Sun Clock

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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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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Sunset walk

Posted on May 1, 2012 by alec

My wife Christy and I were home yesterday evening after work when my Golden Hour alarm went off. I have Sol: Sun Clock remind me when the so-called Golden Hour starts each day. That way, I can go for an …

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Sol: Sun Clock — official trailer

Posted on April 30, 2012 by alec

Kudos to Josh Warren, co-designer of Sol:Sun Clock, for producing this excellent 60-second trailer introducing our new app for iPhone and iPad, now available in the App Store.

Sol: Sun Clock from jjnww on Vimeo.

I’m hoping …

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Sol: Sun Clock is now available for iPad

Posted on April 17, 2012 by alec

The latest update to Sol: Sun Clock, the personal daylight utility and alarm clock for iPhone, now makes use of the new iPad’s hi-res screen.

As a developer, I was happy that 98% of Sol:Sun Clock’s codebase had to be …

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Just Say No to Payola, or Why I’m Not Paying For a Good Review.

Posted on January 24, 2012 by alec
I have a strong distaste for even mild extortion, especially when it comes to the "free" press, and I for one won't be buying my app reviews.
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