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Author Archives: john
MacBook Pro and Apple Service
I had an opportunity to experience the famous Apple http://www.apple.com/support/ this week. Fortunately, I have AppleCare. It’s worth it. On Tuesday evening, my MacBook Pro started acting up, in that I could not get it restart. It hung for a … Continue reading
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Open vs. Closed
Mobile Venture Beat has a piece where a group of VCs discuss open vs. closed, specifically related to mobile, where I’m currently employed. I’ve also seen a number of discussions on Eric Raymond‘s blog, Armed and Dangerous, about his feelings … Continue reading
Posted in Android, Apple, Business, Google, iPhone, OS X, Software Development
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Are we Arrogant?
Seth Godin wrote today about arrogance. Better, I think, to make a difference and run the risk of failing sometimes, of being made fun of, and yes, appearing arrogant. It’s far better than the alternative. If we are to make … Continue reading
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Carrying Capacity
Seth Godin has an excellent post discussing the natural limits of a business, and how we need to think about those limits as we work to grow it. One side comment in that post relates to the carrying capacity of … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Politics
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First iPhone Application Released!
The first iPhone application that I’ve been involved in creating is now available on the iTunes AppStore. This is an exciting moment for me and for Point Inside, as we bring the company out of stealth mode and go public … Continue reading
Square One is Underrated
Seth Godin has a new post up, Square One is Underrated. In it, he points out that when you discover that you are on the wrong path, speeding up is not the solution. The solution is to go back to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, New Space
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Executable Requirements == Acceptance Tests
I’ve been building a test framework for acceptance testing the Point Inside client API. I based the concept on Fit and Fitnesse, an open source framework for just this type of testing. Since this is for the iPhone, I used … Continue reading
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HIkeSuperstitionMountain with a trail laid out
I now have HikeSuperstition displaying trails. The problem is, the maps don’t have any data in the areas where we are putting trails, so the map looks pretty blank. Here is an example: I could use Google maps, but Google … Continue reading
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HikeSuperstitionMountain With Trailheads
At long last, after far too much effort, I’ve gotten HikeSuperstitionMountain iPhone app to display trailheads on the map. It also rotates. Part of this effort involved creating a sample application (SimpleSampleMap) for the route-me project. This application acted as … Continue reading
HikeSuperstitionMountain Take #1
I’ve been working on an iPhone app that we’re calling something creative like HikeSuperstitionMountain. This application will provide users with pre-mapped trails that they can follow on their iPhones, using Core Location to provide location via the GPS chip. Currently … Continue reading