Internet application developer, writer, and hockey official in the Philadelphia area
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TapIt4Me: A Serious Productivity Tool for Heavy iPhone Email Users
February 01 2009
One of the secrets of MacOS ninjas are shortcut utilities such as TextExpander, TextMate, and TypeIt4Me. These programs allow you to type abbreviations that are automatically replaced by words, sentences, or whole paragraphs. Apps like these have been absent from... read moreJanuary 30 2009
My wife gave birth to our second son, Peter, last week. The proud parents are both iPhone users, so you'd expect us to have an iPhone-based solution for announcing the big news to our friends and family. Although we tried... read morePlenty of Choices in Weather Apps
January 15 2009
With the weather as brutal as it's likely to get this winter in much of the Continental United States, now is a great time to take a quick look at the leading free weather apps for your iPhone and iPod... read moreWe Probably Aren't the Target Market for the iPhone Anymore
January 09 2009
I've been cheerleading for iPhone tethering since this past summer. In spite of that AT&T and Apple have failed to announce it. With Macworld Expo 2009 almost over, I'm beginning to wonder if Apple considers this feature a maybe-someday feature... read moreIs Tweetie an iTunes App Store Anomaly?
January 05 2009
I am really impressed with Tweetie, the multi-account Twitter client iPhone application. I find it bizarre that Loren Brichter (the developer) has created a true, multi-account Twitter client for the iPhone and there's still not a native application for the... read moreWhy Didn't Apple Declare Victory at Macworld Expo?
December 18 2008
Like everybody else, I saw Apple's announcement that they would end their participation in Macworld Expo after Macworld Expo 2009 and was not surprised. The real issue about this and all trade shows is do they make sense in 2009,... read moreSeeing the Power of the iPhone as a Gaming Platform Through the Eyes of Kids
December 12 2008
On Thanksgiving my wife, son, and I ate dinner at my wife's parents' house. My brother-in-law and his family were also visiting my in-laws for dinner. After dinner I did a little experiment that showed me the power of the... read moreiPhone Apps Built By Retailers Coming Out Just in Time for the Holidays
December 11 2008
In the run up to Christmas I became interested in the iPhone applications that several major retailers have been rolling out. I think the Amazon Mobile iPhone app provides some useful functionality and will stay on my iPhone. Target's iPhone... read moreWe Need iPhone Tethering and We Need It Now
November 20 2008
Several weeks ago I wrote about the experience of using a Nokia E71 as a 3G tethering device for my laptop here on Inside iPhone. I took advantage of a $19.99 unlimited data plan offered by AT&T GoPhone, the pay-as-you-go... read moreRedirecting Your Website to an iPhone-Optimized Site
November 17 2008
I've come to an important stage of the development of an iPhone-optimized version of my website, RinkAtlas. I've decided to redirect all visitors to the site who are using an iPhone or an iPod touch to the iPhone-optimized version of... read moreDebugging Mobile Safari Applications
October 23 2008
I'm continuing to work on RinkAtlas for iPhone to make it more iPhone-friendly. This required me to get serious about using the tools that Safari and Mobile Safari provide to help developers debug web applications. Although I am not an... read moreGetting an iPhone Web App Off the Ground
October 17 2008
Way back in September 2007 I attended an iPhone Tech Talk in New York that was all about building iPhone Web Apps. This free Apple-sponsored event helped me get a very basic iPhone-optimized version of my Google Maps mashup called... read moreState-of-the-Art Websites Build an iPhone Web App and an App Store App
October 10 2008
When I started writing for Inside iPhone, I promised that I'd talk about why iPhone web apps are still important. I decided to make good on that threat this week. One of the reasons that I think its necessary to... read moreWhy Was the NDA Only Dropped for Developers Who Have Shipped?
October 03 2008
It's great that Apple has dropped the NDA for developers who have shipped iPhone software. My question is, why continue to restrict developers who haven't yet shipped their iPhone apps? Let's say that you decided to invest time and effort... read moreWhat Does Month-to-Month Mobile Service Mean Now?
September 26 2008
Earlier this week, Verizon Wireless announced that it was offering month-to-month mobile phone service contracts to anyone who wanted to bring their own compatible device for use with Verizon's network. This was greeted with cheers by many analysts and bloggers... read moreRecent Posts | All Posts