ShoveBox Mobile 1.0.3 was approved for the App Store today. It fixes a bug with the “new picture” button.

ShoveBox Mobile 1.0.2 has just hit the App Store.
Here’s what’s new:

Redesigned interface: You can now create a text entry in one click, as well as import saved images.
Fixed bug in comments screen on version 3.0 of the OS.

uLocate Communications, a Boston-area startup I’ve been involved with since early 2008 has just released WHERE for the iPhone.
WHERE is a location-based application that runs a number of "widgets" to do anything from show you what events are going on around you to help you identify constellations.
My largest contribution to the product was the map [...]

PhoneFinger is a small app I wrote to solve a frustration I found early on in developing iPhone software: the simulator makes using the interface you designed look way easier than it really is! PhoneFinger simulates a human finger (complete with smudges) to help expose hidden usability problems.

I wrote it a couple months ago but [...]

I decided to port Otis to the iPhone using the new SDK. It’s a little fancier than its Mac-based cousin, as I’ve been using CoreAnimation on it. Here’s a quick demo movie:
Download (.mov, 580KB)

Still needs a little work (nicer graphics, performance optimization, etc), but I think I’m off to a good start. I had the [...]

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Slides:
iphonedev.pdf (7.5 MB)
I went to MobileCampBoston today and gave my talk on iPhone development. I had decided to toss out the slides I made for it, figuring people would be more up for a discussion than an organized presentation…then decided at the last moment to finish up my presentation.
I felt pretty confident after I gave [...]

I’m going to be at MobileCamp Boston this weekend, and I’ve prepared a talk on developing for the iPhone. It’s called “iPhone Development for Earthlings.”
What’s with the title? The iPhone SDK announcement has attracted a lot of developers (and even designers) who are pretty new to all the technologies involved. Things Mac nerds like me [...]