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:
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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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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 [...]

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s release, ShoveBox version 1.1.1 (build 161) is out, fixing several printing-related bugs.
You can download it here or through ShoveBox’s auto-update feature.

A quick bug update to Wonder Warp’s addicting freeware game Otis is out.
It fixes an obscure scoring bug, slightly cleans up the graphics, and adds an oft-requested “Fast New Game” feature to quickly start a game with the same settings as the last.
You can download the update through Otis’s auto-update feature, or right here.