One Year of Nashville CocoaHeads

February 20, 2014

It’s been exactly one year since the reboot of Nashville CocoaHeads last February. I’ve loved seeing the Nashville developer community grow along with the connections and ventures which have come out of the group. Members I’ve talked to have expressed how the community has inspired and motivated them in their day-to-day work.…

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Changing App Store Seller Name

January 21, 2014

Changing your seller name on Apple’s App Store is not a straight-forward process. There are several caveats and ways to accomplish a name change. In the absence of any formal process, here are two methods for changing your seller name:

Seller Name Guidelines

First it is necessary to understand the guidelines for a seller name on the App Store.…

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The Pebble Smartwatch

December 26, 2013

Several weeks ago, I received a Pebble, a smartwatch that works with both Android and iOS. I won the smartwatch in a generous contest that Pebble is hosting this month. I’ve been using the Pebble for several weeks, and I’m really impressed with it.…

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Podcast – iCloud for iDrone

December 8, 2013

Last week I had the pleasure of joining Ian Broyles and Jon Wiley on the NSVille Podcast. On this episode we talk about OKDOTHIS, Amazon Air, and other Apple miscellany.

Listen here: http://nsville.com/post/69387007036/episode-15-icloud-for-idrone-bryn-bodayle-talks

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The Politics of Parametricism

December 3, 2013

Several weeks ago I travelled  with my professor Dan Johnson to attend the Politics of Parametricism conference at the REDCAT in downtown Los Angeles. For my senior thesis at Belmont, I’ve been working with Dan and several other faculty members in a study of parametricism applied to user interface design.…

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Beyond Instagram: Inspiration

November 26, 2013

Instagram is and was a great app. When Instagram launched in October of 2010, it offered two game-changing features: photo sharing and filters. While Facebook and other services offered photo upload, Instagram offered photo upload in a streamlined, easy to share way that caused photos to spread rapidly on other social networks.…

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Tech Talk – So You Want to Make iOS Apps?

November 4, 2013

Feels great to encourage others to build apps.

Really encouraged by the intro iOS Apps session this morning. Great info, tips. Wanna go home & make an app. #bcn13iosapps #ILikeTurtlesToo

— Kell ? (@Kelliente) November 2, 2013

This year at Nashville’s BarCamp, I gave a panel session with fellow iOS developers Jonathan Wiley and Ian Broyles.…

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Faster UITableViews with iOS 7

October 15, 2013

Like past iOS releases, there are often small APIs which get overlooked amongst the new frameworks and tentpole features. In iOS 7, one of these easily overlooked APIs is row height estimation for UITableView. Even if you noticed this new API you might not have realized how powerful it can be.…

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Introducing Card Share

October 8, 2013

I’ve had the idea for a contact sharing app for several years now. There’s never been an easy way to share your contact information on the iPhone. The process of finding your contact, choosing to share, and typing in a number (on the tiny keyboard) is far too time consuming.…

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iPhone 5s: Faster Than You Think

September 24, 2013

6 AM Friday morning I headed to my local Apple Store and joined the line to get a new iPhone 5s. Even before getting a reservation ticket, it was clear that the gold iPhone 5s was in high demand, having limited supply online and in stores across the world.…

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