Over the summer I worked on a contact sharing app for iOS 7 called Card Share. More information about the app will come soon, but if you’re interested, I talk about it during my guest feature on the NSVille Podcast.…
Outside Lands 2013
August 21, 2013I traveled with several of my co-workers to San Francisco for the 5th annual Outside Lands music festival in the city’s Golden Gate Park. At Aloompa, we’ve been providing the Outside Lands app for several years now, and this was my first opportunity to attend the festival.…
Jobs The Film: A Review
August 17, 2013This evening, several friends and I went to see the Jobs movie starring Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs. After seeing the trailer for the movie, my hopes lessened since the trailer was overdramatic and quite over the top.
Steve Jobs played by Ashton KutcherThe movie proved to be fairly enjoyable despite its significant weaknesses.…
iOS 7: ‘A Whole New World’
June 25, 2013This year at WWDC, Apple announced iOS 7, the largest and most significant redesign of iOS to date. The software update is not merely a visual change, but rather a revision of the platform’s fundamental design paradigms. Content has been maximized and stretched from edge to edge while interaction has been streamlined for efficiency.…
My Week at WWDC 2013
June 21, 2013Last week’s trip to San Francisco was my first visit to the city and first time at WWDC. I flew in from NYC since I was on another trip and arrived Sunday afternoon. Getting up early for the Keynote on Monday was easy since I was still on east coast time.…
10 Design Principles from Michael Bierut
March 10, 2013Last month I had the opportunity to hear graphic designer Michael Bierut speak at Lipscomb University. Bieurt is a partner at the design firm Pentagram and is widely recognized in the graphic design community. During his talk he shared ten design principles which he had learned throughout his career.…