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Initial thoughts on Apple Watch

After a bit of hassle with the delivery company1, I was lucky enough to get my Apple Watch yesterday. A few people have asked for my opinions so I’ve jotted down a few rough observations: It’s the first time Apple have shipped anything by UK Mail and I hope...

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Developer pre-orders

I’m often asked if Apple let me pre-order devices earlier than consumers or if they give me a discount. The answer is always “no”; to Apple, developers are just normal consumers. We may get access to SDKs and beta OS releases in advance1 but with hardware w...

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Introducing "Blind Bags"

Ever since I was little, I’ve loved collecting. As far as I can remember, the first thing I collected seriously was Gogo’s Crazy Bones when I was at school in the 90s1. They came in blind bags so the first couple of times you bought them you’d get all new s...

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Three years of WallaBee

Today I’m celebrating three years since WallaBee was released into the world. Originally conceived as an extension to the item collecting side of Gowalla, it launched in February 2012 as a completely standalone game with beautiful artwork and a very dedicat...

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Xcode 6 Essentials

I’m happy to announce that a book I worked on as a technical reviewer is now available; Xcode 6 Essentials by Jayant Varma. The book works as a good overview of Xcode 6 and the Swift language and is suitable for both OS X and iOS developers. My role was to ...

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