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Buckaroo is out!

We are proud to present Buckaroo, our cashless allowance management app for modern parents. We put quite a bit of thought into keeping this as simple as possible - but not so much that it loses its value. I’d love to hear feedback and suggestions from busy parents trying to keep track of allowance! Also, …

Tilt Maze Updates

We’ve been busy getting Buckaroo out the door, but did take time to push some much needed updates to our most popular game - Tilt Maze. If you haven’t tried it yet (go get it!), its a fun, easy to learn game where you tilt your phone around to move the ball through the mazes. …

Mixing ARC and Non-ARC Code with Static Libraries

One of the recent improvements introduced with Xcode 4′s new LLVM Compiler 3.0 is Automatic Reference Counting (ARC). ARC is a compiler feature that will automatically manage the traditional iOS retain/release memory management model. When you enable ARC for a project, you simply do not ever call retain or release - the compiler figures it …

The Complexity of Simple

Everyone knows a simple, elegant interface when they see one. Not everyone appreciates it - many complain they want feature X or the ability to configure Y. However, generally speaking, iPhone consumers have become accustomed to good UI’s and the bar has been set pretty high. In working through the design of our upcoming “Kid …