A Watch, Water and Workouts

The most common question I get about my Apple Watch is this: “Is it waterproof?” Everyone from followers on Twitter to Laguna Beach lifeguards have noticed that I wear my watch while swimming and want to know how this new device holds up when it comes in contact with 71% of the Earth’s surface. If […]

A New Way to Display

To date, Apple’s Retina displays have relied on LCD technologies. Since the iPhone 4, our mobile devices have used in-plane switching (IPS) technology to achieve high resolution with accurate color from a wide range of viewing angles. The IPS LCD panels are also present in many of the desktop monitors we use on our Macs. […]

Sweet memories

Ever wonder what developing for the iPhone was like before the SDK shipped with iOS 2.0? I really enjoyed talking with Mark Bramhill and reminiscing about these early days.

Xcode Compromised

There’s a very good chance that Xcode has been compromised. The article refers to “Xcode” generically, but as we all know, there are a lot of pieces to this puzzle: I’m going to examine a few of them below. It’s your job to think about how these things might affect your own products. Code without […]

Two Point Oh My

A lot can happen in eight years. The site above was launched on June 26th, 2007—a mere two days before the first iPhone went on sale. As we all now know, that little device has had quite an effect on our industry, especially on this site, where I immediately started exploring its capabilities. One of […]