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Getting Started With Apple's In-App Events

At WWDC21, Apple introduced a new capability to developers called In-App Events which are timely events within your apps and games such as a game competition, a fitness challenge, a...

Announcing Artbox 2.7 - Crafting Memories

I’m thrilled to announce a major update to Artbox: version 2.7 - Crafting Memories.

We just enabled Apple Cash Family as an allowance system

Our oldest daughter turned 8 this month and is at a great age to start keeping an allowance for completing chores around the house. One challenge my wife and I...

Review of your app is taking longer than expected

Is your app review “taking longer than expected?” This can be so frustrating for a developer. Here’s what my experience was like!

Artbox 2 is now available!

The wait is finally over – Artbox 2 is live on the App Store!

Adding Haptic Feedback to your SwiftUI App

In developing Artbox 2, one thing I set out to accomplish was making the user experience more immersive and personable. One of the ways to achieve this is to add...

Virtual Backgrounds App now available for macOS

I’m very excited to announce that Virtual Backgrounds app is now available on macOS as a Mac Catalyst app! 🥳

How to remove the widget component of a Mac Catalyst app

If you’ve found yourself building a modern application in SwiftUI, there’s a good chance you started building it as an iOS app, and eventually began tinkering with WidgetKit. As you...

Saving images in a Mac Catalyst app with SwiftUI

One year ago I published an app called Virtual Backgrounds to the App Store with the idea of providing custom, hand-picked backgrounds to be used with virtual meetings. It wasn’t...

Is Plex still relevant in 2021?

With more and more of our digital lives moving to subscriptions and streaming services, does building a local digital library still make sense? Here are my thoughts!

Home Arcade: StepMania (DDR) running on RaspberryPi

Remember Arcades? They were these massive buildings filled with mystery and wonder where games, lights, and sounds would expand as far as the eye could see. Sadly, they’re also nesting...

I just took the VMware VCP exam from home. Here's what it was like.

VMware now allows for remote testing of their Certified Professional exam. I just took the test from my home and here’s what it was like 👨‍💻