Don’t Mean to Badger
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone! It has been quite a busy semester and I have not had much news apart from The Departure of StatusBar+. I hope to update this blog more frequently,…
The Departure of StatusBar+
With both pain and pleasure I have to announce that today marks the end to my development of StatusBar+. It has been just over a year since StatusBar+ was released on Google Play and it…
On Modesty, Loyalty, and Competition
About a week after my release of StatusBar+, the first custom status bar for Android (open source under the Apache License at that time), another, very-similar app was released. Super Status Bar had more than…
Blog Away From Blog
Well as it turns out, I have another blog (with an equally small number of followers) on Tumblr. I’ve been rather busy this summer with my own work, preparing for college, and working for PlanGrid….
Developer Parachute
I’ve now used Apptopia for two of my (former) apps: ChargeBar and ICS Calculator. I’ve also recently listed StatusBar+ and The Seven+ WP7 Calculator. Today, my overall feelings of this service are mixed. While I…
How Much For That Update?
It may come as a surprise, but OEMs don’t always support their devices for very long. For example, what ever happened to Motorola’s Droid 3? It came out less than a year ago, within six…
OpenMetro
It has been almost a year since I began work on porting the Windows Phone 7/ Metro User Interface to Google’s Android OS. The wait is now over for Android Developers looking to differentiate their…
Redesign
Well it is hardly the first (nor will it be the last) time that my website has undergone a re-design. Thanks to the free Ascetica theme, my blog is now more typography than ever before….
Why You Mad Bro?
Every day is an eventful day as an Android developer, but I must admit today was especially so. To wake up to hate mail is nothing new, as I have come to realize it is…
It is just an app!
This post will be in the format of comments and responses. It is meant to address a few concerns as an independent app developer. Useless A “trial” that doesn’t actually let you *try* any features….