Donald Knuth once said “Programmers waste enormous amounts of time thinking about, or worrying about, the speed of noncritical parts of their programs, and these attempts at efficiency actually have a strong negative impact when debugging and maintenance are considered. We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time”.
Apple’s WatchKit Performance Tip Versus An Admonition From Mister Spock
May 28, 2015
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Apple Watch, CompanyBlog, Developer, iPhone, Programming, WatchKit, Wearable | Tagged: Apple Watch, Performance, Update only what has changed, WatchKit | 
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Twitter breaks third-party apps
April 30, 2013Yesterday morning, I got a brief email saying “Twitter integration does not work. Otherwise, it is a cool app”. The writer was referring to Economy for iPad
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4 Comments | CompanyBlog, Developer and Programming, Economy, iPad Apps, iPhone Apps, twitter | Tagged: access_token, API, app, break, economic tweet, Economy, request_token, tweet source, twitter | Permalink
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Was Apple right to purge AppGratis from the App Store ?
April 9, 2013The Wall Street Journal published a report on “Apple Kicks AppGratis Out of the Store” and AppGratis formally responded to the WSJ story today. It is a detailed response that adds a lot to the conversation around app store curation, but it doesn’t address a couple of key points from the WSJ report.
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The App Store Long Tail Myth
August 1, 2012
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How to take a screenshot of your iPad or iPhone app
January 13, 2011
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A zombie keyboard, an app-store rejection, a call from Steve Jobs and the Economy-for-iPad app
October 31, 2010
31 Comments | CompanyBlog, Economy, iPad, iPhone- App Store and other General stuff | Tagged: app store, Economy, iPad, Steve Jobs, zombie | Permalink
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New App Store rules and the Objective-C versus 3rd-party-framework question for iPhone apps
September 10, 2010
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Mobile web apps versus native iPhone apps
August 22, 2010
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Comparing mobile platforms: Developer/Entrepreneur perspective on iPhone, Android etc.
June 16, 2010
4 Comments | iPhone, Marketing, Sales and Pricing | Tagged: Android, app store, iPhone, mobile apps, Windows Phone 7 | Permalink
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iPhone Economy app featured in Wiley Publishing’s book on Incredible iPhone Apps
March 22, 2010
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