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I'm Making My First Physical Product

I'm Making My First Physical Product

I've had this itch to make something real, something tangible for a while now. And you might think - fantastic another person attempting to make a quick buck by selling me some crap. Of course, some of the motivation comes from the desire to live the life of a successful

The Art of Successful Prototyping

The Art of Successful Prototyping

Prototyping is an essential step in the product development process. It is the process of creating a preliminary model or sample of a product to test and evaluate its functionality and design. Prototyping can help you to identify design flaws, test product features, and refine the product design. The art

Fun With Swift Playgrounds

Fun With Swift Playgrounds

Today I did an impromptu live stream in an effort to reignite my passion for Swift Playgrounds and Swift programming in general. Cutting to the chase — it was a success! Maybe not by the numbers… but I’ll get to why in a second. Fun & Challenging I don’t live

Will Swift Playgrounds See Love at WWDC23?

Will Swift Playgrounds See Love at WWDC23?

Swift Playgrounds is an excellent entry point into the world of iOS app development, with a simplistic approach to teaching core programming concepts that makes it an invaluable tool for educators teaching the subject. But where is it heading? The Current State Of Swift Playgrounds First, don't get scared away

Introducing BafflingBits

Introducing BafflingBits

Every so often an idea pops into my head and I can't stop thinking about it. I just have to work on it. My wife says this is related to my undiagnosed ADHD, which maybe she's right, but no matter what the cause lately my time has been diverted away

Using SwiftUI Charts to Add Fuel Gauges to Swift Playgrounds Game

Using SwiftUI Charts to Add Fuel Gauges to Swift Playgrounds Game

Building a game with Swift Playgrounds is mostly an exercise in trying to find ways to hack together a solution that'll work for your idea. You don't have access to all the tools that you would in full Xcode, so you just have to make do with what you've got.

SpriteKit Game Built With Swift Playgrounds on an iPad | Part 1

Rockets Are Fun

SpriteKit Game Built With Swift Playgrounds on an iPad | Part 1

Swift Playgrounds is Apple's entry into Swift. It's designed to teach people, primarily school-age people, how to write code that can be used to make apps for the AppStore. It's a brilliant plan – teach young people how to make apps for iOS then when they get older they'll make apps

The Power of Iteration

The Power of Iteration

Version one is never the end goal. In today's fast pace world you need to be able to iterate on your idea faster than ever before. Smooth out the idea, refine the value proposition, become the best dam product you - no - anyone has has seen. Iteration gives you

Adding In-App Purchases & GameCenter to My SpriteKit Game

Adding In-App Purchases & GameCenter to My SpriteKit Game

The Problem With Swift Playgrounds Listen, I love Swift Playgrounds, it's a great app for learning how to write in SwiftUI. It lowers the bar to entry for many people who are looking to learn to code. There is a problem though. It's missing core functionality. With Swift Playgrounds you

The Ambulance.

👈🏻Previously... The Voice. "–he just passed out. Yeah, he's still breathing. Wait. He's coming to. Neville?" Neville looks up to see Andy holding a cell phone to his ear with a strained and worried look about him. Looking around Neville realizes that he's back in his apartment. "I'm fine! Just

Is No-Code Making Programmers Obsolete?

Is No-Code Making Programmers Obsolete?

What is no-code? Why’s it gaining in popularity? How do no-code devs and programmers work together? Is this the future? How will AI play a role? And... How many other questions can I answer about the no-code movement in this video? Let’s start with the basics - what

The Voice.

Previously: The Collapse Neville opens his eyes. It's daytime, he's not in his apartment. The air he's breathing is fresh and cool. He surveys his surroundings. It's a small room, not more than twelve feet square. He's in a bed, it's comfortable, but not luxurious. There's a floor-to-ceiling window on

The Collapse

In a small studio apartment lit only by the glow of a computer monitor sits a disheveled and unkempt man. The notification sound of a messaging app breaks the monotonous backdrop of keyboard clicks. The man stops typing to read the message. From Andy: Yo, You break the code yet?

How My First Success Failed

How My First Success Failed

Success comes in many flavors. Sometimes it's as simple as completing the project. Sometimes you need to meet a specific target. Sometimes that target can even be moving. Success doesn't come easy. Also, no matter what success looks like for you, it is possible to both succeed and fail. Failure

Work. Hustle. Sleep. Repeat.

Thoughts & Ideas

Work. Hustle. Sleep. Repeat.

Maybe it's not profound to say this, but making time for a side hustle requires sacrifice. If you're serious about starting something on the side. If you're serious about making something great. You have to be serious enough to sacrifice to get it done. But, what do you sacrifice when

What Can An Idea Inspire?

Thoughts & Ideas

What Can An Idea Inspire?

As a creator ideas are everything. The next article, the next YouTube video, the next app. It doesn't matter what you're creating. The idea is what matters. Ideas inspire imagination and drive innovation. I've long held a belief that the process of ideation is essential for the creative process. I

This Is An Experiment

Thoughts & Ideas

This Is An Experiment

The road we take through life is not straight and it is by no means easy. Every choice we make is made, I hope, with intention. An intention to do more, better, faster. I've spent most of my life searching for an outlet to focus my creativity. Ever since a