Author: Michael Rowe

Next Week is Big

Over the last month I’ve seen a lot of talk about the upcoming rumored iPad mini, Windows Phone, and Samsung’s latest device. All of these seem to be coming to a head next week. October 23rd is Apple’s something little event, Samsung is expected to announce the Galaxy Note II on the 24th, Microsoft Announces […]

Read Me

Amelie is a tumblog theme with flexible logo, navigation, sidebar and header options.   Promoted Blocks in Blog Posts If an Image, Video, Gallery or Map Block is the first block in a post, it is ‘promoted’ above the title and expanded to the top corners. This feature can be turned on or off with […]

Windows 8 and the phone

It appears that Windows Phone SDK is finally getting released at the end of this month. I’ve been looking at a lot of different reports lately about the amount of apps by platform, the growth by platform, and popularity of various other aspects. To that end, whenever I see these reports I think “would I, […]

Catching up on some blogging

Sometimes I forget how fast time can move when you are busy. I’ve been meaning to blog since going to the escapist expo a few weeks ago, and I just keep running out of time, so this morning while I drink a cup of my favorite coffee, I decided to start this blog entry. So […]

Today’s Apple Announcement

Well, today’s Apple announcement wasn’t as exciting as I wanted it to be. It wasn’t because the iPhone 5 wasn’t phenomenal, it wasn’t because it wasn’t faster, thinner, better display, or any other reason. It was because the great Apple Secrecy has been shattered. There were no surprises.. Even the last minute crazy rumor of […]

Sunday is coding time

As I’ve mentioned in recent posts, my day job is a bit overloaded lately. The good news is, after spending significant time working on Saturday, I discovered that I will not have my first thing Monday morning meeting. What that means is, today I get to code! I’ve been struggling with inserting sprites between layers […]

What is your biggest challenge

I don’t have a lot of time to do my blogging, coding, and gaming… I have my day job which has been consuming more and more of my free time, including my time on weekends, and evenings. I bet many of you can relate to that, especially if you are doing mobile development in your […]

How Fresh is your Code?

I was driving back from the gym this morning, I like to swim on Sunday mornings – I find it very relaxing to do a hour long swim and reflect on what’s the past week has been like. As I left the parking lot, I saw a major grocery store chain’s truck with the phrase […]