Well yesterday I re-launched my site. Decided it was much more effective than my approach of using my NAS as a WordPress host. So Welcome back michaelrowe01.com!!
Category: blog
Is Agile all that it’s cracked up to be?
I believe that one of the biggest fallacies in the corporate world today is that Agile is the way to go for all problems. The mantra goes something like this: There are examples of great startups that got to be huge because they were agile They started down one path, and kept pivoting until they […]
Apple’s Education Event
Teacher’s have one of the hardest jobs in America… I should know, I was hell on my teachers growing up. Just ask some of my favorite teachers – Ms. Johnson, Ms. Stansescu, and Mrs. Schwartz. But today, Apple is trying to make their job easier, with technology. While I am a fan of what Apple […]
Wasted Time version 7.2
After a brief testing period, I have submitted a new version of Wasted Time today to the Apple App Store. This version completely removes Facebook Integration. I have done so, after looking at the data that Facebook provided in the brief period that version 7.1.1 was in the store. I have decided not to feed […]
Understanding Mental Models
I had a great discussion with my co-host on GamesAtWork.Biz Michael Martine the other day over lunch, on why I am going to turn off Facebook. While I have been pretty vocal over the years with friends and acquaintances on why I won’t use Android (you are the product), I have always rationalized using Facebook […]
Squashed crashes
Wooohoooo.. some times when struggling with a programming bug, you just need to step away for a while. Then, when you come back, re-read the error messages from the crash – hopefully a light will come on in the brain. This morning, while editing this week’s episode of the GamesAtWork.Biz podcast, did a little work on […]
Privacy and Personalization
The other morning I was sitting at my favorite coffee shop, having a discussion with one of my morning friends, on the kind of data your phone collects on you. As we talked thru my traditional soapbox of why I choose iOS over Android, they mentioned the experience of having an ad pop up in […]
First Public Demo
Had my first public demo of my Alpha level app last night. And I now have a timeframe. I will strive to make the app finished and done by Late October. The app is a simple idea, but I keep learning more and more things to make it valuable. I am creating a App that […]
Making Progress
As of last night, the new Alpha code, allows the users to create new records, and new related records, without crashing!! Now that’s progress. Next I need to create the delete function on the main screen, and add in the correct displaying of created related records. This requires a new screen to display the chosen […]
Debugging Core Data
One of the reasons I’ve toyed with the new app for so long (the idea is about 5 years old), has been that I am struggling to learn Core Data. Not only that, but I’ve been dealing with a ton of day job activities, etc. So I am finally getting this app started. The basic […]