Colin Doncaster

Tag: dev

Tasted now available on the AppStore…

It’s been a long time coming, but it looks like Tasted – my first iPhone application – is now available on the App Store. I’ve been waiting to hear about the success of the legal contracts all being approved by Apple, expecting an email of some sort – it wasn’t until I decided to search [...]

Off the map…

I’ve succumbed to the demands of work and haven’t been able to do much more iPhone development.  My iPhone contract is still being set up with Apple although the application has been approved for sale in the AppStore.  I’m trying to be patient, but it’s a little frustrating – I’ve been told it should take as much [...]

iPhone, iPhone everywhere ( with a little touch )….

So what have I been up too – besides working longer hours at work? I’ve finally finished my first iPhone application that is now awaiting Apples approval somewhere in the digital ether, in Texas I believe…. I kept it small and simple and spent my time focusing on well engineered code as well as an [...]

Nom nom and house cleaning…

We’re off to a foodie night tomorrow at a local eatery called Elements Cafe in Lyall Bay.  A while ago I noticed that they were holding Slow Food demonstration nights and inquired but it’s taken a few months to follow up – I’m not too sure if it’s still related to Slow Food or just [...]

UI Elements for HUD Panel

If you, like me, prefer to use the HUD style window for colour sensitive applications and were wondering how to conform the other window elements to fit the scheme – look no further than BGHUDAppKit. I spent a few days playing with CALayer settings as well as subclassing the NSButtonCell class to try and accommodate my needs [...]

Still waiting…

I’m still waiting to hear about my acceptance into the iPhone developers program, so until then my thoughts are with other projects. I’ve been digging deeper into Cocoa development and should hopefully have a fairly useful application to show for it in a few weeks – I’m targeting a somewhat specific audience – me.  It’s [...]