Category Archives: Software

WWDC Blast

Early this morning we and our friend Alex C. Schaefer launched a new project of special interest to iOS and Mac developers. WWDC Blast is a free service to inform you via SMS the very moment that WWDC tickets go … Continue reading

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Spatter and Spark

Another year-and-a-bit, another successful client project! As of a few weeks ago, Polk Street Press shipped a brand-new storybook, Spatter and Spark. It’s a genuinely endearing tale of two best friends solving problems together in a way that five-year-olds will … Continue reading

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SMShadowedLayer

Impetus For a recent project, we needed to “simulate” or “fake” the look of pieces of paper in a physical environment. We didn’t need fancy physical modeling or curves and curls and folds, just perspective and shadowing during an animation. … Continue reading

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Goodnight Safari

We’ve mentioned a couple of times over the past few months that there’s a side project keeping us busy. Today we are proud to announce that said project has shipped, and we can tell you all about it (except for … Continue reading

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Sim Deploy

The iPhone Simulator is a big part of any iOS developer’s workflow, but running any apps in the simulator that weren’t put there by Xcode can be a major pain. Generally the simulator is considered a developers tool, so what’s … Continue reading

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