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My Week with an Apple Watch
I’m not a watch person. I haven’t worn a wristwatch in many years, and it’s become less of a need with a phone in my pocket. I just don’t need this constant reminder of the time, and if I need to know...
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Thoughts on the WWDC 2015 Keynote
Apple’s 26th Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) kicked off yesterday with the usual keynote address, given by Tim Cook. I remember when WWDC didn’t sell out of tickets, and when the keynote was all...
View ArticleWP Stagecoach officially launched
WP Stagecoach has officially launched. I don’t have any affiliation with them, but last year year I used an alpha version of their product to migrate the Hsoi Enterprises website. It was a little...
View ArticleNSAssert can cause memory leaks
I just learned something the hard way: NSAssert() can cause (hard to track down) memory leaks. They’re hard to track down because 1. you may not always have assertions turned on (e.g. debug vs. release...
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Siri may be exposing you
I love Siri, Apple’s “digital assistant” in my iPhone. Typing on an iPhone or iPad, to me, is cumbersome. Being able to use voice dictation or Siri greatly facilitates things for me – especially when...
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ModelRocket
I’ve been working with a fantastic group, Oven Bits, for some time now. Oven Bits just open-sourced a new library, ModelRocket. ModelRocket’s creator, Jonathan Landon, has written a short article...
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DR Performance Practice Deck app – on Everything Guns, with Amy Jane
The DR Performance Practice Deck for iOS was featured in Episode 8 of GunCarrier.com’s “Everything Guns, with Amy Jane” And “Hsoi” is pronounced like “soy”. Thanx, Amy!
View ArticleSupport TopXNotes & Tropical Software’s IndieGoGo Campaign
Tropical Software is running an IndieGoGo crowdfunding campaign: We have launched an IndieGoGo Crowd Funding campaign to try to obtain the “Start Up” funding we never have had for Tropical Software....
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How much time and money does it take to develop a mobile app?
A question I’m often asked is regarding the development of a mobile app. Just how much time and money does it cost? The answer? It’s complicated. And it’s also probably more than you’re expecting. Nine...
View Articleon Custom Operators
One nifty feature of the Swift programming language is the ability to define your own custom operators. Why would you want to do this? Because it can make reading and writing code better/easier. Just...
View ArticleFrom 2015 into 2016
If I had to choose one thing that, in 2015, made a significant impact on our goings on at Hsoi Enterprises? It’d have to be Swift. Apple’s new programming language, Swift, has been a huge boon to what...
View ArticleDR Performance Practice Deck – a useful shooting app to have
Over at Semi On Target, Jeff Lehman included the DR Performance Practice Deck in his list of 10 Useful Shooting Apps to Have. Looks like we’re in good company in the list! Thank you, Jeff!
View ArticleThe Joys of Swift – Enums
I’ve been using Apple’s Swift programming language fairly exclusively since around December 2014. While it started out with frustrations, I’ve really come to love and embrace the language. I cannot see...
View ArticleYou get an update, and you get an update, and you get an update…
It’s been a busy time here at Hsoi Enterprises. Biggest news? The DR Performance Practice Deck v1.3 is now available. This is a long overdue update to the app, with the most noticeable improvement for...
View ArticleLess can be more, but what should there be less of?
Often when we design our user interfaces, especially on mobile devices, we tend to think in terms of “taps”. How many taps will it take the user to get from where they are to where they want to go (or...
View ArticleJava of Antiquity
While Swift and Objective-C might approach nil/null differently, ultimately they both allow me to do something with the syntax: Forget about it. While working in Java, dereferencing null is possible...
View ArticleHappy 2017
Sorry for all the silence, but 2016 was a interesting year. I joined Oven Bits. I left Oven Bits. Consulting work ebbed and flowed. Swift continues to evolve and it’s been a lot of work to keep up with...
View Article7 Years
Today Hsoi Enterprises celebrates 7 years. Thank you all for your support! Here’s to another 7 years! Happy Easter.
View ArticleGet Your Apps Ready for iPhone X
Yesterday Apple announced the iPhone X. Over at the Big Nerd Ranch blog, I write about what we iOS developers need to do to get our apps ready for iPhone X.
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One nifty feature of the Swift programming language is the ability to define your own custom operators. Why would you want to do this? Because it can make reading and writing code better/easier. Just...
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