Year in Review: 2024
Here are my highlights from 2024.
Professional
Posts about work, running a small business, and professional development.
Step Into Vision
Step Into Vision is here! A new website for visionOS devs, featuring articles, example code, demos, and more.
Project Graveyard for Apple Vision Pro
Project Graveyard 1.0 is available on Apple Vision Pro. Free for a limited time.
Twelve Years After a Small Step
Twelve years ago today, I took my first small step into the world of software development. A friend who ran a FileMaker Pro consulting company encouraged me to download the trial and give it a try. With no IT or development background, I felt a bit lost initially. However, I decided to start with something…
What Apple Vision Pro Means for Me
It’s been one month since Apple announced the Vision Pro at WWDC. Since then I’ve been thinking about what it means to me and how it can change the way I work.
Embracing the Generalist Path: A Journey Through Diverse Tech Stacks
Note: I used ChatGPT to write this article. The ideas and concepts are mine, but it doesn’t really come across in my writing style. Have you ever felt the pressure to master a single technology or a specific tech stack? The conventional wisdom for solo software developers tells us to become experts, to specialize. I’ve…
iOS Relics
Last night I came across two of my old iOS projects in my app history. Random Arrow was my first attempt at a game in 2016. I used it to learn Swift and a bit about games. It wasn’t a good game. I think I had more fun making it than anyone had while playing…
Creating a new brand with Adobe Express and Notion
I’m working on a rebranding project for Radical Application Development. I’ll write more about how and why later. For now, I just wanted to share how quick and easy this process was. Creating the brand I used Adobe Express to create a new logo using a color and font that I liked. Then I used…
Some here, some there
Where to find my writing and how to contact me in 2023 and beyond.
Deadlines have to go
One thing that I know about myself is that I do my best work slowly. I’m a thoughtful and meticulous person in everything I do, but especially when it comes to building something important. Over the last six or seven years since I started Radical Application Development, I’ve developed a rather good sense of when…
Five Years of Weekly Reviews
I learned about the concept of weekly reviews first from a friend and later from reading Getting Things Done by David Allen. I don’t exactly practice the entire system described in GTD, but I did take some of the core concepts and make them my own. For me, the two most important of those concepts…
Time Tracking in 2020
While working on my goals and my annual theme for 2020, I decided that I’m going to give time tracking another try. When I was working full time as a consultant I used to track all of my time because the companies I worked for mostly billed by the hour. When I started Radical Application…