Creating Consumer Apps: What you need to know

Creating Consumer Apps: What you need to know

The overwhelming popularity of mobile apps has contributed to many success stories for a lot of companies, but that popularity has also caused a saturation of the market as many app developers try to cash in on the trend. Back in 2007, when Apple launched the iOS...
Proofing the App

Proofing the App

I wanted to make calzones for dinner last night.  It was getting late, but in my mind I could already see the ricotta and broccoli filling and smell the melted cheese.  I usually buy a blob of dough from one of the local pizza places, but this time I was going to...
2014 Review: Day 10

2014 Review: Day 10

Last day of 2014, last day of our look back at the Art & Logic Developer Blog’s year…   My turn again, in which I think about software development, and how important it is that clients understand its actual nature, and how it differs from other...

5 Things I Wish My Clients Knew

Earlier this summer, I spent a few days onsite with a client working through hammering out requirements for an upcoming large project. One day during a lunch break, my client asked me a question that I’m surprised no one has ever asked me before: “We want to be the...

Upsource: New Code Review Tool

I have a special place in my heart for web apps that make coding management easier.  This week, my crush is Upsource, a new code review tool (and source code repository browser) that’s in a semi-public alpha period....