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  • Git.exe crashing on Windows 10 Insider Build 14251

    Yesterday, I upgraded my desktop to the latest Windows Insider build, 14251. I’ve successfully installed and worked on the previous Fast Ring insider builds over the past few months and I haven’t had any issues. Unfortunately, this build was the exception. My first clue was Github for Windows telling me… Read ⇢

  • 79p for an app? You must be joking! What a rip-off!!

    After many months of simply “not getting around to it”, I finally submitted an update for my MakeMeAPass app. After I completed the submission, I decided to take a look at the reviews. The app is sitting with a 3 star average, which isn’t bad. What surprised me was the fact… Read ⇢

  • Apple Pay with iPhone 5 and Apple Watch

    Now that Apple Pay is live in the UK, I thought it was time to try it out. Initially I thought Apple Pay was limited to the iPhone 6 and that I’d be left out in the cold (until they release a new 4″ version of the iPhone), but I was… Read ⇢

  • Roomr now allows you to import room information

    A common request I receive for Roomr is to add an ability to import room information without needing to use Exchange Room Lists. Room Lists aren’t the greatest of Exchange’s features. They are, as the name suggests, simply lists of Rooms. Whilst you can have multiple lists, you can’t nest them… Read ⇢

  • Using Bluetooth to find Meeting Rooms

    As part of my on going work with Roomr, I’ve recently released the beta of the new Roomr for iPad. This product is designed to be used as a meeting room status indicator and gives an “at-a-glance” status of a meeting room. Having an iPad represent a room actually opens… Read ⇢

  • Roomr for Android – Rebooting

    Now that Roomr for iOS is nice and stable (Full AutoDiscovery implementation, full support for global timezones), my attention is now returned to Roomr for Android. Since I released Roomr for Android back in 2013, I’ve learned plenty by developing a client app, Call My, and by tinkering on my apps Job… Read ⇢

  • Creating appointments using DayView Control

    I’ve been experimenting with the DayView control I created for Roomr and Peopler and today I added the ability the add an appointment with touch. This mimics the behaviour of the native iOS calendar app. You hold your find on the calendar for a second or two and an appointment… Read ⇢

  • Peopler – Future availability

    Whilst Peopler isn’t exactly being downloaded in the millions, I’ve received *actual* feedback from users, which shows they are a) using the app and b) interested enough to email me! One feature, which I’ve wanted to add for a while, is the ability to view the future availability of your favourites. It’s… Read ⇢

  • Roomr 2.7.5 – More Diagnostics

    One of the most common bugs reported in Roomr is an incorrect free/busy calculation. I’ve done a lot of work over the past few months to make this more and more intelligent, handling parallel meetings, tentative meetings and multi-day meetings. Each time I submit a version, I wonder who the… Read ⇢