@tomasmcguinness

  • Finally! It’s been a long road, but I eventually got there!

    After plenty of twists and turns, I finally got the app published! You can buy it here! Read ⇢

  • Another week, another rejection from Apple

    Not a week goes by where I don’t get get a rejection from Apple To give you some background, I first submitted my I May Be Late app for review back in January. The 26th of January 2012 to be precise. Apple initially rejected my app for reasons I didn’t… Read ⇢

  • Dealing with rejection. Apple, OpenID and my app!

    So, over the past two weeks, I have submitted my new I May Be Late app to Apple twice and they have rejected my app twice. This has left me feeling rather frustrated and a little disheartened. My app is a companion to my new web application I May Be… Read ⇢

  • A designer! A designer! My Kingdom for a designer!

    On the 6th of Jan, I sent out a request on twitter asking people to give me feedback on IMayBeLate.com. I had done the design of the site myself and, to be honest, I was feeling pretty smug. And boy-oh-boy did I get a kick in the proverbial pants! The… Read ⇢

  • iTunes Match prevents track skipping on iOS

    I recently signed up for iTunes Match and am very pleased with the service. But recently I noticed some annoying behaviour on the iPhone. As a fan of the Valve game Portal 2, I had downloaded the free soundtrack provided by Valve. Since this isn’t available on iTunes, the iTunes… Read ⇢

  • Nice use of a Windows Phone 7 live tile?

    Work on my first Windows Phone 7 app (www.imaybelate.com) is drawing very close to completion and I’m now spending a little time getting some of the details right. Until I find another bug anyway Part of my app’s functionality is the ability to update the Live Tile with information about… Read ⇢

  • I May Be Late Windows Phone 7 app

    Work is progressing nicely with my first Windows Phone 7 app. This app is a companion to my new London Underground related application, www.imaybelate.com, which I’m hoping to launch in the next week or two. Here are some screenshots of the app that I took yesterday.   Technical Bits I’m… Read ⇢

  • UnauthorizedAccessException when adding WebBrowser to WP7

    As part of my project to build a Windows Phone 7 client for www.imaybelate.com, I require a WebBrowser component so that I can process the OpenId login requests that my application supports. After adding the WebBrowser to the XAML, I started getting this exception when I navigated to the page.… Read ⇢

  • Some screenshots of my upcoming WP7 App

    Here are some initial screenshots of my upcoming Windows Phone 7 app… Read ⇢