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  • Carbonite not backing up my videos!

    I was shocked to find out this morning that the online backup service, Carbonite, doesn’t automatically backup videos anymore! According to their GetSatisfaction page, they claim that user’s requested this feature as it was the reason for huge backup files. That’s fine and given that I now have 127GB of… Read ⇢

  • More email woes!

    As some of you know, on Saturday, I accidentally deleted an email regarding a review of my iPhone app, Caffeine Club, by emptying my spam folder. I sent emails to all the review sites again, apologising for my mistake and asking that they get in touch with me again. This… Read ⇢

  • Introducing Caffeine Club video

    Today, I worked through my first little “intro” video for Caffeine Club. I did it using Apple’s Keynote and iMovie applications. Took about four hours all in all. I got the inspiration from the GiveABrief introduction video (an app that never made it to the App Store!) and some music… Read ⇢

  • Tip-o-the-day: Don’t delete spam!

    Yesterday, I submitted Caffeine Club to four app review websites yesterday morning. This morning, I logged into GMail and automatically hit the “delete all messages” in my SPAM folder and as Gmail was “working” to complete my request, I noticed an email regarding my app. Of course, a split second… Read ⇢

  • My Netduino .Net microcontroller board has arrived

    Having only ordered it on Thursday morning, I was surprised to find that my Netduino microcontroller board had arrived. This is a controller that uses the .Net Micro Framework. It’s somehow not as big as I imagined! I still have no idea what I’m going to do with it, but… Read ⇢

  • The Gadget Show Live!

    Today I’m heading to the Gadget Show Live in Birmingham’s NEC! I’ll be posting pictures and writing about my highlights when I get back. Very excited! Read ⇢

  • Now that’s what I’m talking about!

    My broadband is finally proving its worth! Read ⇢

  • Do Apple not follow their own UI guidelines on useful errors?

    Using the iTunes Connect mobile app prompted me with this error (or is it a non error?)! Not very friendly or helpful 😉 Please ignore the zero download count. My iPhone app isn’t doing too well! Read ⇢

  • Starting game development for the Windows Phone 7 Platform

    Since I’ve tackled getting up and running on the iOS platform in my previous post in this “Developing a game for the iOS and Windows Phone 7 Platforms at the same time” series, I’m now moving onto getting started with Windows Phone 7 game development. Like the previous post, the… Read ⇢