@tomasmcguinness

  • My first try at promoting Roomr–my room availability app

    My room availability checker Roomr was released into the AppStore on Monday. I’m going to try and see what affect marketing can have on sales of my app. It’s very much an MVP, offering just basic functionality.  I’ve had my ad served by Google Adwords, but whilst I’m getting some… Read ⇢

  • Roomr–easily find an empty meeting room!

    If you’ve ever found yourself looking for a free meeting room at the last minute, this is the app for you*! This is something that happens me quite frequently. I need to have a quick discussion with some, but can’t find a free room in which to sit down and… Read ⇢

  • Some screenshots of my Windows 8 app…

    So today, after much messing around with XAML, I finished off the basic features of my Windows 8 app. I call it BeCharming, a play on the name of the Charms Bar. The app itself is very simple. It consists of a Windows 8 Metro Style app that creates a… Read ⇢

  • My Springboard Mobile application was rejected :(

    A few weeks ago, I put together an application for the Springboard Mobile Accelerator program. I had a lot of fun putting the application together and even made a little introduction video with my friend @podgeypoos79. Unfortunately, I didn’t get accepted into the program. To be honest, I had expected… Read ⇢

  • Windows 8, a Vertex 2 and a fresh install

    So I installed Windows 8 onto my PC a grand total of 5 days ago. This involved formatting my OCZ Vertex 2 and installing a fresh copy of the OS. Everything seemed well, until today. I booted my PC on getting home from work to be greeted with this… Having… Read ⇢

  • My service is alive!

    I was doing some monitoring on a processing service I’m developing at the moment and I noticed this unusual usage pattern of the network…looks a lot like a QT wave! Read ⇢

  • Roomr–Quickly find free meeting rooms

    At my office, I often find myself looking for a free meeting room so that I can hold an impromptu meeting to discuss an issue. Since our office is spread across two floors, this does involve going up and down stairs, hunting for an empty room. We use MS Exchange… Read ⇢

  • PassVerse – a new service for iOS 6’s PassBook

    I’ve just setup a signup page for my new project called PassVerse. If you’re interested in generating passes for the upcoming iOS 6 PassBook, then please sign-up for a closed beta: http://signup.passverse.com/ Read ⇢

  • I May Be Late walkthrough of v2.0

    I’m very close to submitting the complete rewrite of my I May Be Late application to the AppStore, so I thought it might be a good idea to do a quick run through of the application, pointing out what I have changed and highlighting new features. Status The first change… Read ⇢