Development

Designing icons

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If you ever find yourself in the iOS app icon design business, even temporarily, this is a helpful read, especially if you are an Illustrator user.

9to5mac: iPad to get dual app viewing mode

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Mark Gurman, writing for 9to5mac:

Facing slowing growth for the first time since the iPad’s 2010 debut, Apple is working on several significant software and hardware updates to reinvigorate the tablet over the next year. Apple is developing a dual-app viewing mode, 12-inch iPads codenamed “J98″ and “J99,” as well as support for multi-user logins, according to sources briefed on the plans.

What it takes to get featured in a Tim Cook keynote

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Frederic Filloux, writing for Monday Note, tells the story of Parisian developer Stupeflix and what they went through to get from a mysterious phone call from Apple to being featured a month later in Tim Cook’s October 2014 iPad Air keynote.

The definitive guide to Apple Watch icons

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This post was written for developers, but if you are interested in the design side of Apple Watch, you might find this interesting. No programming required.

The math behind the iTunes Affiliate Program

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If you are a developer with an app in progress or already in the App Store, the iTunes Affiliate Program is an absolute no-brainer. But this logic also applies for any other iTunes content, even free content.

Apple Watch app tracker

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Another Apple Watch app tracker. This one is from WatchAware and includes the current number of approved Apple Watch apps.

The state of Twitter clients for Apple Watch

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There are a boatload of Twitter clients for OS X. Apple Watch? So far, according to the linked article, there are three: The official Twitter client, Twitterrific 5, and Tweetings 2. But there’s more to that story.

Running to the press

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What’s the best way for an indie developer to affect change? A thoughtful post from indie developer Allen Pike.

An excellent way to learn Git

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Git is vital for developers, useful for non-developers as well. If you’ve ever heard of Git or GitHub, and felt intimidated by the interface, this is a fantastic way to learn.

Magic Leap

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Magic Leap is an augmented reality company, developing technology that blends computer generated imagery with reality. Take a look at the video to get a sense of what they have in mind. Cool stuff.

Free HTML5, CSS site templates

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I think these are pretty nice looking, elegant without complexity. Try them out, view the page source. Good stuff.

The Impossibility domain name generator

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Impossibility has you provide the core word you want in your new domain name, then give it a focus by specifying it as either an adjective, verb, noun, or wild card. It then spits out a series of available domains.

Definitely worth a look.