Kevin drops knowledge on front end development, open source, user experience, and the business of creating software. Get your paws up.Tumblr (3.0; @whinnery)http://kevinwhinnery.com/A common question I get asked at developer events and conferences is how Titanium compares to...http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/22764624253http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/22764624253Wed, 09 May 2012 23:27:00 -0500trevmex's tumblings: Building Rails Apps for the Rich Client: trevmex: #railsconf 2011...http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/5640113697http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/5640113697Thu, 19 May 2011 11:31:45 -0500Higher taxes not hurting (even helping) Norwegian start-ups: In the States, it is popular to assume...http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/5578072775http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/5578072775Tue, 17 May 2011 11:06:27 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll3d7xWdZ41qzr1ayo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Had a person in class with a MacBook Pro with a corporate IT configuration. They ran the iOS simulator and were unable to get location services to work. Turns out that your Mac’s location services are used by the iOS simulator, and they need to be enabled for location services to work. This is in System Preferences » Security.</p> <p>The symptom you’ll likely see in the simulator is an error related to location services being disabled for this device, or something along those lines. This is persistent despite resetting content and settings from the iOS Simulator menu.</p>http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/5423686185http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/5423686185Thu, 12 May 2011 11:45:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljqj6kkeEw1qzr1ayo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Gorgeous site design generally, but classic example of getting too cute with the UI.</p>http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/4654626718http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/4654626718Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:51:55 -0500Here are the slides from my talk at Mobile March 2011 - thanks to Justin and the crew for putting on...http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/4002829780http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/4002829780Mon, 21 Mar 2011 08:49:28 -0500 Every day it seems like I see another tweet or plea for help from a developer flailing about...http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/1661032920http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/1661032920Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:52:00 -0600Blog - Zach Waugh: The difference between Apple and everyone else: zachwaugh: Every time Apple...http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/1543846950http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/1543846950Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:48:26 -0600“The App Store℠ has revolutionized the way mobile applications are developed and distributed....http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/1091910248http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/1091910248Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:50:03 -0500appceleratortitaniumjavascript<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3ghshNob91qzr1ayo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>An excellent piece of start-up wisdom, in graphical form - note that LTV on the right must exceed CAC on the left, or your business dies.</p> <p>I would maybe repurpose CAC to “cost to acquire and retain a customer” - ongoing support and relationship management likewise detract from the lifetime value of a customer.</p>http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/660956308http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/660956308Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:48:00 -0500Here&#8217;s my presentation from this weekend&#8217;s MinneBar conference: Titanium @ MinnebarView...http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/628368542http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/628368542Mon, 24 May 2010 10:01:11 -0500One of the last lingering things I thought Flex had on HTML/CSS was a proper horizontal and vertical...http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/617278154http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/617278154Thu, 20 May 2010 17:21:00 -0500“No company — no matter how big or how creative — should dictate what you can create, how you...http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/595523503http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/595523503Thu, 13 May 2010 11:03:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1i4o6maUM1qz4u07o1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://topherchris.com/post/551530253" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">topherchris</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>(Re: <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5524843/police-seize-jason-chens-computers" target="_blank">Police Seize Jason Chen’s Computers</a>)</p></blockquote>http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/551592565http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/551592565Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:23:27 -0500On the heels of the Titanium 1.x release, I&#8217;ll be on the road at two training events in April....http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/484331583http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/484331583Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:06:00 -0500“I’ve always found that courage comes from remembering that we fight for something and...http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/454751491http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/454751491Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:28:10 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/10050056" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Titanium 1.0 just dropped - here’s the getting started video I released alongside it (the preceding two lessons are available now as well).</p>http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/441313613http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/441313613Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:19:52 -0600Save images to the local filesystem in Titanium Mobile: Quick example I whipped up to show how this...http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/346248492http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/346248492Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:21:21 -0600“Maven builds are an infinite cycle of despair that will slowly drag you into the deepest,...http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/318205273http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/318205273Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:20:53 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktfln0o3yk1qzr1ayo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Need to learn this song on the piano. Kendra’s folks had this sheet music in a pile of antiques and I thought it too classic to pass up.</p>http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/251248955http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/251248955Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:37:48 -0600