Posts by darren

Powercents featured in the iTunes app store

Posted by darren on Apr 28, 2012 in News, Uncategorized | 0 comments

Powercents, an app that we developed with EnergyMobile Studios Inc, has been released and is now featured in the Canadian app store New & Noteworthy section! Powercents educates on Time-of-Use energy rates and gives lots of tips on how to save money on energy costs. Check out more here: powercents.ca

Fruity Loops Coming to iPad

Posted by darren on Dec 3, 2011 in Musings | 0 comments

Google Objective-C Style Guide

Posted by darren on May 12, 2011 in Developer, Musings | 0 comments

I enjoyed reading the Google Objective-C Style Guide that builds on Apple’s Cocoa Coding Guidelines and the Google C++ Style Guide. I found it helpful reading for writing clean and consistent code.

Interesting New Game Experience

Posted by darren on May 10, 2011 in Musings | 0 comments

It’s enjoyable to come across iPhone games that can give you a novel experience. I recently came across one that has been doing pretty well in the app store called One Single Life by freshTone Games. It has a feel similar to Canabalt, perhaps the developers took advantage of the source code that Semi Secret Software released.

The twist of the game is simply that you have one life. Miss one jump and the game is goes to an end screen from which there is no return (unless you delete it and re-download). It really adds a unique element of stress to the experience. I recommend checking it out. It’s fun to play and inspires thinking up new app ideas.