See where your Facebook friends are with ShadowMe

Update May 2012: Shortly after the release of Apple's 'Find My Friends' app in October 2011, we the folks at AppilyWherever, LLC decided to discontinue development on ShadowMe and shut it down. The application garnered over 10,000 unique users worldwide while we had it running.  Back in June 2009 a friend and I had an idea… Continue reading See where your Facebook friends are with ShadowMe

Compiling conditional code in Universal iPhone/iPad applications

Or an even better title for this post would be, “How to test your universal app in the iPhone simulator”. Since testing in the iPhone simulator requires you compile with a pre-3.2 SDK, you need to account for any 3.2 specific calls you make, here’s how you do that. Some of you might have read… Continue reading Compiling conditional code in Universal iPhone/iPad applications

Things I learned integrating with Apple Push Notification Service

Update: Portland, OR based Urban Airship built a thriving business around APN since I wrote this post and added a ton of value, at this point I recommend checking them out rather than building your own integration. Apple’s push notification service (APN), is a method for you to notify your app's users of something time sensitive… Continue reading Things I learned integrating with Apple Push Notification Service