Mobile Apps and Agile Project Management – PMI Ireland Event

In May, I did a talk for the Ireland Chapter of the Project Management Institute (being a PMP, I’m a member of it). The evening was split into two sections: the first talk was about mobile apps development, and why project management principles matter. The second half, a talk by Fran O’Hara, was about Agile and …

Our Special Olympics iPhone App in the Exicon Olympics Report

We are thrilled that our Special Olympics iPhone app was mentioned in the Exicon Olympics Report “Go for Gold with Mobile Apps”. Along with mobile apps from NBC, CTV, Coca-Cola, Heineken and Barclay Card, our Special Olympics app (download from the App Store) was reviewed as an example how to stay in touch with athletes at …

Three Reasons why Adopting MVC makes sense even for a small cocos2d iPad Game

The Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern is engrained into many frameworks, and of course also into Cocoa Touch. To put it into a nutshell, MVC separates the management of data (the model) and the display (the viewer), linking these components by a controller. This promotes flexible design and reusability. In other words, if the process where the …

Blogs and Resources related to mobile app iOS development

There’s a number of very useful resources out there on the web that will help you when you’re developing mobile apps on iOS. I’m reading a number of blogs on a regular basis, here’s a list: Cocoa with Love – a Must-Read for serious Mac and iOS developers, blog by Matt Gallagher iPhone iOS 4 iPad …