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From Arduino to apps: our most popular blog articles of 2009

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

lgo_TopTenAs the end of the year approaches, we though we'd highlight the most popular articles on our blog from 2009. It's clear you enjoyed our "how-to" style articles, so we'll definitely have more in 2010!

1. Using your own SQLite database in Android applications Fluxa explained how to get SQLite working on Android.

2. Liven up your boring UITableView: part 1 Matt gave a basic introduction to styling Table Views for the iPhone platform

3. From bytes to beats, Digital to Analog Conversion using AS3-Arduino Fluxa built a digital to analog converter with Arduino

4. App Store update: what does it mean for your app? Steve analyzed the latest changes on the iTunes App Store

5. Updating your iPhone app for Christmas Steve explained how we updated our apps for Christmas

6. Google AppEngine vs Amazon EC2 Todd compared two cloud computing platforms

7. Design an iPhone app in 15 minutes… then build and publish it in a day! Matt explained how we made 'Save Me!' in a day

8. Highlight your site’s hot content with the Google Analytics API Matt's tutorial on creating a "what's hot" section on your site

9. Make your blog weather-interactive in 6 easy steps Anna explains how to skin Wordpress depending on current weather conditions

10. Building faster websites by reducing HTTP requests: three techniques Matt on how to build a speedy website

How to evaluate an iPhone app idea

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

6csWhen I'm explaining to people what ReignDesign does, nothing makes their eyes like up like mentioning that we develop iPhone apps (for the record, we do lots of other cool things too). The conversation will then inevitably turn to

I have a cool idea for an iPhone app - it's like Facebook... for knitters! with GPS!

Everyone has great ideas for iPhone apps... but how to evaluate which ones make sense to spend the time developing and promoting? In an attempt to solve this problem, we developed a standard analysis - the 6 C's -to apply to mobile app ideas in six categories: customers, competition, cost, community, complexity and cool.
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What we’ve been reading – ReignDesign Link Dump

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

The RD Team

This week's link dump covers everything from the "Green Dam Youth Escort" to a DIY Oscilloscope to Porn (or at least that's the title). Enjoy!

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From Mobile Development to Menger Sponges: our most popular blog posts

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

From Mobile Development to Menger Sponges, here are the most popular post on our blog from this month:
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5 geeky online services worth paying for

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

barrels We're all accustomed to websites and applications being free online, but sometimes a tool or app is so essential that it's definitely worth a subscription. Here are five online tools and services (with a web development bent) that I use and would not hesitate to recommend:

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4 lessons from our first two months as a collective

Friday, March 20th, 2009

The Socialist Newborn Things are Fine!ReignDesign is now a collective. What does that mean? To be honest, I think we're still figuring it out. But a few of the things that we've learned so far are:

1) Group decision-making is a double-edged sword. On one hand, it gives people a feeling of empowerment and ownership. On the other hand, it's easy to waste a lot of time. To adjust for this, we've established some ground rules for granularity of decision-making (purchases under $50 don't need a full vote, it's better to get started on something and bring in others' ideas later than to sit around and wait or schedule a meeting, etc.).
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