October 2009
1 post
Day Job - Bye Bye MLB, Hello Hot Potato
So, it’s been 4 or so years since I started at MLB, and it’s been great. But, it’s over. I’ve been lucky enough to become involved in a new venture with some old co-workers and some new friends. It’s called Hot Potato and I’ll be working there full time once friday passes, which is my last day at MLB. I’m hoping I’ll be posting here more often,...
Oct 22nd
September 2009
1 post
3 tags
Day Job - MLB.com At Bat now with Push/In-App...
Just a quick update. MLB.com updated the iPhone app to have Push Notifications and In-App Purchasing to stream individual games. Pretty fun stuff to work on, and big thanks to all the different teams at MLB.com that brought this together, especially Warner, Emily, Mohammad and Tracy who all did some great dev on the actual client.. Great stuff. TUAW weighs in on it. iTunes link.
Sep 1st
June 2009
3 posts
Touch Factory - Update
Things are coming along with Touch Factory. We’re talking 80%. But the last 20% will probably be the hardest. I just wanted to let people know it’s not dead. Sorry things are taking a while. I want things to be “Just Right”, and if they are not, well, then I don’t want to release it. Fingers crossed for finding the time. //jeremy
Jun 17th
Day Job - MLB.com wins Apple Design Award :) →
Jun 17th
Day Job - NY Times about MLB.com Streaming Video →
Jun 17th
April 2009
2 posts
The Rentals iPhone app -- in the App Store →
Apr 17th
Day Job - MLB.com At Bat Reviews Boston
A few reviews so far… “Why can’t all iPhone sports apps be as good as MLB.com At Bat?” - Boston Herald “MLB.com At Bat 2009 hits a home run!” - TUAW “The 2009 edition of MLB.com At Bat is out for the iPhone, and it looks great.” - Daring Fireball and lots of tweets on Twitter - Twitter search
Apr 3rd
March 2009
3 posts
Day Job: MLB.com At Bat 2009 in App Store →
Mar 29th
4 tags
DevTip: Abuse threads
Sometimes your interfaces can become clunky. You hit a button, or slide a slider and things get all stuttery. No good. People hate that and so should you. Usually this is because when your control (button, slider, tab, etc) calls back to your handler, there is too much work going on. Just start a new thread. This sounds simple, but sometimes people over look it. I ran into this when I was adding...
Mar 26th
2 tags
Day Job - TUAW loves MLB.com At Bat before it's... →
Mar 5th
February 2009
14 posts
Touch Factory - New OBF project due this... →
Feb 27th
2 tags
Analysis: CRM Daily Talks Artists Apps →
Feb 27th
4 tags
Feb 25th
4 tags
DevTip: Always check your distribution builds
Old post, but very useful, Craig Hockenberry walks you through testing your distribution builds.  Do this to make sure you know exactly what you are submitting to iTunes Connect.  Sometimes build settings vary between targets/build configs, and the only way to know what you have is to run what you submit.
Feb 20th
Shut Up Review - Just Another iPhone Blog →
Feb 10th
Feb 10th
Gameday Audio in MLB.com's At Bat
So, more news from the day job. Our CEO, announced in NY Times that At Bat will include Gameday Audio and be less than $10. Take that, baseball fans.. :) Bob Bowman, chief executive of MLB.com, said the company was also adding to its offerings for mobile phones, including bringing radio broadcasts to its applications for Apple’s iPhone and Research in Motion’s BlackBerry. That will let iPhone...
Feb 9th
4 tags
DevTip: Don't always recycle UITableViewCells
So, Our Beautiful Faces is one thing, and my day job is another. During the day I work for MLB.com, mostly working on their iPhone app At Bat and other mobile stuff. Anyway, I am in the middle of refactoring At Bat for this season, and have been trying to optimize certain things. One thing that always needs to be optimized is table scrolling. Choppy is bad. Real bad. Drives people crazy.  And...
Feb 7th
soundsvicio.us weighs in on Artist Apps →
Feb 5th
Shut Up
So my stupid novelty app hits the App Store today.. 99 cents. iTunes Link YouTube demo video
Feb 5th
WatchWatch
Death Cab for Cutie - Video Demo - Designed/Developed by Our Beautiful Faces
Feb 4th
DCfC Review - Pitchfork Media →
Feb 3rd
DCfC Mention - geeksugar →
Feb 2nd
DCfC Mention - Gizmodo (Place your bets) →
Feb 2nd
January 2009
2 posts
3 tags
DCfC Review - Just Another iPhone Blog →
Jan 30th
4 tags
Death Cab for Cutie app released!
So, at long last, the DCfC app is finally live in the App Store. It was a fun project. Props to Zeitgeist Management and the Band for making it such a fun experience. Oh, and big ups to Dan VonB for pointing them in my direction. :) The app gives you all the DCfC info you could want. 10 full songs packaged in the app (not streaming) so you can listen whenever you want. Tours (with some sweet...
Jan 29th