Tom Lawrence

So I’m finally a registered iOS developer now and can officially debug code on my iPhone in preparation for my project in SEED, the in-house software company I currently work for.

Comparing iOS provisioning and debugging to my only real mobile development with Windows Mobile 5/6, I’ve got to say that after all the bitching I did last year about how awful ActiveSync (or Windows Mobile Device Center or whatever it’s called these days) is, Microsoft really do make life as a developer such a breeze in comparison to the hoops you must jump through to do something as simple as debugging an iOS Xcode project on a physical device (and I haven’t even begun talking about distribution). To make matters worse, Apple certainly don’t make it easy when they haven’t updated their provisioning documentation since the release of iPhoneOS 2.0 back in 2008.

Thankfully I managed to find a bunch of resources providing updated details on the various stages a developer must go through in order to begin real development of an iOS application. Hopefully I should find some free time tomorrow to write up an article with all the details an iOS developer, team member or team admin would need to get the ball rolling with the Apple provisioning portal should one happen to stumble across my web site.

For now though, it’s time to hit the hay.

10th Sep 2010 at 15:40

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What are the odds of getting the same letters in two different games?

‘tomlawrence’ if you want a game.

9th Aug 2010 at 20:08

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This is getting ridiculous.

How can I be this good at Doodle Jump yet still not receive any female attention?

What does a man have to do around here!?

21st Apr 2010 at 01:41

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staff:

Your blogs now comes with an optimized iPhone layout!

And a damn nice looking one at that.

This should be a huge improvement when browsing Tumblr blogs from the iPhone — and we’re building similar views for BlackBerry’s, Android, and more. Stay tuned.

If your theme already looks great on mobile devices, you can disable this feature by unchecking Customize → Advanced → Use optimized layout on mobile devices.

I totally beat Tumblr to their own announcement.

And it’s themeable, maybe I’ll make an attempt at a custom theme after my dissertation and coursework are all handed in.

20th Apr 2010 at 23:14

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Only just noticed Tumblr staff have now produced an iPhone friendly version of each personal Tumblr page.

Neat stuff guys.

12th Apr 2010 at 03:19

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This is why I develop for Microsoft's platforms and not Apple's.

24th Mar 2010 at 02:28

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Opera Mini 5 for iPhone

So can’t wait for this! Opera beats the crap out of Safari on both mobile and desktop platforms.

The app has already been submitted to Apple for review to be placed on the App Store and the folks at Opera are giving away a free iPhone 3GS for the person who guesses the closest time to when Apple approve the app. You can check that out here.

And as always, I heartily encourage people to try out the desktop version if they haven’t done so before (especially the Windows users out there, Mac users I’d probably wait for the 10.50 final release, although a beta version is available).