Getting a sponsorship isn’t THAT difficult. Over the last three years, I’ve sponsored a large number of local, national, and international events. My company mainly sponsors causes that are close to my heart as well as my business. This means…
iOS Push Notifications in Airplane Mode
I work a lot with the cruise ship industry, and one of the more interesting challenges we run into is that often there are user-facing systems that have to work without an Internet connection. I’ve designed applications that are supposed…
5 tips for launching your first app
Almost everyone wants to have an app these days. But how do you go about finding the right designers, programmers, and marketers to take your app from an idea to millions of downloads in the app store? Validate your idea….
Setting up a Star SP500 Wireless Printer
The wonderfully undocumented SP500 printer with wireless Ethernet connection has been the bane of my existence for the last few days. So I have the IFBD-HW03/04 model, which isn’t even mentioned really in the manual. That means that my firmware…
Ignite Tampa Bay 2014
Another good evening of interesting speakers at the 2014 Tampa Bay Ignite. Held at the historic Cuban Club in Ybor, with much drinking and good times for all. Even better, this year, the slides that were behind me were actually…
Ignite Tampa Bay 2013
So I was asked to speak at Ignite this year, about my ideas on nerd culture. Ignite is a short format speaking event held in different cities. I said yes, thinking it would be fun, and it was. The only…