Monthly Archives: September 2011

Swipe Conference Highlights: Gamification

Posted on September 9, 2011 by

Of the many excellent sessions at this week’s Swipe Conference, the one titled “Build Better Cocoa Apps Using Game Mechanics” by Paris Buttfield-Addison was unique in its topic. In it, Paris outlined how gamification is currently viewed as something that can be … Continue reading →

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iOS Developers and Designers: Stickin’ together is what good waffles do!

Posted on September 9, 2011 by

We’ve all heard developers say it: “I’m a terrible drawer” or “I’ve got no design skills”. Perhaps we’re even guilty of saying it ourselves – I know I am. But after attending this year’s Swipe Conference I now subscribe to … Continue reading →

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Swipe Conference Highlights: Using gestures as shortcuts within iOS apps

Posted on September 7, 2011 by

Yesterday was the last day of Swipe Conference so I thought I would take this time to reiterate one of the points I took from the first presentation by Josh Clark.  Josh covered quite a few topics and if you … Continue reading →

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Me Want Cookie: Session Handling with NetBiscuits Mobile Web Apps

Posted on September 6, 2011 by

Shine was recently involved with helping a client bring an outsourced mobile web site in-house. The site was essentially a guide for browsing business and event information for cinemas, restaurants and bars in your area. Bringing this web site in-house … Continue reading →

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JavaScript from Nose to Tail

Posted on September 6, 2011 by

Cliffano Subagio from Shine Technologies presented together with Carl Husselbee from Sensis “JavaScript from Nose to Tail” at the August MelbJS Meetup. The slides and the video of the presentation are now online.

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