Science Hack Day 2012 started at 2pm, in the basement of the Adler Planetarium, Saturday the 12th of May 2012. Having never been to a Hack Day I was timidly unsure of what to expect. But my bashfulness was overridden by the exciting prospect of 24+ hours of unadulterated creativity and collaboration. Even more electrifying [...]
We are looking for mobile app developers who are passionate about mobile apps and using technology technology to improve people’s lives. Responsibilities Think, design and then build (frequently used brain a must) Quickly learn new technologies (languages, operating systems, tools) and be productive with them Understand a customer’s requirements and big picture view of the [...]
Jillian is the Administrative Coordinator to Will Scott. She works to make sure schedules line up, events happen smoothly, and that everyone is where they need to be! Jillian also is in charge of food and coffee purchases, so our developers can stay well fed and caffeinated.
Chad Lilly is one of the Directors at Lextech and his focus is building relationships. Whether it be recruiting the best new tech talent from around the world or guiding a prospect through our mobile discovery process, he’s our go-to-guy. Chad makes sure we find the right people for our growing company. He also participates regularly [...]
Lextech and Sonic Automotive are pleased to announce the release of Sonic Auto Search, an iPhone app that guides consumers through an easy, yet comprehensive, search process to connect users to the vehicle and dealer that best fit their needs. “Our customers don’t want to be tied to their desks when they are researching vehicle [...]
Demonstrating apps under development can be a challenge locally and becomes even more so when you need to loop in people who are all over the place. Forget those USB cameras or video digitizers we’ve all been stuck using for the past couple years! We’ve found a very simple method for demoing live apps from [...]
I recently had a chance to chat with Elon Musk (CEO and CTO of SpaceX, Chairman of SolarCity,CEO of Tesla Motors) about balance and running multiple world changing companies. I really respect what Elon has been able to accomplish, especially in pushing the limits of technology way beyond what is viewed as even possible. He [...]
First off, I admit it — I’m a monitor hog. You can never have enough screen real-estate and I like to have consistent locations for everything I’m working on from the calendar & CRM to open coding projects & documents. I’ve been planning a new home office for about a year and now the final [...]
Check out the series, “How to Market and Promote Your Games and Apps” by our iOS developer, Felipe Laso, on Ray Wenderlich’s Tutorials for iPhone / iOS Developers and Gamers blog. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4: Coming soon!
Please note, a PDF of this tutorial and the XCode project are available for download at the end of this post. If you’ve ever programmed for iOS prior to version 5 then you have most certainly used NIB files. While very powerful and flexible for designing your interfaces, determining how your application flows when working [...]
