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I left empty handed from the awards last night, I had fun creating the app and was able to learn some new stuff during the brief project. I have decided to remove the app from the app store for now until I can decide if I want to maintain it long term or move the idea into another larger scale project.

I submitted my app Seattle Permits to the Evergreen App Challenge. Awards are on Oct. 1, I will post with the results after that date. The app is free so take it for a spin.

Just wanted to give a little update for the coming months. I am currently working on an app for the Evergreen App Challenge and after that I will be finishing up and update to the Simple Flash Cards App. I will post more info on both projects when I get closer to finishing.

There appears to be some issues with the timing stations at some of the legs. Lots of data is missing if you are wondering why the results on the apps look funky.

[Update] Ski to Sea Results have been updated for the most part. Although they are not precise, it is better than nothing. Looking forward to next years race already.

I have launched a new app that is a digital flash card application. The launch has been very successful with the app reaching the #2 spot for education apps on the Mac App Store. Stay tuned for the companion iPhone/iPad app.

The iPhone/iPad version of the Ski to Sea app is ready for 2012. Along with that I have launched the desktop app in the Mac App Store. If you have an Android phone you can pick up the updated version on the Google Play store(formally Android Marketplace) courtesy of Victor Valadez.

The app is currently crashing from a bug introduced with the recent changes trying to filter bad data. There has been so much bad data recently a bug popped up on something I haven't accounted for. A patch should be approved in 2-3 days that will fix the issue. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[UPDATE]
Version 1.3.3 is now available, it resolves the crashing issue and improves the reliability of the bad data filtering.

With the release of the iPhone 4S many voiced disappointment or concern with Apple's inability to release an entirely new design. I am kind of glad that the design did not change. Many companies have ruined good products in the past by trying to put out a new design every year. I have no disappointment at all and will be ordering the new phone on Friday. Some might call me a fanboy, but the phone has all the improvements I was looking for (minus NFC). So if you were not happy with the 4S I would be interested to know what you wanted but didn't get. If it is all about the design changing then I disagree, do you like having to buy all new accessories every year?

As most have probably heard, Steve Jobs passed away today. He was a great inventor, visionary, leader and person. Most people know about him so I am just going to post a poem from an Apple ad campaign that is fitting for him. Gizmodo made a nice video with it.

Video on Engadget

I have updated the ski to sea app to be a universal iPad/iPhone app. It requires iOS 4 or newer. There is a lot of new stuff so check it out. In other news I have also built an app for the Mac for Ski to Sea. It doesn't have a whole of error checking currently and requiers 10.6 or later.

I have been busy this past year, with the birth of my first son Grahame I have not had much time to update this site, hopefully in the coming months I will put some more updates up. If you are interested I have a couple of other apps availble for the mac for weather at baker and weather on the bay. Download them and check them out, they will require 10.6 and newer as well.

Air Webcam allows you to share your iOS Device camera on your local network. There is a Mac app available to view the feed, or you can watch from another iOS Device. It is great for pulling off pranks or finding out who is raiding the cookie jar.

Ski to Sea has been approved for sale on the App Store. Ski to Sea is an iPhone app that displays race results, race info, and more from the annual Ski to Sea Festival in Bellingham, WA.