Jamie Halmick

iOS dev & design at @tinkerbuilt, @writtendownapp, @[email protected]

[Jamie Halmick @timeuser]

Better late than never

[Federico Viticci @viticci]

Huge App Store news:

Apple is reducing commissions to 15% for developers who earned less than $1 million in a year.

This is called the App Store Small Business Program, and it starts January 1, 2021.

We have all the details here: https://t.co/YYGGqqsgIg

[Jeff Johnson @lapcatsoftware]

Important iTunes notes:
1) The record labels struck the 30% deal with Apple, not musicians
2) Some prominent musicians (rights holders) held out of iTunes
3) Online music distribution was uncommon in 2003
4) But online software distribution was already common in 2003 and 2008!

[The Verge @verge]

YouTube needs to chill with its annoying Premium spam https://t.co/rj8ORf0oLQ

[Jamie Halmick @timeuser]

The 16 inch MacBook Pro looks awesome. I think @JewelsBranch will finally be upgrading from her ancient 17” MacBook Pro. Maybe I should replace my 2017 model also just for the reliable keyboard with a real Esc key!

[Jamie Halmick @timeuser]

This is in native Apple apps like News, Mail etc. so it's not some 3rd party problem. Seems like any app using the system provided ViewController navigation.

[Jamie Halmick @timeuser]

Is anyone else noticing that it is really unreliable swiping from left edge of the screen to navigate back in iOS 13? Usually I swipe and it pops back staying on the screen I'm on. I have to swipe really quick or deliberately go all the way to the very right edge to succeed.

[Jamie Halmick @timeuser]

@bhansmeyer I think you have lots of company these days

[Jamie Halmick @timeuser]

@Jenni_77 Sex is the best way to get your kids

[Jamie Halmick @timeuser]

Brighten up or worsen my day with the 53rd most recent pic in your camera roll. (You can thank
@bobtiki
for that number.)

NO CHEATING (unless it’s a personal image). Don’t explain unless I ask you to, then repost this with the number I give you!

[Jamie Halmick @timeuser]

@bobtiki @nathanlaj

[Jamie Halmick @timeuser]

I finally got macOS Catalina and Xcode 11 betas installed. Getting Catalyst to build a complex iOS app for macOS was easier than I expected. At the same time it will still be a LOT of work to have a truly usable macOS app.

[Jamie Halmick @timeuser]

And Combine looks like streams

[Jamie Halmick @timeuser]

SwiftUI sure looks a lot like Flutter. Makes me kind of glad I’ve been doing Flutter at work since last fall.

[Daring Fireball @daringfireball]

$99 Is Not Nothing: https://t.co/cUS8y9SaKj

[Craig Hockenberry @chockenberry]

Marzipan from the point-of-view of a developer who's been on macOS and iOS since the dawn of time: https://t.co/2RdrlnFvMT

There's a lot more to it than you probably think.

[Jamie Halmick @timeuser]

@ccgus Ha. It was a pretty stable employer but I definitely do not miss the commute!

[Jamie Halmick @timeuser]

5 jobs i’ve had:

1. Grocery cashier
2. Laborer at an iron mine
3. School bus driver
4. Multimedia developer at the Federal Reserve Bank
5. Indie software developer

[Manton Reece @mantonsblog]

My response to Apple's response to Spotify: https://t.co/K9QdGn5EdW

[Jamie Halmick @timeuser]

@bhansmeyer @ATT They canceled my order for the $5 case too. The whole thing was a bit weird.

[Jamie Halmick @timeuser]

@daveverwer Flutter?