My name is David.  I am a Principal Architect for Universal Mind where I create enterprise mobile and web applications.  I focus primarily on native iOS/OS X development.  I believe in usability, clean code, and coffee.

Working with Live Templates in WebStorm and PHPStorm

Mastering an IDE is one of the most important tasks a developer can do as it will pay big dividends with the time it saves.  One of the most powerful features of JetBrains WebStorm / PHPStorm is Live Templates (this feature is actually in all of the JetBrains IDE’s including IntelliJ, AppCode, etc…).  In this introductory video, I will walk you through how to utilize this powerful feature.

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Stop Bashing the iBooks Author Terms of Service

Over the last several days I’ve read a lot of posts that decry the iBooks Author terms of service as one of Apple’s worst moves every.  In the end, the Apple haters are just doing what they always do, and the consumers are winning.  More after the jump.

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Jimi Hendrix : The Complete Experience

Jimi Hendrix - The Complete Experience

For the past many months I’ve been working with on a project with Sony Music and Experience Hendrix, LLC.  Today marks the release of the Jimi Hendrix : The Complete Experience in the App Store.  This application takes a new look at how an artist’s content is connected to the listener.  The process of creating this application has taken quite a while, but the design and development teams at Universal Mind have built an amazing application that I am glad to finally get to share with you!

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