In 1993/4 or so, my dad had a MessagePad using the Apple Newton mobile platform. The Newton was well beyond its time and it was the iPad of the 90s - well, kind of. In any event, in high-school my dad got bored with it and I was the only one in my high-school with an Apple Newton...
Anyone who knows me, I am not a fan of using the phone. People know I am obsessed with email and look for ways to prevent people from calling me. But even I, yes me, admit there are times when a phone conversation is more efficient than email...
One of the most annoying questions we get here about our iPhone Apps are do they work on other devices, such as the Blackberry, Android or Palm Pre. We ever have people asking us if they work on iPod Classics. This question comes to us typically about twice per week, and sometimes more...
Our first iPad only app was approved today, it is named the iPad Torah. The iPad Torah is basically a scan of the Torah (bible) scroll on your iPad. It adds a few nifty features as well...
This is a small but very important enhancement for our Hebrew speaking users of the iPhone Siddur. Now, the method to subscribe to your Luach events, the Jewish events in your iPhone Siddur, now supports Hebrew characters...
What are the odds that two people in the same 15-person company, living in different states, would be selected to be on-call for Jury Duty the same week? What are the odds? Are there any statistics on the likelihood of that happening?
Well, this week, two RustyBrick coders were on call to potentially sit...
Foursquare announced a new business section to allow businesses to place specials on their Foursquare venue pages and print decals to be placed on their doors or windows.
Last week I was able to get a special on my venue, RustyBrick on Foursquare. But as of yesterday, my special was taken away...
I am excited to let you know that English translation is now available as an in-app purchase (currently $8.99) for the iPhone Siddur. This has been a project we were working on for several months now and we even showed you a preview in February...
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Just an hour ago, we received a phone call from a paper supplies company. I ultimately did not end up speaking with the sales person...
In 2008, I did things the old fashion way - I actually went to the bank to deposit checks for the company. It likely took about an hour of my time per week, based on the average number of bank runs I made...
David Kernell, a 22-year-old student at University of Tennessee will stand trial on four felony charges related to his “hacking” of Ex-Governor Sarah Palin’s e-mail...
I've been complaining about health insurance costs for a long time now, it honestly does nothing but upset me. But the IRS really annoyed me today...
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Logging into Twitter this morning I saw posts stating a prototype of the iPhone 4G had been found in a bar in Redwood City, CA. I thought this was just a spam post, but the article linked to Gizmondo, a pretty trustworthy site...
In October 2002, RustyBrick moved out of my parent's garage and into a real office space. Back then, Ronnie and I only had one employee, Hillel Coren. We moved into a space, which is about 1,200 square feet or so - we are still in the same space with about 12+ people...
My client, Excel Diamonds, notified me this morning that the site we designed & programmed for them, was actually not designed and programmed by us! He was joking of course, but his point was a company named Square Peg Design had the site listed in their portfolio...
After almost a month of waiting, version 4.4 of our iPhone Siddur is finally available on the iTunes Store as a free update. What is new?
The big update is push reminders for zmanim...
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We often get requests to hire interns during the year and the summer months. As the summer approaches, I am receiving a lot of those requests. Today, I met with someone who wants to start giving classes on computer topics as a form of re-education...
I watched the live coverage on two blogs, including GDGT and CNET and here are the quick bullet takeaways from what I felt is most important on the iPhone 4.0 announcement:
- iPhone 4...
Passover is around the corner and it is an interesting time here at the office. Besides the fact that the bosses are out for part of the holiday, there is the whole process of cleaning the office of all "Chametz" from the office...