As of November 5th, I’ve been married to Lauren (@coffeemuffins) for a whole year. Handily, it’s easy to remember (remember) the 5th of November, since it’s Guy Fawkes Night here in the UK. We get free fireworks every year, and we assume they’re primarily for our benefit.

I’ve previously written at some length about making your iOS apps accessible to visually impaired users, and the topic continues to be very important to me.

I’ve been enjoying using the App.Net social network lately, and have thus been trying out various new iOS clients for that service - of which there are many. It’s an exciting time, and reminds me very much of my first few months on Twitter.

An exciting time, that is, if your eyes are fully functional, but a frustrating one for those who rely on VoiceOver to read their iPhone or iPad’s interface to them. I’ve found two App.Net clients which illustrate the two extremes of VoiceOver support, and I wanted to graphically (in both senses) show the difference that a little bit of extra development work can make to visually impaired users.

The new iPhone 5 is a quite ridiculously beautiful thing, with far and away the best build quality (high praise indeed) of any iOS device I’ve yet owned. We took delivery of a black one and a white one last Friday, and whilst the lightness and solidity are striking, the most arresting aspect of the phone is of course its screen.

Just in time for the weekend, I’ve released version 1.0.3 of my recently-launched Mac app, Sticky Notifications.

I’ve released version 1.0.1 of my recently-launched Mac app, Sticky Notifications.