Adam Howitt's Blog

Apple is Doing the Right Thing Blocking Flash

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:54:00 -0400

I just read Joa Ebert's theoretical conversation parodying the move by Apple to block Flash code-generation tools and thought I'd repost my argument here. The argument is that Apple is being petty or childish by preventing developers from using code...

Run your ass off this year!

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:48:00 -0400

After another 200 hour programming marathon spread over 4 months I'm thrilled to announce the release of version 3 of WalkJogRun's iPhone App "WalkJogRun Running Routes". What does it do? The most significant change version 2 was the addition of ...

Affiliate Link Shortening for Profit

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:15:00 -0400

Coupon Cabin just launched their latest offering yesterday in the world of affiliate marketing called Dealfer.com so you make commissions on the sales you generate at participating merchants. It's a clever idea and leverages their relationships with...

Find a ColdFusion Framework

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:15:00 -0400

Looking to mine my readership for information about ColdFusion Frameworks. I'm working on a site redesign for a high profile, high traffic site and we're looking to select a framework. Which frameworks have you used and what do you like/dislike abo...

Working with Dates and Date offsets in iPhone Development

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:00:00 -0400

It's been a slow iPhone development week partly because I'm in the peak week of my marathon training but the main reason is that the work I did was pretty frustrating so it put me off doing more until today. When is a date not a date? When it's a...

Testing iPhone StoreKit purchases

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:03:00 -0400

I spent a significant amount of time troubleshooting the iPhone StoreKit framework for our WalkJogRun iPhone app this weekend. I finally discovered that the documentation was slightly misleading after discovering a post on the Apple developer forums...

iPhone Development and an AppStore Wishlist

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:37:00 -0400

I've been doing A LOT of iPhone development since Feb 14th of this year and I'm happy to report our iPhone app has been selling well. Much better than the first release which, well, I have to admit, had a beta feel to it. The latest release is far ...

Ugly MySQL tools for Mac AKA I hate Navicat

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:06:00 -0400

Seriously. Why should I be handicapped for trying to write SQL on a mac client? I've tried Navicat and hate it with a passion. For an OS that prides itself on pretty interfaces the tools for working with databases I've seen are all really ugly. M...

Patch the box and upgrade CF8 JRE for stability

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:39:00 -0400

When I signed up for a VPS pre-installed with CF8 Enterprise I made the assumption it would be patched for me. Hmph. After a month and a bit of tolerating instability I finally nailed the problem. [More]

CF8 Server Monitoring alerts oddity

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:05:00 -0400

Has anyone used CF8 Server monitoring and seen negative values in the app scope in terms of memory size? I'm getting some peculiar alerts ever few days related to my site adamhowitt.com and don't know where to start. My google foo is weak so I thou...

Why the web went down

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:38:00 -0400

On days like today where twitter is being hammered by a DDOS attack, facebook is being flaky and even Gmail was taking an hour to deliver my mail, I like to know as much as possible. I've asked my fave sysadmin for this link over and over but as I'v...

WalkJogRun TV Interview

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:42:00 -0400

I'm thrilled to announce that I recorded a TV interview in New York last weekend for Better TV and a sneak peak has appeared on YouTube. I was interviewed by Ereka Vetrini who you may remember from season 1 of the Apprentice.

No more taboo

Thu, 21 May 2009 14:54:00 -0400

Did you ever play the boardgame taboo? You try to get your partner to say the word on the card without actually mentioning the word. Google AdWords is finally breaking the seal on trademarks. I just got off a call with a member of the Google AdW...

4 hours to the unthinkable

Fri, 08 May 2009 15:27:00 -0400

I'm finally caving in and buying a mac 4 hours from now. It won't be a clean switch I know, even running bootcamp or parallels. How do I know? I ran Ubuntu linux for 2 years and came back to Windows for the sheer range of business apps targeting W...

WalkJogRun iPhone Application v1 is live!

Wed, 06 May 2009 01:41:00 -0400

After over 200 hours of development, sweat, tears and late nights after work, Apple finally approved our app. It's available in the App Store today and I'd love to hear your feedback. Under the hood it connects to WalkJogRun.net built on ColdFu...