My Apps
Mobile application development is the most enjoyable thing I have done in my professional career. There's just something awesome about these tiny little computers we carry in our pockets and the cool things we can get them to do. Here are the applications solely developed by me:
The Adventures of Alex: Electricity
I wanted to do an app that was more than just a simple utility app and decided to sink some serious investment in something that would totally knock the socks of off users. This is a product of collaboration between Excel Florendia (illustrator) and Megan Randa (composer).
Trip Receipts
There are lots of good apps out there that do receipts. I thought it'd be a fun thing just to create my own on a weekend. Most apps have eschewed skeuomorphism with the introduction of iOS 7, but I decided to buck the trend and keep it, just for novelty sake.
Webmail++
My most successful app to date, Webmail++ was borne out of frustration of having to use a web client to connect to my day job's piece of junk webmail interface to check my mail. I simplified logon and reformatted the page to make it mobile friendly.
Judging by my sales, I'm not the only one that has this problem.
SA Water
This app was developed at the Alamo Civic Hackathon in conjunction with the National Day of Civic Hacking and Code For America. It lets San Antonio residents view the real-time water levels of the Edwards Aquifer, know what water restrictions are in place, and receive reminders on their day for watering. Coming Summer 2014
TF2 Recipes
Though I haven't played in quite some time, TF2 Recipes is a utility app for the immensely successful Team Fortress 2. Valve are very open with their APIs and IP for others to build cool things, so I thought I'd put together an app to use as an excuse for learning some new things in iOS 5 and meet a need not being fulfilled in the App Store: a way to figure out what you can craft with your TF2 inventory.
Geekdom for iOS
Geekdom is a collaborative workspace here in San Antonio. I built this app pro-bono as a way to give back to the community and make something awesome for all of us to use. The only complaint has been: Why isn't there an Android version?!
So much for free and open...
Chela's Tacos
This was the very first iOS app I wrote. I approached the owners of Chela's Tacos, San Antonio's best taco truck, to see if they'd let me develop an app for them for free. They couldn't refuse such a good deal and I needed a real project to teach me the ins and outs of iOS development. This app put me on the path to the other awesome apps I have developed. It all began with tacos. Mmmmmmmm....
Home Energy Manager
Home Energy Manager was a collaboration with a friend, Tony Farnsworth, to bring a better mobile experience to a CPS Energy program called Home Manager. Their website is very slow and pretty clunky on mobile, so we wanted to bring a whole new experience to Home Manager users.
Killer Bunnies Utility Belt
I was recently introduced to a new game, Killer Bunnies, a zany and fun card game. One of the drawbacks of the game, however, is the myriad rules there are for the individual cards. I decided to put together a companion app to help keep gameplay moving with this easy to use reference.
Dominion Guide
Another card game companion app, Dominion Guide is a quick-reference app that I developed exclusively for iOS 7.