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Stack âem Up - Day 2

Published Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:09:41 +0000 by Umesh

I must say, day 2 for Stack ‘em Up looks a lot more promising than day 1. In all I sold 31 units for net revenue of $21.13. That is large improvement over yesterday. However, the revenue always goes down after initial up, and yesterday was a Saturday. I still think the numbers don’t look [...]


First Full Day of Stack âem Up

Published Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:18:54 +0000 by Umesh

Yesterday was the first full day of Stack ‘em Up on AppStore. The day was rather disappointing. I sold 12 copies with a net revenue of $8.37. The only review I have received so far is mine own. I have received several review comments in private from my friends who tried the game. So far [...]


Announcing Stack âem Up

Published Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:41:17 +0000 by Umesh

For the last several days I have been working on an iPhone application. I am excited to announce that the application is ready. Here is the description of the application: In a nearby land not so far away, citizens have been drinking lots of fun drinks without worrying about health. This has brought the civilization to [...]


Boost.Spirit: Semantic Actions

Published Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:07:06 +0000 by Umesh

Note that this post applies to Spirit.Classic or 2.0. In the first two posts we introduced basic parsing techniques defined by Spirit. The parsing is only useful, if we can do something with parsing results. In Spirit you achieve this with semantic actions. Semantic actions are expected to use functional programming paradigms. The most basic semantic action [...]


Functional Programming & Boost.Lambda Programming

Published Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:24:54 +0000 by Umesh

I will like to take a break from Boost.Spirit related topic to talk about Functional Programming. Understanding of Functional Programming is essential for understanding how Spirit related actions are implemented. Typical object oriented programming paradigm combines mutable data and set of algorithms which operates on data. In contrast FP avoids mutable data or state and [...]


Boost.Spirit : Complete Parser Design

Published Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:13:38 +0000 by Umesh

Note that this post applies to Spirit.Classic or 2.0. In the last post we discussed how to write a simple parser using Spirit. Most real life parsers are a lot more complex requiring several rules and combining them to create a full grammar. Spirit provides support to declare a full grammar. Let us create a parser [...]


Boost.Spirit - Easy to use Parser

Published Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:13:29 +0000 by Umesh

Note that this post applies to Spirit.Classic or 2.0. I recently had write a parser in C++ and decided to give Boost.Spirit a chance. I was delighted with ease of use of the parser itself. It was a steep learning curve to get started. However, once I got started, it made life significantly simple. Boost.Spirit provides a [...]


Challenging all Choregraphers out there

Published Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:28:13 +0000 by Umesh

The latest idea I am working on is a choreography tool. The idea is that you got a character with set of animation clips.   As a user you will be able to combine these small sequences to create a full dance sequences. You will than be able to combine these sequences to create a full [...]


Twitter World: Refresh and New Message Button

Published Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:11:48 +0000 by Umesh

I have seen some comments that people are having difficulty finding refresh button and new message indicator. The refresh button may not be at the most obvious location but it exists. Select a message and the bottom panel shows up. Touching the refresh button will refresh tweets. The new message indicator exists on the top right [...]


Twitter World Reviews

Published Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:34:16 +0000 by Umesh

“Twitter is exploding fast and is a true global community. That’s why Twitter World comes so handy. You can easily translate the following languages to English and finally understand what everyone’s talking about on Twitter”  - iPhoneAppsFinder.com Twitter World has one spectacular function: it allows you to read Tweets written in foreign languages by automatically translating [...]


Twitter World Crash

Published Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:04:00 +0000 by Umesh

Update: The updated with fix has now been accepted by Apple is now @ AppStore. Get it My previous release of Twitter World application had a nasty bug which made it unusable for lots of “Twitter World” users and completely killed the reputation. I owe these users an explanation of what happened. As you know, Twitter [...]


Praises for Twitter World

Published Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:42:16 +0000 by Umesh

iSmashPhone.com “Twitter World has one spectacular function: it allows you to read Tweets written in foreign languages by automatically translating them.” http://www.ismashphone.com/2009/06/todays-notable-iphone-apps-friday-june-26th-edition.html


Reading Farsi Tweets on iPhone

Published Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:21:52 +0000 by Umesh

The tweeter has been a great force behind Iranian revolution. Google did a great job by quickly providing translation service for Farsi. I am getting lots of tweets from people using my Application Twitter World - Breaking Borders to connect and read Farsi Tweets in English. I can easily include English to Farsi support as well [...]


Twitter World: Available for iPhone and Touch

Published Thu, 28 May 2009 01:23:55 +0000 by Umesh

I will like to announce availability of Twitter World: Breaking Borders for iPhone and tocuh. You can get it @ http://tinyurl.com/getTwitterWorld. I have seen explosion of Twitter Clients @ App store. However the TwitterWorld is different. It can translate tweets in to your language. No other Twitter application can do it. You can also use [...]


Starting on path for iPhone application development

Published Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:56:17 +0000 by Umesh

It was late February when I eventually gave in to continuous persuasion of my friend and colleague Cole Harris and decided to start experimenting with iPhone applications. He had been on the AppStore for some time and has several successful applications and had given me some tips. Man what a month of March it turned [...]


Arcade Bowling: Another game for 3 years old

Published Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:14:56 +0000 by Umesh

[xrr rating=2/5] Get it Arcade bowling’s description says: “Stuck in another meeting with the “Bobs”? Tired of filing out endless TPS Report Cover Sheets? blah blah Then look no further. I did not know that 3 year old kids had to file TPS report. At least not in my household. This game seems to be just appropriate [...]


Sharing one SIP Account between multiple Lines

Published Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:15:30 +0000 by Umesh

OK! you have setup your SIP phone in India. You have used services like VoipCheap and ipKall. The setup is working and you are saving a ton of money. But you still have to pay some money to VoipCheap or whoever your SIP service provider is. Although this money is significantly lower than what you [...]


Bounce on: Rich Graphics smart idea but still lacking

Published Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:57:53 +0000 by Umesh

[xrr rating=2/5] Get it: Bounce On Bounce On which is in top 25 free apps category. It is graphics rich game which uses accelerometer smartly. The goal is the same old get the ball to its destination.


iPhone Brain Tuner: Absolutely Addictive

Published Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:13:30 +0000 by Umesh

[xrr rating=5/5] Get it: BrainTuner Can you add 2+2 or 5+3? Wait till you try BrainTuner from http://gengarstudios.com/. It is an absolutely addictive application where you continuously challenge yourself in game of maths trying to beat your previous time and in rush to beat timing you make mistakes answering these simple questions.


Natural Relief for Common Cold

Published Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:09:41 +0000 by living

When you are feeling really miserable with cold and stuffy nose, try this natural remedy. It will give you much needed relief in a very short time. It is natural and healthy. 2 big pieces of ginger (ginger peeled and cleaned) 1 teaspoon of honey (available at most grocery stores) 1 teaspoon of lemon juice (available at most [...]