iOS 7 Beta 5

The iOS 7 beta schedule was disrupted a few weeks ago when Apple suddenly shut down its developer portal due to a security breach. Without access to the developer portal Beta 4 was delayed for a week but Apple got right back on schedule (almost) with Beta 5's release last Tuesday. As mentioned in my …

Ireland in Summary

I left for Ireland on Sunday and had planned to post throughout the week but it didn't work out. Fitting evening writing sessions in between dinner, work events, and city exploration turned out to be harder than I imagined, so hard that I didn't type a single letter on the keyboard. Now that the trip …

iOS 7 Beta 3

As the internet promised, iOS 7 Beta 3 was released on Monday, two weeks after the previous beta. As I've been having such stability problems with beta 2 I installed it over-the-air almost immediately at work. There are a few new visual changes in this build but the biggest improvements are: Overall stability - my …

The Taylor Twins at 2

If I were to describe the boys to someone who didn't know them I'd describe them this way. Adam and Zachary a pair of extremely active individuals. They do not sit for long periods of time and have little interest in television (except for some special cases). They prefer to move around and explore their …

Taming Twins: It Talks

It's amazing to watch children learn and grow, particularly in the area of speech. What starts out as grunts and blabbering turns into a couple of repeated words here and there, slowly becomes short simple phrases, buds into short observatory sentences, and then explodes into full-out conversation. Having twins provides a unique perspective on language …

iOS 7 Beta 2

Apple dropped beta 2 of iOS 7 last Monday, just two weeks after the WWDC keynote, setting the precedent for a two week pace that was unheard of in previous beta releases. The Internet and its “sources” say that this two week schedule is indeed going to stick around for the foreseeable future as the …