Posts by Lori Olson
Issue 149
DRD149: It's Valentine's Day — a good day to talk about how to mend a broken heart. Well, money helps.
On Feb 14, 2024Issue 145
DRD145:The Saint Nicholas Day, Hanukkah, Immaculate Conception, Rohatsu, Advent Fast, Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Posadas Navidenas, Solstice, Christmas, Zarathosht Diso, Feas...
On Dec 13, 2023Issue 144
DRD144: Do games make us better and can they change the world? Apparently so, according to one noted author.
On Nov 29, 2023Issue 143
DRD143: It's your every-other-week safari 🦍 across the DragonRuby, RubyMotion and Ruby landscape.
On Nov 01, 2023Issue 140
DRD140: Contained herein, your engraved invitation from none other than Apple.
On Sep 20, 2023Issue 138
DRD138:Trust, but verify. Or failing that, carry really good liability insurance.
On Aug 23, 2023Issue 130
DRD130: It was really just a matter to time before we get back to yet another gratuitous Star Trek metaphor.
On Apr 19, 2023Issue 128
DRD128: The real meaning of dashboard, imaginary planets and parking spaces. We have something for everybody!
On Mar 22, 2023Issue 111
DRD111: Just when things look overwhelming, a little informal psychology for app creators.
On Jul 13, 2022Issue 104
DRD104: Big versus small companies, feature parity and a missing Tube station.
On Mar 09, 2022Issue 102
DRD102: Big companies sometimes get a bad rap. But read on before deciding you don't want to work for one.
On Feb 09, 2022Issue 101
DRD101: Some advice on selection criteria for that first big job out of schoool.
On Jan 26, 2022Issue 98
DRD098: College days, easy icons, Black Friday fisticuffs and virtual reality. Something for every occassion.
On Nov 24, 2021Issue 96
DRD096: Origin stories, a new release of DRGTK, Dolly Parton and lots more reading in this issue!
On Oct 27, 2021Issue 89
DRD089: We're back in our usual format! Suitable for framing or wrapping fish.
On Jul 21, 2021Issue 86
DRD086: It's our annual all zombies all the time issue. Actually there are only a couple of items which are anything about zombies, but we just really liked the headline.
On Jun 09, 2021Issue 83
DRD083: Which language you choose depends a lot on what you plan to do with it.
On Apr 28, 2021Issue 80
DRD080: Comparison is invidious. No, we didn't know, either, but now we do know we couldn't agree more.
On Mar 17, 2021Issue 79
DRD079: Ask not what Open Source can do for you but rather what you can do for Open Source. That, and goats.
On Mar 03, 2021Issue 78
DRD078: Smoking soldering irons, full hechts, a treasure trove of free imagery and flabby code...this issue has something for everybody!
On Feb 17, 2021Issue 76
DRD076: New year, new look for the DragonRuby Dispatch! More of what you want, less of what you don't.
On Jan 20, 2021Issue 75
DRD075: One last look back on 2020 before we forever banish the whole dumpster fire from our collective memories.
On Jan 06, 2021Issue 74
DRD074: Solving problems the un-modern way, my new Apple Watch and the changing privacy landscape.
On Dec 23, 2020Issue 72
DRD072: Folks, do we have some gems for you this issue: there's even a setup and a punchline.
On Nov 25, 2020Issue 69
DRD069: Why on earth does Tim Horton's need to know where I am ALL THE TIME?
On Sep 16, 2020Issue 68
DRD068: How the new Alberta RCMP crime reporting app is handling your data ought to be a crime itself.
On Sep 02, 2020Issue 67
DRD067: Canada's approach to app-based COVID alerts. Also, what Grady Booch finds fascinating. And all the other mobile app development news that's not quite fit to print.
On Aug 19, 2020Issue 66
DRD066: It's a retro extravaganza including the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote and the Dewey Decimal System.
On Aug 05, 2020Issue 65
DRD065: David (Heinemeier Hansson) and Goliath, getting fleeced with fleeceware and ignoring all those annoying alarms.
On Jul 22, 2020Issue 64
DRD064: An epic (app) launch fail and a retro game riff in this issue. Lots of examples and accompanying source code for your amusement and edification.
On Jul 08, 2020Issue 63
DRD063: In an attempt to get quoted in this issue we're quoting others who are a lot smarter than us.
On Jun 24, 2020Issue 59
DRD059: We're now all COVID-19, all the time! Actually, we're kidding. But our theme for this issue are the challenges and opportunities from living through these strange times.
On Apr 29, 2020Issue 58
DRD058: Fed up with all the bad news? We have some links to help create your own news feed so you can report only happy news! Also 🎉 500 subscribers!
On Apr 15, 2020Issue 57
DRD057: It may be April Fools' Day but, no kidding, this issue is no joke. It is multilingual, however.
On Apr 01, 2020Issue 56
DRD056: Your one piece of email this week which will not contain *that* word. Anywhere. Not even once.
On Mar 18, 2020Issue 54
DRD054: This issue, we live and die in the garden of good and evil. Oh, yes, and tips on how to better organize your code!
On Feb 19, 2020Issue 53
DRD053: We have all the elements of a semi-decent movie: rejection, a benevolent villain we just can't help but love, something for the kids, a teachable moment and a joke you may not...
On Feb 05, 2020Issue 50
Our fiftieth issue! When we started last December, I must admit, I didn’t know if I could manage put out a regular newsletter. We’ve come a long way in a year, so let’s celebrate with...
On Dec 18, 2019Issue 36
This is an all community links edition. To clear out my backlog, and because I have pneumonia (cough, haaaack) and I’m too tired to do anything else. —wndxlori\
On Sep 11, 2019Issue 35
This week we have some late breaking news. First up, a timely warning about a change in the behaviour of UIImagePickerController from Craig Hockenberry. Nasty bug, and we’ll probably...
On Sep 04, 2019Issue 34
Couple of things I wanted to mention today, as I don’t have anything deep to offer ;-)
On Aug 28, 2019Issue 33
This week I was out camping. As I set up this newsletter before I head out, I was thinking about my last camping trip…the one where I broke my wrist. That was at the end of June, and ...
On Aug 21, 2019Issue 32
This week I’m pretty happy to be working on course planning for the fall. I will be teaching (live-in-person) coding skills in a program for Women Entrepreneurs. Eventually these cour...
On Aug 14, 2019Issue 31
Here we are in August already. Summer sure is flying by (if you are in the Northern hemisphere like me). If you are like me, you had a lot of things you wanted to get accomplished th...
On Aug 07, 2019Issue 30
I’m going to start working on creating a couple of wrapper apps (iOS & Android) for a Rails application that I have built for a client. Eventually, the creation of these apps will...
On Jul 31, 2019Issue 29
I’ll just channel my husband this week with his grumpy old geek hat on (he’s a Linux/Unix and network systems administrator) and say that y’all shouldn’t be depending on any particula...
On Jul 24, 2019Issue 28
So, I fractured my wrist when we were camping. My left wrist. And yes, as a matter of fact I AM left handed, and it IS a total PITA. I can sorta, kinda type. Just not very well. So...
On Jul 17, 2019Issue 24
#OPEDHey folks, we are back. Thanks for being patient while I dealt with the final days, death, and funeral of my brother, Jeff.It’s been a rough time for my whole family, and I neede...
On Jun 12, 2019Issue 14
This week’s big news is the official announcement from Amir Rajan about the new, long term strategy for RubyMotion which is being rolled out under the DragonRuby brand. Amir covers of...
On Mar 06, 2019Issue 13
One of the things I love about application development is the power it has to change lives. This local story highlighted a huge change for the people of Alberta, the province where I ...
On Feb 27, 2019Issue 12
On the off chance that anyone missed it… The Apple Developer portal is going to start requiring Two Factor Authentication next week. You should have received an email from Apple abou...
On Feb 20, 2019Issue 11
I’d like to send out a great big WELCOME to all the former subscribers of the RubyMotion Dispatch that signed up this week, after Todd’s farewell blast to his list. I missed the Disp...
On Feb 13, 2019Issue 10
I know I’m in Canada 🇨🇦, so I’m supposed to be used to the cold, but the polar vortex finally moved in this weekend and man is it cold 🥶. And no end in sight, either. Hope all of yo...
On Feb 06, 2019Issue 9
If any of you happen to follow me on Twitter or Instagram, you probably already know that we got a new puppy this summer. His name is Scooter, he is a miniature schnauzer, and he is a...
On Jan 30, 2019Issue 8
Last week I had a horrible cold 🤒. Being sick sucks. There are however lessons to be learned from being sick for over a week. My business coach has this great saying… “It’s ok to hav...
On Jan 23, 2019Issue 7
Last week I was in NYC. This week, I’m sick 🤒. Blargh. But the newsletter must go on…
On Jan 16, 2019Issue 6
Here we go, six weeks in a row. This issue is being sent to you straight from NYC. Have you ever eaten at BareBurger?OMNOMNOMNOM, so good.
On Jan 09, 2019Issue 5
I hope you all had a Happy New Year 🎉! 2019 is looking good for RubyMotion and the WNDX School.
On Jan 02, 2019Issue 4
Happy Boxing Day! Yup, I am from 🇨🇦 so today is actually a holiday. Since I’m taking this whole week off, I cued up some content in advance for you. Hope you had a Merry Christmas,...
On Dec 26, 2018Issue 3
W00t! 3!!! weeks in a row. Hey, do you think that it would be useful to have a jobs section?For a (very) modest fee, I could include job ads for any RubyMotion jobs you might have op...
On Dec 19, 2018Issue 1
Well it’s finally time. The RubyMotion Weekly Newsletter is setup and ready to roll. This takes the place of the barelylaunched WNDX School newsletter. I wanted to expand to includeAL...
On Dec 06, 2018