IdeaDraw for iPad

May 18th, 2012

IdeaDraw, our iPad app, is now available on the App Store!

As people who tend to mostly communicate in sketches and images, we developed IdeaDraw as a tool for ourselves at first.

Our focus was on making something that:

Is simple to use

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Are we nearly there yet?

May 10th, 2012

You know you’ve been inside for too long, when you look out the window and see green leaves where there was snow only… what, yesterday? And then you notice a bunch of missed calls and a couple of texts on your phone from friends checking whether you’re still alive.
Hey, Irka & Blister, I ain’t dead!

We’ve been busy at DiaDraw and we’re happy with the result. IdeaDraw, our iPad app is currently waiting for approval to be released on the App Store, but we love it so much, we thought we’d share it with you:

Native extensions for mobile AIR apps – getting round the orientation issue

April 10th, 2012

If I have sinned towards Adobe or Apple, I swear it wasn’t premeditated. For the last couple of weeks however I have been paying for sins I must have committed and that, I hope, has taught me stuff.

The problem

AIR mobile application, iOS native extension for sending e-mail.

Everything works hunky-dory, until you close the e-mail client. Then the app rotates, although you haven’t rotated the device. Sound familiar?

I finally found a workaround that works for me and got flash.display.Stage and MFMailComposeViewController to play nicely together. So I’m thinking of popping my head out and offering my twopence to the community.

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UML 2.0 Use Case Diagrams – level of detail

March 27th, 2012

“Hey, why don’t we go to The Smiling Chef after work?”

As much as I love the get-togethers with my girlfriends, they aren’t without obstacles. Like trying to dodge The Smiling Chef or any other restaurant where you are charged an arm and a leg for a nicely roasted thigh. Squab’s thigh. Nicely roasted, though, which my friends love and can afford.

I have to act quickly, so I wedge the phone between cheek and shoulder and start browsing the Internet. Thank goodness for restaurant search websites that let you specify budget:

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UML 2.0 Use Case Diagrams – introduction

March 6th, 2012

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This week, at Amir’s request, Angela talks about what-ifs, scenarios and how a Use Case Diagram can show these. more »

Visual thinker tools of the trade

February 7th, 2012

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UML 2.0 Class diagrams – generalization

January 26th, 2012

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Manuel is back from his post-release-pre-Christmas vacation all tanned and refreshed and fired up to talk about UML again.

In this post he’ll look at generalization, substitution and inheritance and will realize his genius.
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How visual thinking will save the world

January 18th, 2012

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New Year’s resolutions

January 8th, 2012

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Ho ho ho!

December 24th, 2011

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