Getting creative with transparent PNGs for Delivery Status

Posted January 19th, 2009 by Mike Piontek. Design, Mac OS X

The old Delivery Status graphics system When I started the Delivery Status widget it didn’t support many services. I wanted each service to be visually distinct, so I created entirely separate graphics for each one. It… Read more »

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iLounge includes Delivery Status among the top 100 apps and games for the iPhone

Posted October 31st, 2008 by Mike Piontek. iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad

This was a nice surprise today: iLounge, arguably the top site for iPod and iPhone reviews and news, released their 2009 iPod + iPhone Buyers’ Guide. Among other things, the guide includes their “100 Best iPhone and… Read more »

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Business Cards

Posted October 31st, 2008 by Mike Piontek. Design

My new business cards finally showed up today, and they look awesome. Same as with the site, Holly Tickner drew the illustrations, and I designed the rest. I wanted to use the robot illustration on the front of the… Read more »

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Displaying a password or text entry prompt on the iPhone

Posted October 28th, 2008 by Mike Piontek. Code, iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad

Writing your own iPhone or iPod touch app, and wondering how to create an alert like this? Check out the sample code below. I needed to display a password prompt in Delivery Status touch and quickly found that there… Read more »

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A Preview of Delivery Status touch 2.0

Posted October 26th, 2008 by Mike Piontek. iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad

Above: a sneak peek at Delivery Status touch 2.0. Tapping the icon on the left side of a delivery will show its full details right in the app. Delivery Status touch has been available for just over a month now, and… Read more »

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