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  1. BrightDigit #98 - How can we help?

    I am excited to announce that I am available for new contract work!
    published on Jul 11, 2024
  2. BrightDigit #97 - Summer of Swift 🌴

    Learn about all the new happenings in the Swift world this summer.
    published on Jul 2, 2024
  3. BrightDigit #96 - From California to Keynotes: My WWDC 2024 Journey

    WWDC 2024: Exciting announcements, engaging discussions, and great networking. From Bay Area travels to exploring the latest Apple technologies!
    published on Jun 19, 2024
  4. BrightDigit #95 - Bushel v1.2.0 - Perfect Timing for macOS 15 Beta and WWDC 2024!

    Get ready for macOS 15 with Bushel v1.2.0. New features, improvements, and a special WWDC discount inside!
    published on Jun 5, 2024
  5. BrightDigit #94 - 😬 Preparing for What's Next 😬

    Here's what I'm doing to get ready for WWDC2024
    published on May 31, 2024
  6. BrightDigit #93 - 🚀 Lots to Test Flight from Deep Dish 🌎

    Check out our latest Swift packages, event highlights, and exciting updates in this newsletter!
    published on May 16, 2024
  7. BrightDigit #92 - 🚀 Join Me at Exciting Events! 🌎

    Hope you're all doing great! Just wanted to drop a quick note to fill you in on some awesome events I'll be attending soon.
    published on May 1, 2024
  8. BrightDigit #91 - 🌻Spring Has Sprung🌻

    We're gearing up for some exciting developments here at BrightDigit as we draw closer to WWDC on June 10th.
    published on Apr 15, 2024
  9. BrightDigit #90 - What is a Dependency? 🤔

    We often take dependencies for granted when building apps in Swift. Most of the time, this doesn't lead to any problems
    published on Feb 28, 2024
  10. BrightDigit #89 - Architecture and OpenAPI

    Dive into the intricacies of iOS Software Architecture and discover the power of the Swift OpenAPI generator.
    published on Jan 31, 2024
  11. BrightDigit #88 - Explore Exciting Opportunities in 2024 with BrightDigit! 🚀 Exclusive Bushel Offer Inside!

    Unlock exclusive Bushel savings and explore exciting opportunities in 2024 with BrightDigit! 🚀🌟
    published on Jan 17, 2024
  12. BrightDigit #87 - 🎁 The Bushel Holiday Special 🎄✨

    🚀 Exciting News! Bushel has officially launched! 🎉🎊
    published on Dec 15, 2023
  13. BrightDigit #86 - 🍎 Bushel is Here: Pre-Orders Now Open for macOS App Testing! 🚀

    Pre-orders for Bushel, the ultimate macOS virtual machine app for app testing, are now open.
    published on Dec 7, 2023
  14. BrightDigit #85 - 💪The Real Skills You Need to Be a Pro Dev 🚀

    Becoming a professional iOS developer is not as complicated as it's often made out to be – but to excel, you'll need more than great code.
    published on Nov 28, 2023
  15. BrightDigit #84 - 🚀Join the Club: BrightDigit's Exclusive Access🌟

    Join us on our exciting journey! Become a BrightDigit Patreon member for early access, exclusive materials, and more.
    published on Nov 10, 2023
  16. BrightDigit #83 - 🤔 What is Humane Code 🤯

    Humane code takes code that is easy to understand, cheap to maintain, better documented and has a longer lifespan further.
    published on Oct 11, 2023
  17. BrightDigit #82 - Action Button for Ring Tones 🔔

    Apple's new iPhones look pretty sweet this year.
    published on Sep 19, 2023
  18. BrightDigit #81 - 👶 Apple Watch Is About To Grow Up

    watchOS 10 could fundamentally change how we make apps for the Apple Watch, becoming a platform where you can build dedicated apps.
    published on Aug 17, 2023
  19. BrightDigit #80 - 🌴Now You Know What I'm Doing This Summer🌴

    I'm working on some of these projects after WWDC and what are my thoughts on just working on some of these new APIs.
    published on Jul 27, 2023
  20. BrightDigit #79 - Building in Smaller Pieces 🧩

    Rather than building a monolithic app, you can break down the functionality into lightweight modules. Microapps are a way of organizing that.
    published on Jul 18, 2023
  21. BrightDigit #78 - Big Updates in Apple Development from WWDC 2023 🍎

    There are some big changes and updates this year from Apple Developer conference
    published on Jul 3, 2023
  22. BrightDigit #77 - Getting The Most Out Of WWDC 🌈

    If you're new to Apple and Swift development, it can be overwhelming with the enormous amount of information delivered over a week.
    published on May 24, 2023
  23. BrightDigit #76 - ✈️ My Taylor Deep Dish Swift Heroes World Tour 🌎

    Just got back from 2 Swift conferences in 2 continents
    published on May 16, 2023
  24. BrightDigit #75 - Guidelines and Specs for an App

    Mobile system design is about creating guidelines for considering the specs for an app. This is an intro to MSD...
    published on Apr 25, 2023
  25. BrightDigit #74 - Need Help with Your App?

    Is your team needing help this spring with their app?
    published on Mar 26, 2023
  26. BrightDigit #73 - Start Automating Your Apps 🦾

    You can get started on automating the building of your apps without the need for AI...
    published on Mar 2, 2023
  27. BrightDigit #72 - What's my favorite sandwhich? 🍳

    What do I think about Server-Side Swift, the future of Twitter, as well as, the upcoming Apple Reality Pro AR/VR headset.
    published on Feb 15, 2023
  28. BrightDigit #71 - Review of 2022 😅

    Our thoughts on 2022 and what's happening in 2023...
    published on Feb 2, 2023
  29. BrightDigit #70 - Just a couple of minutes 🙏

    This is the last email of the year and I could a few minutes from you...
    published on Dec 7, 2022
  30. BrightDigit #69 - Building for Multiple Platforms 😮

    How can you build for multiple platforms faster while making it look good? There's a method used by apps like Airbnb, Lyft, Spotify, and DoorDash...
    published on Nov 17, 2022
  31. BrightDigit #68 - Improve Hiring Developers 👨‍💻

    What do you need to hire a good iOS developer? You want someone who will be a good fit and a great long-term investment for your company.
    published on Oct 13, 2022
  32. BrightDigit #67 - Perfect App for macOS Developers

    I've been working on a project for the last few months that I think will be perfect for macOS developers.
    published on Sep 20, 2022
  33. BrightDigit #66 - The Dynamic Island

    Today we talk about last week's Apple Event.
    published on Sep 12, 2022
  34. BrightDigit #65 - Choosing the Best Backend ☁️

    Choosing the best backend for your app can be difficult. There are many options, and which one depends on a number of factors.
    published on Sep 1, 2022
  35. BrightDigit #64 - Help Your Team Learn 🌏

    It's already very challenging to stay ahead of the latest developments when major releases come around.
    published on Aug 24, 2022
  36. BrightDigit Newsletter #63 - Migrating Your App from Objective-C

    It's probably time for you to migrate that Objective-C app over...
    published on Aug 18, 2022
  37. BrightDigit Newsletter #62 - Working on some cool stuff 😎

    I'm excited to share some of the stuff I've been working on lately...
    published on Jul 25, 2022
  38. BrightDigit #61 - 🏃Two New Apps 💗

    Two Apple Watch apps I've been working on got their first iPhone app!
    published on Jul 14, 2022
  39. BrightDigit #60 - Why Localization is Important 🌏

    If your vision for an app is to have it used by people all over the world, app localization is probably one of the first things you're going to do.
    published on Jul 7, 2022
  40. BrightDigit #59 - 🥳 New Stuff at WWDC 2022

    WWDC 2022 is here!
    published on Jun 8, 2022
  41. BrightDigit #58 - 😲 Wait before you enable in-app purchases...💸

    You're now turning to ways to monetize and decide to use in-app purchases. And you didn't realize how many decisions you would need to make.
    published on Jun 2, 2022
  42. BrightDigit Newsletter #57 - 📈 How do you scale an iOS app 🪜

    It's challenging if you're trying to scale an older app.
    published on May 18, 2022
  43. BrightDigit Newsletter #56 - 😮 The ultimate cross platform framework 😮

    I recently had a really great episode with
    published on May 4, 2022
  44. BrightDigit Newsletter #55 - 🎁What's a Swift Package?🎁

    The new web site is launched and we have brand new episode on Swift Packages.
    published on Apr 6, 2022
  45. BrightDigit Newsletter #54 - 😮 Get a Preview of new BrightDigit.com 😮

    It's been a long time coming but the BrightDigit website redesign is almost complete!
    published on Mar 21, 2022
  46. BrightDigit Newsletter #53 - What to Learn From Indie Developers

    Indie developers have learned a great deal in dealing with the App Store.
    published on Feb 28, 2022
  47. BrightDigit Newsletter #52 - Happy New Year 2022!

    Happy New Years Everyone!
    published on Jan 3, 2022
  48. BrightDigit Newsletter #51 - The Mac Issue

    The long awaited new Mac Book Pros were announced
    published on Oct 19, 2021
  49. BrightDigit Newsletter #50 - Understanding the App Store

    With the changes to the App Store in recent weeks
    published on Sep 21, 2021
  50. BrightDigit Newsletter #49 - Apple Event Tomorrow

    Happy September! Here's what's new...
    published on Sep 13, 2021
  51. BrightDigit Newsletter #48 - August Update

    Happy August! Here's what's new...
    published on Aug 23, 2021
  52. BrightDigit #47 - 🎂Episode 100🎂

    Today is special day for me and my podcast EmpowerApps...
    published on Aug 3, 2021
  53. BrightDigit Newsletter #46 - July Update

    I can't believe the first half of the year is done. How did your first half go? Maintained your goals for 2021?
    published on Jul 2, 2021
  54. BrightDigit Newsletter #45 - June Update

    I hope you had a great June! I know I had a busy one but I'm hoping to enjoy this beautiful weather as it warms up here in Michigan.
    published on Jun 21, 2021
  55. BrightDigit Newsletter #44 - WWDC 2021 - Keynote and SOTU

    Well WWDC 2021 is underway...
    published on Jun 9, 2021
  56. BrightDigit #43 - ‍🎨 Top 4 Design Mistakes 🖌

    It's common for UI design to be one of the last things development teams think about when creating iOS apps.
    published on May 27, 2021
  57. BrightDigit #42 - 📲 Getting into the App Store 🏪

    This week the Epic trial (😉 pun intended) against Apple has begun. What does that mean for us small folks getting into the App Store?
    published on May 5, 2021
  58. BrightDigit Newsletter #41 - Apple Spring Event 🌷

    Apple announced new AirTags, Apple TV, and more...
    published on Apr 20, 2021
  59. BrightDigit #40 - 🔧 Maintaining Old Projects 💽

    Upgrading an iOS app can be time-consuming. It involves the process of refactoring, rewriting, and replacing some or all of the app's code.
    published on Mar 30, 2021
  60. BrightDigit Newsletter #39 - March Update

    I hope you had a great February! I'm looking forward to the warmer weather here in Michigan.
    published on Mar 5, 2021
  61. BrightDigit #38 - 🏠 On \x10Remote Work 💻

    2020 was the year so many businesses were pushed into remote work. The number of Americans working remotely has exploded from under 25% to over 67%.
    published on Feb 25, 2021
  62. BrightDigit Newsletter #37 - Tips for Teams

    Now's a great time to catch up on some of our latest podcast episodes...
    published on Feb 9, 2021
  63. BrightDigit Newsletter #36 - What Have I Been Up To 😏

    As January comes to a close, I wanted to give you an update on a few projects...
    published on Jan 25, 2021
  64. BrightDigit Newsletter #35 -  Happy New Year! 🎆

    Happy New Year, I hope this new year is going well
    published on Jan 12, 2021
  65. BrightDigit #34 - Preparing for Errors 😳

    There will be errors you don't expect. We want information about why something failed to make the best possible change or to help the user respond.
    published on Dec 9, 2020
  66. BrightDigit #33 -  Being a good iOS team manager👍

    Traditional methods of management and methods of iOS development don't work well together. A good iOS team manager does things differently.
    published on Nov 17, 2020
  67. BrightDigit Newsletter #31 -  Hello Apple Silicon

    Apple announced new Apple Silicon Macs today!
    published on Nov 11, 2020
  68. BrightDigit Newsletter #31 -  iPhone 12 and HomePod mini 👋

    Apple announced new iPhones and a new HomePod...
    published on Oct 13, 2020
  69. BrightDigit #30 -  ⌚️ Apple Watch Event Updates

    Apple unveiled its brand-new Apple Watch Series 6 on September 15 with some fanfare. This was followed the next day by the release of WatchOS 7.
    published on Oct 7, 2020
  70. BrightDigit #29 -  ⌚️ Apple Event Today!

    Today we have some big announcements from Apple
    published on Sep 15, 2020
  71. BrightDigit #28 -  ⚙️ Big changes from WWDC 2020

    Apple announced a lot of things we can feel excited about. Some things have the potential to really shift the way we create software.
    published on Aug 25, 2020
  72. BrightDigit Newsletter #27 - Summer Project Update

    Summer is heating up and I've been busy with some products for Apple platforms.
    published on Aug 12, 2020
  73. BrightDigit Newsletter #26 - What's New From WWDC 2020 😯

    Well WWDC has come and gone but we have some great podcast episodes out.
    published on Jul 17, 2020
  74. BrightDigit Newsletter #25 - WWDC 2020 Quick Thoughts

    Well the first day of WWDC is over...
    published on Jun 23, 2020
  75. BrightDigit Newsletter #24 - Podcast Milestone and WWDC

    I can't believe we are near the midpoint of this crazy year.
    published on Jun 17, 2020
  76. BrightDigit Newsletter #23 - A Thought I''d Like To Share

    published on Jun 8, 2020
  77. BrightDigit Newsletter #22 - Presentations, Products, and Podcast

    Happy May! I hope you and your family are continuing to stay healthy and enjoying spring.
    published on May 21, 2020
  78. BrightDigit Newsletter #21 - Staying Healthy, Staying Sane 😷

    Happy May! I hope you and your family are staying healthy. I know I'm looking forward to enjoying the weather.
    published on May 1, 2020
  79. BrightDigit Newsletter #20 - 🎂 Happy 5th Birthday Apple Watch!⌚️

    At the time of writing, the Apple Watch is coming up on its 5th birthday. The technology has come a long way since it was first released.
    published on Apr 14, 2020
  80. BrightDigit Newsletter #19 - Patterns and Practices 🧩

    You've made the decision to build your own iOS app.
    published on Apr 1, 2020
  81. BrightDigit Newsletter #18 - WWDC and Remote Work

    I wanted to cover two topics of interest: WWDC Online and remote work.
    published on Mar 13, 2020
  82. BrightDigit Newsletter #17 - How To Avoid Merge Hell 😱

    Continuous integration is the practice where small code changes are tested to ensure nothing breaks. Learn how it make deploying your iOS app easy!
    published on Mar 3, 2020
  83. BrightDigit Newsletter #16 - Whats the future of 📱

    As we start the new decade and celebrate the 10th anniversary of the iPad...
    published on Feb 17, 2020
  84. BrightDigit Newsletter #15 - Everything is possible if you think like 🍎

    SwiftUI is Apple's new framework for building user interfaces (UI). It promises simplicity and consistency that's been difficult to find before now.
    published on Feb 5, 2020
  85. BrightDigit Newsletter #14 - What is TDD for iOS Developers?

    🧪 How can testing improving my iPhone app?
    published on Jan 21, 2020
  86. BrightDigit Newsletter #13 - Top 4 Apple Dev Trends

    😯 What are the top 4 things to keep your eye on
    published on Jan 7, 2020
  87. BrightDigit Newsletter #12 - December 2019

    📱 What you need to know before hiring an iOS developer? 📱
    published on Dec 9, 2019
  88. BrightDigit Newsletter #11 - November 2019

    ❓ How Is Native Development better than Cross-Platform? 👍
    published on Nov 1, 2019
  89. BrightDigit Newsletter #10 - October 2019

    🔆 Always On Apple Watch and the Maturity of the iPhone 11 📷
    published on Oct 1, 2019
  90. BrightDigit Newsletter #9 - September 2019

    What to expect from the September event?
    published on Sep 2, 2019
  91. BrightDigit Newsletter #8 - August 2019

    What's the right backend for your iOS App?
    published on Aug 2, 2019
  92. BrightDigit Newsletter #6 - July 2019

    Are you interested in learning something new?
    published on Jul 15, 2019
  93. BrightDigit Newsletter #6- June 2019

    What has changed after WWDC for apps?
    published on Jun 11, 2019
  94. BrightDigit Newsletter #5 - May 2019

    Come learn how to build an app or start a podcast soon.
    published on May 7, 2019
  95. BrightDigit Newsletter #4 - April 2019

    How can Alexa be used as a Marketing Tool? Can Swift be used on the backend?
    published on Apr 1, 2019
  96. BrightDigit Newsletter #3 - March 2019

    🍀 Happy March! 🍀 We have a podcast episode on iPads, Business Apps, and more.
    published on Mar 4, 2019
  97. BrightDigit Newsletter #2 - February 2019

    Happy February! We have a podcast episode on Apple in 2019.
    published on Feb 4, 2019
  98. BrightDigit Newsletter #1 - January 2019

    Happy New Year! We have a podcast episode on project estimation coming out Tuesday and there's a lot going on with Apple and China.