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How to build stunning custom iOS graphs on iPhone and iPad

A couple of weeks ago, we released a big update to our iOS server monitoring app app, adding graph support on both iPhone + iPad. It’s an update that we’ve [...]


To pull or not to pull – when to use refresh

One of the internal discussions we had with our new iOS app was whether to use the classic pull to refresh action on our list views. These list views are [...]


Native to web iOS apps, or there and back again

This is an interesting tale of startups, resource allocation, the allure of write once/deploy anywhere and the reality that native is always better if you want a properly native looking [...]


Server Density for iOS updated

Apple has approved our completely revamped iOS app for Server Density server monitoring and it is now available free on the App Store! The app has been rewritten from scratch [...]


How telephone numbers broke our graphs

With the release of Apple’s iPad, we found ourselves with a new group of users accessing the web version of Server Density, our server monitoring service. With those users came [...]


The impending (ebook) war: functionality and experience, not price

Until the unveiling of Apple’s iPad, Amazon had an effective monopoly as a large ebook retailer with the Kindle tied to their online Store. This has allowed them to exert [...]