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6. October 2011: Thank you Steve!

We'll stay hungry and foolish. And we deeply appreciate your achievements. Thank you.

13. June 2011: No Chase 2011

We will perform this week the third instance of the No Chase Run. The racing track is the same as last year.

10. June 2011: Poor Mans Tethering

The 22th iOS-App for which I written at least some code, is available in the App Store: Poor Mans Tethering.

The App was inspired by a contract change due to which my internet access was disabled for 8 days. Only iPhone and iPad could access the internet via cellular network. With the App you can copy documents into the App with iTunes and send them as e-mail attachements.

Also you can copy email attachements to the App and transfer them back to your computer via iTunes.

The user interface is somewhat sober, but the App is free and was developed without internet access :–)

29. April 2010: member of vieda

Timm Knape Softwaretechnik is a member of the Verband von iPhone-Entwicklern vieda.

1. April 2010: AllFonts for iPad

My App AllFonts has passed Apple review. On the iPad you have more space, a SplitView and PopUp menus. On the iPhone everything stays the same (apart from a small gradient). Both in a single binary, so that the same App runs on iPhone and iPad.

Screenshot of AllFonts on the iPad

Now I only need the possibilty to buy an iPad here in Germany. Once again the software is faster than postal service :–)

28. January 2010: Welcome iPad

Now it is official: the new tablet from Apple is the iPad. After installing the development environment (that is currently in beta state) the recompilation of iGrandMaster showed the true migration efforts: it runs without a problem in the iPad simulator.

There are no great changes in the API documented, so momentary it seems that we can provide iPad applications. Of course the documentation has to be digested first. We want to write iPad applications, not iPhone applications that are scaled up.

21. January 2010: Programing Languages

I can provide the following programming languages skills:

  1. C++, Objective-C, C: Very good knowledge through permanent usage in current projects.
  2. Perl: Good knowledge through current maintenance-projects (not only scripts but also object-oriented projects).
  3. Java: Good knowledge with project experience (Eclipse-Plugins).
  4. JavaScript: Basic knowledge through web development and the MicroCrypt library.
  5. ksh, sh, bash, awk: Basic knowledge through daily scripts.
  6. AppleScript, Ruby, VB.Net: Basic knowlege.
  7. Smalltalk, Scheme: poor Knowledge.

The following languages intrest me. I want to deepen my knowledge in them:

  1. Ruby, as a rapid prototyping replacement for C++, Objective-C and C.
  2. Smalltalk, as a base for a new programming language.
  3. Scheme, because of its simplicity.
19. December 2009

Our chess program iGrandMaster was released yesterday evening in the App Store.

iGrandMater Screenshot

Compared with other chess programs for iPhone and iPod Touch we use many features that distinguish these from other mobile devices. Rotating the device changes the presentation or shaking the device undos moves, to name just two.

10. November 2009

A new version of our PinManager module is available for the iPhone SDK. It supports a configurable tint color for the navigation bar and transparent boxes.

21. October 2009

More than 300,000 copies of applications that I developed were downloaded from Apple's App Store.

A big thank you to all users.

24. September 2009

I created an English version of this page. Due to my limited language abilities (at least in natural languages ;–)) the information differs from the german version.