Author Archives: marc

Another day, another app.

Well, it’s kind of the same app, but now free. Because we see a clear need for a good cinema app, we thought it would be a nice idea to give out our current Showtime version for free, and try out iAds and AdMob.. So, get it here: http://partiql.com/showtime and look for your country. Of [...]

Thoughts on the iPad – as a student and commuter.

So, for once I will suppress my programmer side and just give a hopefully objective review of how the iPad feels as a device for students and commuters. I bought mine 2 weeks ago and have been using it daily ever since. 3 weeks ago, I moved back to Winterthur from Zurich, but I’m still [...]

Plans, reflections and dreams.

This is a complete self reflection, so move along if you don’t want to read anything personal ;) As you may know by know, a few days ago, we announced partiql, a software company. And this is my story behind it, why it’s such a damn joyride :) About 9 months ago, I sat in [...]

Leaving Liip, off to something new.

ByeBye Well, these lines are for sure not very easy to write. As of October 1st, I will not be a Liiper, Liiparanian oder whatever anymore. After 3 years, I thought I’m up for a change. 3 years. A quite common time to stay at a tech company.. I probably don’t really need to talk [...]

Look! UIAlertView is dating UITableView!

As you may have guessed, this is about UIAlertView containing a UITableView. Since I started playing around with GameKit, I had the issue that I couldn’t use the PeerPicker with Client/Server stuff.. I can’t really get into the stuff we are doing and where we are using it – but I can offer you some [...]

Rant-an-Plan!

It’s been a while – not for me, but for you. I prepared some blog posts, which are not yet done, or are not ready for an announcement yet. But this one is kind of a special one.. It’s about ranting and my plans.. Recent happenings made me write this one :) For a few [...]