Allen

@allenu
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Convinced that the internet is making us dumber
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Currently beta testing my flashcard app for macOS and iOS, Fresh Cards. If you're an existing user, let me know if you want to test it out.

If you're curious to try it and haven't used the app before, let me know. I don't mind having just a few people who aren't existing users try it out.

I'm focusing on existing users to make sure the migration story works first.

https://www.freshcardsapp.com/beta/
#iOS #mac

Funny how Master and Commander became a kind of meme in the 2020s. Anyway, I never saw it and found it at Value Village a few weeks ago so I finally popped in the DVD tonight and I loved it.

I think I'm fully into the middle-aged thing of liking historical things now like this or watching WWII videos about how German tanks were engineered.

I'm about halfway through reading Nicholas and Alexandra and geez you can't help but like the family so much but then feel real sad knowing what befalls them in the end
You're absolutely right! And here's where it gets interesting: It's not a wheel—it's a carousel. This device isn’t a spaceship, it’s a time machine. Let's break this down step by step...

After about a year and a half of work, I'm almost done this big update to my mac/iOS flashcard app. I'm finally at the stage of just polishing things and fixing bugs here and there.

I've sweated so many little design details in this app, so I'm excited to see what people think.

#mac #iOS #ux

I've discovered the rattling sound I hear in the mornings is not due to a jackhammer down the street but a crow rattling a vent cover on my roof

So I made a journaling app that has a twitter-like UI.

Go download it! It's now available on iOS.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/minders-journal/id6470041642?platform=iphone
#iosdev #iosapps #apple

‎Minders - Journal

‎Minders - A micro journal that's as easy to use as social media, but private! If you're looking to start journaling, Minders is the easiest way to get started. With its social media-like interface, you'll feel right at home creating posts, long or short. Store links, images, and thoughts using an i…

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This is wild. You can play one of the BBS door games I wrote as a teen in the '90s on archive.org.

This one was a LORD/Usurper-style RPG where you'd build up your character over time and the (awful) story was slowly revealed to you.

https://archive.org/details/msdos_Enigma_of_Ashrella_The_1995

#bbs #retrocomputing

Enigma of Ashrella, The : Free Borrow & Streaming : Internet Archive

PlatformDOSReleasedJul 30, 1995GenreRole-Playing (RPG)PacingPersistentSettingFantasyDescriptionThe Enigma Of Ashrella is a BBS Door, text based, role-playing...

Internet Archive

Kind of a re-#introduction: Hi! I'm Allen. I'm an iOS dev based out of #Seattle who loves making apps and good #ux.

Earlier this year, I was burned out on corporate life: often working on projects that would get cancelled or make little impact on the world.

After 20 years in the software industry, it was a good time to take a break. I decided to quit and take a sabbatical.

Since then, I've been working on my own projects and trying to make money that way. (Not easy, that.) #introductions