I suppose that “technically”, the excellent iOS app “Storm Spotter” is a competitor to “wxRadar”... but in reality the authors of both are just independent “weather geeks”, so I throw this notion out the door... I firmly believe that there is nothing lost when it comes to helping others... and especially when those people share the same passion and honesty in striving to provide nothing less that an excellent product to their fellow “weather geeks”!

I would like to share something that made my day... or actually made my year:



Wow.

I’m happiest when I help someone else get through something technically challenging, so this really made me smile. The funny thing here is that I’m probably no where near the knowledge/ability that Ross has for development. So while I’d love to let the world believe that I’m an experienced iOS developer, I must confess that I’m really not. Honestly, there were a few things in the snippets of code that Ross sent me in trying to troubleshoot this that helped me in better understanding development for iOS. The moral of the story is that it truly pays to help others... and do not fear that you might have less ability/knowledge as you almost always learn something new in the process...

Check out “Storm Spotter”!

... and ...

Here is an update on wxRadar: v1.1 is still “waiting for review” over in the black hole that is Apple’s app approval process. I expect it to show up in the app store any minute/day now. I’m really proud of this update! There are a few things that didn’t make it (for example, legend support), but I had put off releasing something for far too long now (yes, I saw that complaint in a review about promised updates not showing up - my bad). Sometimes you have to just let it go, or it will never be “done”. That said, this update is huge! It has full iPad support, favorites, regional/national composite radars, and a really cool new feature that I call “out of the way mode”. Legend support will be in a point release that I hope to complete within the next 2-4 weeks. This point release will also include expanded settings that will allow users to turn on/off warnings and legends (for faster downloads) as well as the ability to “remember” radar type when moving between different radar sites. I’m also working on another major update that will include a really cool, new feature that no one else has done yet. I’ll elaborate further on this as I get closer to finishing it. I can’t wait to share what it is!