Topic

Ideas

A collection of 12 issues

Learning to code for iOS and building a weather app in SwiftUI

I’ve been wanting to learn Swift for years—but have found it hard to get my head around the core concepts. I’ve also been wanting to build a simpler weather app—focused on the current day and immediate future and nothing else. I have a beta! Making progress.

Are you striving to be a master of your digital craft? Where is your community?

I often reflect on the loneliness of the journey for founders but I am curious to understand if this is an issue for those of you working in teams as well?

Pilot launch of The Foodbank Project

The Foodbank Project is a not-for-profit project created by Lucid with the support of The Salvation Army and Countdown. It is essentially an online grocery store where everything you buy is given directly to New Zealanders in need.

My experience spending time with an Auckland food bank and some insight into why I created The Foodbank Project

It was an overwhelming (and somewhat emotional) experience spending the morning with the Salvation Army Royal Oak food bank team. It was incredibly humbling talking to the people who work behind the scenes, many of whom have very little themselves.

A co-working space is not just a bunch of great people in a cool space—a co-working space is a community

It seems there is a common (mis)conception that a co-working space is a license to print money – find an empty space, fit it out and make it cool, and fill it up with lots of people.

Paper samples for Workbooks™ have arrived!

Now we just need a big push to get the project over the line [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/galenking/workbookstm-pocket-notebooks-for-creatives/posts/667317] . Please help spread the word.

Launching one of the very first Kickstarter projects in New Zealand

This is my first project of my own and I would value any input or feedback people might have on what I can do to give it the best chance of success.

White-label cloud setup and support

I have been playing around with the idea for some time of setting up a white-label cloud setup and support company for agencies. This would enable agencies to effectively outsource their tech support while keeping a unified experience for their clients.

Menuboard sneak peek

First sneak peek of our café dashboard showing @vendhq, @lastfm, @twitter and @foursquare integration.

The holy grail of todo apps/services

There are many excellent todo apps to make our lives easier and help us get things done. But, let’s face it, we all have our preferred apps and there really is no winner in this crowded space.