iPhone Design Award-Winning Projects

Chris Dannen is a technology journalist for FastCompany magazine and CBS Interactive. He has authored one Apress book, iPhone Design Award-Winning Projects: The Definitive Guide, published in early 2010, and wrote Google Voice for Dummies (2009). He has also written for Inc., Rolling Stone, and Discover magazines. He has worked extensively with foursquare and Facebook in the past, including for his last Apress book, and also has good relationships with developers at Twitter. He holds a degree in English literature from the University of Virginia. He is based in Brooklyn, New York.

Innovating Beyond Apple’s Design Standards, While Maintaining Apple’s Logic for Consistency, Clarity, and Usability.- Tweetie.- Facebook.- Using App Connectivity with Core Location to Make Games Social.- Topple 2.- Q&A: Foursquare.- Using Compression to Cram More Data into a Local App—Large Images, Geo Data, and Lots of It.- AccuTerra.- Q&A: Exit Strategy NYC.- Creating a Beautiful App Without Falling Victim to Memory Issues—OpenGL, Skinning, Object Reuse, and Coding Efficiently.- Postage.- Q&A: Delicious Library.- Fitting a Big Idea into a Small Space—Keeping the Feature List Focused, Simple, Refined, and Compelling.- Wooden Labyrinth 3D.- Q&A: Prowl.- Making Better Apps and Enfranchising Your Users —The Right Way to Iterate, Planning an App Store Strategy, and Some Serious iPhone Development Philosophy.- User Experience: Ge Wang.- Iterative Design.- Upgrading.