CJP/PresenTense Boston Social Entrepreneur Fellowship

I have been accepted as a Fellow in the inaugaral CJP/PresenTense
Boston Social Entrepreneur Fellowship. Check out the link below:
http://www.cjp.org/page.aspx?id=212217

www.Twitter.com/bostonfellows

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Submitting an iPhone App to the App Store

Submitting an iPhone App to the App Store


This tutorial assumes you have signed up for the iPhone Developer
Program and have access to the iPhone Dev Center as a Team Agent. It
is based on the instructions available in the iPhone Dev Center -
iPhone Developer Program Portal,developer.apple.com/iphone

Step 1: Generate a Certificate Signing Request

On your mac, in your Applications folder, open the Utilities folder
and launch Keychain Access.
In the Preferences menu, set Online Certificate Status Protocol (OSCP)
and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) to "Off".
Choose Keychain Access -> Certificate Assistant -> Request a
Certificate from a Certificate Authority.
In the User Email Address field, enter your email address. Please
ensure that the email address entered matches the information that was
submitted when you registered as an iPhone Developer.
In the Common Name field enter your name. Please ensure that the name
entered matches the information that was submitted when you registered
as an iPhone Developer.
No CA (Certificate Authority) Email Address is required. The
'Required' message will be removed after completing the following
step.
Select the 'Saved to Disk' radio button and if prompted, select 'Let
me specify key pair information' and click 'Continue'.
If 'Let me specify key pair' was selected, specify a file name and
click 'Save'. In the following screen select '2048 bits' for the Key
Size and 'RSA' for the Algorithm. Click 'Continue'.
The Certificate Assistant will create a CSR file on your desktop.

Step 2: Submit a Certificate Signing Request for Approval

After creating a CSR, log in to the iPhone Developer Program Portal
and navigate to 'Certificates' > 'Development' and click 'Add
Certificate'.
Click the 'Choose file' button, select your CSR and click 'Submit'. If
the Key Size was not set to 2048 bits during the CSR creation process,
the Portal will reject the CSR.
Upon submission, Team Admins will be notified via email of the
certificate request.
Once your CSR is approved or rejected by a Team Admin, you will be
notified via email of the change in your certificate status.


Step 3: Download/Install Certificate on your machine

Upon CSR approval, Team Members and Team Admins can download their
certificates via the 'Certificates' section of the Program Portal.
Click 'Download' next to the certificate name to download your iPhone
Development Certificate to your local machine.
On your local machine, double-click the downloaded .cer file to launch
Keychain Access and install your certificate.
Certificate is installed on your MAC now the next step is create a App
ID. (Note:You have to follow this step only once and later you don't
have to make certificates for your other applications.)

Step 4: Create an App ID

Log in to the iPhone Developer Program Portal and navigate to 'App
IDs' and click 'Add Id'.
In "App Id Name" enter the name of your application (i.e iphoneapp)
and in "App Id" enter something like com.yourdomain.applicationame and
click on Submit
Write down the "App Id" because you will enter this into the
Info.plist file for your app under "Bundle identifier" tag

Step 5: Create a Provisioning Profile

In the iPhone Developer Program Portal, navigate to 'Provisioning' >
'Distribution' and click 'Add Profile'.
Now select "App Store" in "Distribution Method"
In "Profile Name" type your application name, which will be your
provisioning profile name as well.
In "App ID" select the app name which you created in Step 4.
Download the Provisioning Profile.

Step 6: Import Provisioning Profile into Xcode
Locate the Provisioning Profile on your mac in Finder and drag it to
the XCode icon on your dock.

Step 7: Compile your app for distribution on app store
  A. Launch Xcode and open your project.
  B. If you have not already done so, drag the Distribution
Provisioning Profile downloaded from the Program Portal onto the Xcode
or iTunes icon in the dock (or, drag into
'~/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles' directory.)
  C. Open the Xcode project and Duplicate the "Release" configuration
in the Configurations pane of the project's Info panel. Rename this
new configuration "Distribution".
  D. Duplicate Release Configuration In the Target Info window,
select the 'Build' tab and set the 'Configuration' to 'Distribution'
  E. Change the Code Signing Identity In the Target Info window,
navigate to the 'Build' pane. Click the 'Any iPhone OS Device' pop-up
menu below the 'Code Signing Identity' field and select the iPhone
Distribution Certificate/Provisioning Profile pair you wish to sign
and install your code with. Your iPhone Distribution certificate will
be in bold with the Provisioning Profile associated with it in grey
above. In the example below, 'iPhone Distribution: Example Corp, Inc.'
is the Distribution Certificate and 'My App Store Distribution
Provisioning Profile' is the .mobileprovision file paired with it.

     Set the 'Configuration' to 'Distribution'

     Note: If the private key for your iPhone Distribution
certificate is missing, you will be unable to select the iPhone
Distribution Certificate/Provisioning Profile pair and you will see
the following. Importing the private key for your iPhone Distribution
certificate will correct this.

     Import the Private Key
  F. In the Properties Pane of the Target Info window, enter the
Bundle Identifier portion of your App ID. If you have used an explicit
App ID you must enter the Bundle Identifier portion of the App ID in
the Identifier field. For example enter com.domainname.applicationname
if your App ID is A1B2C3D4E5.com.domainname.applicationname. If you
have used a wildcard asterisk character in your App ID, replace the
asterisk with whatever string you choose.

     Enter the Bundle Identifier

     Here are example App IDs and what should be input into the
Identifier field in Xcode.
         * Example App ID: A1B2C3D4E5.com.domainname.applicationname
           Identifier to enter in Xcode: com.domainname.applicationname

         * Example App ID: A1B2C3D4E5.com.domainname.*
           Identifier to enter in Xcode:
com.domainname.<name_of_application_or_suite>

         * Example App ID: A1B2C3D4E5.*
           Identifier to enter in Xcode:
<full_reverse_dns_company_and_application_or_suite_name>

  G. In the project window, select the Distribution Active
Configuration from the overview popup and set the Active SDK to the
desired Device.

     Select Active Configuration
     For App Store Distribution, skip to Step 12. For Ad Hoc
Distribution, complete the following:

  H. In the File Menu, select New File -> iPhone OS -> Code Signing
-> Entitlements.
  I. Code Signing Entitlements Name the file "Entitlements.plist" and
click 'Finish'. This creates a copy of the default entitlements file
within the project.
 J. Entitlements.plist File Select the new Entitlments.plist file and
uncheck the "get-task-allow" property. Save the Entitlements.plist
file.
 K. Set-Task-Allow Select the Target and open the Build settings
inspector. In the 'Code Signing Entitlements' build setting, type in
the filename of the new Entitlements.plist file including the
extension. There is no need to specify a path unless you have put the
Entitlements.plist file somewhere other than the top level of the
project.
 L. Specify new Entitlements.plist File Click 'Build'. (Note: Your
binary must contain a flattened, square-image icon that is 57x57
pixels. This icon is displayed on the iPhone or iPod touch home
screen.)
 M. Highlight the app located within the "Products" sub-folder and
select 'Reveal in Finder' from the Action popup.
 N. Reveal in Finder Use the compress option in Finder to create a
.zip file containing your application. Be sure to compress only the
.app file only and not the entire build folder.
     Create a .zip archive. You will submit this binary to itunesconnect.
  O. To confirm your build was successful, check for the following:

  -->Open the Build Log detail view and confirm the presence of the
"embedded.mobileprovision" file. This will take you to the line in the
build log that shows the provisioning profile was successfully called.
Ensure that the embedded.mobileproviion is located in the proper
"Distribution" build directory and is not located in a "Debug" or
"Release" build directory. Also, confirm that the destination path (at
the very end of the build message) is the app you are building.
    --> Build Results Search for the term "CodeSign" in the Build Log
detail view - this will take you to the line in the build log that
confirms your application was signed by your iPhone Certificate.
     Build Log

If your project is lacking any of the above files or pointing to the
wrong directory, do the following:

  a. Select the Target and open the Build Settings Inspector. Confirm
you are in the Distribution Configuration.
  b. Delete the Code Signing Identity: iPhone Distribution: COMPANYNAME
  c. In the Xcode Build Menu, select Clean all Targets.
  d. Delete any existing build directories in your Xcode project using Finder.
  e. Re-launch Xcode and open your Project.
  f. Re-enter the code-signing identity iPhone Distribution:
COMPANYNAME in the Target Build Settings Inspector.
  g. Rebuild your Project.



Step 8: Uploading Your Binary
In your browser typehttps://itunesconnect.apple.com/ (this website is
very slow over https) and login using your iphone developer account.
Click on "Manage Your Account" > "Add Application"
Be sure to be prepared to upload the following items:
A. App Name ( must be uniqe)
B. App description
C. App Category
D. URL for questions about your app
E. 512×512 px icon
F. Screen shots: 320×480 or 320×460 px size. (At least 1, up to 4)

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Hidden Gems? Why Green Investors Should Look at PFB, Vodafone And Telefonica

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Hidden Gems? Why Green Investors Should Look at PFB, Vodafone And Telefonica

Part 1 of 2

Bill Paul

Looking for alternative energy stocks with undiscovered potential?

Who isn't?

Here are three possibilities (with three more to come next week). You can
decide for yourself whether they are worth further investigation.

First up: PFB
Corporation, which trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol PFB.
Calgary-based PFB is an energy
efficiency play. The company makes insulating building products that it
sells under branded names in commercial and residential markets in North America
and Japan.

The company most recently reported third quarter net income of $1.6 million
or 24 cents vs. $1.1 million or 16 cents, and nine months net of $2.5 million or
38 cents compared $1.1 million or 17 cents. Earnings rose significantly despite
lower sales, a reflection of the difficult economy faced by all
construction-related businesses.

What would seem to make PFB a hidden gem is management's demonstrated ability
to control costs (and maintain the regular 6-cent-a-share divided payout) in
tough economic times. With energy efficiency - especially in buildings -
increasingly being recognized as by far the most cost-effective way to start
greening the economy, PFB has hidden potential that might really blossom as the
overall economy improves.

Next up: Vodafone Group Plc, whose ADRs trade on NASDAQ under the symbol VOD,
and Telefonica S.A., whose ADRs trade on the Big Board under the symbol TEF.

Although they're already telecom giants, what gives Vodafone and Telefonica
hidden potential is the role they appear destined to play in Europe's smart grid
build-out.

By 2020 the British government plans to have a smart meter in every home
under a program whose cost is expected to top $11.5 billion. (The rest of Europe
may not be far behind.) This will require enormous amounts of data to be
wirelessly transmitted from those smart meters back to Britain's energy
companies. Vodafone and Telefonica (through its O2 unit) reportedly are
negotiating to be the carriers of all that data, quite possibly through a new
joint-venture firm.

While the payoff for investors won't be immediate, Vodafone and Telefonica
could become huge long-term beneficiaries of the smart grid, which a number of
communications experts now think will become as big as or bigger than the
Internet.

DISCLOSURE: None

DISCLAIMER: This is a news article.  Please read terms
and policy.

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Another Great Legal Resource for iPhone App Developers

The following was posted in a LinkedIn user group I subscribed to:

"By examining the iPhone SDK Agreement, Apple’s End User License Agreement, and federal copyright and trademark registration, this guide provides an introductory overview of the common legal issues surrounding iPhone Application development, and the measures developers can adopt to minimize liability and maximize protection of their intellectual property rights. This article was recently distributed at the Voices that Matter: iPhone Developers Conference in Boston. Click here to read the article: http://www.rmchale.com/publications/APracticalLegalGuidetoiPhoneApplicationDevelopment

Some Legal Issues

As the Internet begins its transfer from computers to mobile
technology, what legal issues do companies making the technology face?
Here are my thoughts with some useful links at the end.

1. The sources I have linked to all do a great job of presenting the
legal issues that iPhone developers face when working with Apple and
protecting property rights.

2. The iPhoneDevSDK forum is very interesting for it's look at the
various real-life issues that developers face such as cease and desist
letters.
http://www.iphonedevsdk.com/forum/business-legal-app-store/23491-iphone-legal-trouble.html

3. I predict that in the next few years, as smart phones get smarter,
and accessories are attached, product liability claims against
software developers will increase. Are individual iPhone developers
liable if they make an app that is compatible with a device
manufacturer's product? What kind of warning does your app have? Is
the app something you reasonably foresee will be used by someone
driving?

4. Does your app meet Apple's content ratings system? It better not
have the ability to access the Internet or else you will be given the
strictest rating.

5. If you are working jointly with other iPhone developers, have you
started thinking about how to structure your relationships for tax and
control purposes?

http://www.underdevelopmentlaw.com/2009/03/legal-issues-surrounding-iphone-application-development.html

http://www.danielsonlegal.com/blog/2009/07/14/iphone-developer-legal-guide/

http://www.danielsonlegal.com/blog/docs/iPhone_Developer_Legal_Guide.pdf

David Dobin
Ddobin@gmail.com
301-379-4264

Free Money ? (part two)

So, on my quest for free money, I have found a few more interesting
links. These are more general links to help small business owners. Why
is this important? Because in order to get free money (especially from
the government), you have to be serious. In order to be serious, you
have to start a business the right way. That includes a business plan
and preparing the legal foundation for your company.

http://www.sba.gov/localresources/index.html

http://business-law.freeadvice.com/business-law/

http://smallbusiness.findlaw.com/http://www.hootofloot.com

David Dobin
Ddobin@gmail.com
301-379-4264

Free Money?

Free Money

So I was watching the news and heard that unemployment had gone up to
10.5%. Then I heard Joe Biden say that the government will spend our
way out of bankruptcy. If that's the case, I want to know how to get
some of that money. That seems like important information. So in just
a couple hours of research, I found the following links:

http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=SZ3KKfbSbh2tyYVnkjNbcjRcJnwTVjpwm9pp4GlVQDbvlC7hwptK!-723925807

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=stimterminal&L=3&L0=Home&L1=Funding+and+Contracts&L2=Opportunities+for+Businesses&sid=Fstim&b=terminalcontent&f=small_business_opportunities&csid=Fstim

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-09-009.html

This is just the beginning of my research. Next step?

David Dobin
Ddobin@gmail.com
301-379-4264

iDoClipboard v1.1 now available!

Apple approved version 1.1 of iDoClipboard yesterday. It took about
two weeks for Apple's reviewers to approve the app. You can find the
app in iTunes at http://www.itunes.com/apps/idoclipboard. If you
prefer not to open it in iTunes, you can also read the description by
clicking on the link from http://www.iDoTouch.com.

This update corrects some of the major bugs from version 1.0 by
removing me as the default email recipient and fixing the app so it
doesn't save the same text every time the app is launched. I also re-
formatted the table so that it's easier to read and, taking a tip from
a user, changed the mail button to an envelope.

David Dobin
Ddobin@gmail.com
301-379-4264

iDoWebEdit v1.0 on the App Store

Apple recently approved my sixth app for sale on the App Store.
Version 1.0 of iDoWebEdit allows the user to enter HTML, CSS, PHP and
Javascript into a text editor then with a tap of the "Done" button,
preview it in a web page. Any changes to the source code are saved
upon pressing of the "Done" button. Tapping the "Edit" button in the
web preview returns you to the editing page.

Version 1.0 does not support references to separate local style sheets
or JavaScript files.

You can find more information at
http://appshopper.com/productivity/idowebedit

How I designed the app:
1. I used Core Data to save each web page. Check out the following
tutorial to learn more about Core Data:

http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/DataManagement/Conceptual/iPhoneCoreData01/Introduction/Introduction.html

This is a must-read for anyone new to Core Data who will be using
persistent custom objects. (if you don't know what a custom object is,
you need to read My First Blog Post).

2. The app uses 1 UIView and 2 subviews: a UITextView and a UIWebView.
Then, to switch between the two, I implemented a flipView method and
set each subview hidden (e.g.,[theWebView setHidden: YES];) as
appropriate:

[UIView beginAnimations:@"View Flip" context:nil];
[UIView setAnimationDuration:1.00];
[UIView setAnimationCurve:UIViewAnimationCurveEaseInOut];
UIViewAnimationTransition transition;
transition = UIViewAnimationTransitionFlipFromLeft;
[UIView setAnimationTransition: transition forView:self.view cache:YES];
[UIView commitAnimations];

Who this app is designed for:
1. Experienced developers: Copy and paste code into the text view to
see how your code renders on a small screen. Also, test out web APIs
before integrating them into your mashup.

2. Beginning developers: Test out code in order to learn how the web
languages work generally.

3. All developers: Try out short code snippets while you are on the go
to see how they look on an iPhone.

MORE INFO on developing for Safari on the web:

http://developer.apple.com/safari/library/codinghowtos/Mobile/UserExperience/index.html

http://www.iphonewebdev.com/

http://developer.apple.com/safari/library/codinghowtos/Mobile/GraphicsMediaAndVisualEffects/index.html

http://developer.apple.com/safari/library/navigation/SampleCode.html

David Dobin
Ddobin@gmail.com
301-379-4264

Some Advice for Non-Programmers

During the course of learning how to write iPhone apps, I have found
myself google-ing for tips on iPhone development without having any
clue as to what I was looking for.

The extent of my programming experience before January was a little
HTML that I wrote in 2000. So when I started thinking about my first
real iPhone app, I didn't even understand the basic concepts that go
into a computer program.

Take timers, for example. A timer allows the program designer to
control when things happen in a program-like a timer on a bomb
controls when the bomb explodes. Well, when I started learning iPhone
development and how to make an iPhone app, I didn't even know timers
existed let alone know how to implement one in an iPhone app.

Then I read a tutorial on animating a ball using an NSTimer at http://icodeblog.com/
. After reading the tutorial, I understood what a timer was. Still, it
was probably another month before I could get one working on a real
app without crashing my program.

What's my point? A non-computer programmer can learn how to build an
iPhone app. But it takes time and patience, just like anything else
that's worthy. You won't be able to make a dozen apps overnight.
Believe me, I tried. But if you keep at it, read alot, write your own
code and accept that some days you will feel like you took two (or
ten) steps back, you will get a hang of it. After all, you are
learning a new language.

Here are some links that I found useful for beginning iPhone app
development. But understand that you won't truly get what's inside
those pages until you try to learn the basics of Objective-C (see my
first blog) and try it yourself.

http://icodeblog.com/

http://iphone.zcentric.com/

http://appsamuck.com/blog/index.php/category/31-days/

David Dobin
Ddobin@gmail.com
301-379-4264

iDoClipboard - Week One

I received my first week report for downloads of my latest iPhone App,
iDoClipboard, and the results are pretty exciting.

As many of you know, the app reached number one on the App Store's
list of free productivity apps in Japan.

Anyways, here is the list of countries and their respective download
totals:

1 Japan 4856
2. USA 628
3. Germany 111
4. Canada 81
5. Great Britain 81
6. France 79
7. Italy 60
8. Australia 53
9. SG 37
10. Russia 31

David Dobin
Ddobin@gmail.com
301-379-4264

iPhone OS 3.0 - some mapkit tutorials

iPhone OS 3.0 has some great new features. One of these is the new
MapKit. Check out these tutorials that I found online:

http://mithin.in/2009/06/22/using-iphone-sdk-mapkit-framework-a-tutorial/

http://blog.objectgraph.com/index.php/2009/04/02/iphone-sdk-30-playing-with-map-kit/

I worked with the Objectgraph tutorials and found them very helpful. A
quick review of the other tutorial also showed that it is very helpful.

If you know of any more tutorials, feel free to post them.

www.iDoTouch.com

My First Blog Post

This is my first blog post. I am an attorney and a self-taught iPhone software developer.

I recommend that anyone who wants to learn how to develop for the iPhone start with Programming in Objective-C 2.0 by Steven Kochan.

I got into iPhone programming because I have always been fascinated by futuristic technology, and how computers can make our lives easier. Plus, after using the Blackberry for two or three years, I fell in love with the iPhone as soon as I laid my hands on it.

So, if you are interested in learning how to build an iPhone app, get serious about the technology and get that book.

Also, check out www.iDoTouch.com for links to my current iPhone apps.