Services

Our business is mobile-native and mobile-first. Whether it’s building an app, to getting help running/growing your app, or adopting an out-of-the-box solution, you can rely on our Southern California-based members to help you grow your app business.

Mobile APP DEVELOPMENT

In the proud Southern California tradition of surfing, we like to stay on top of the wave of app development. We specialize in the latest languages from Google and Apple, Flutter and Swift[UI], and have years of experience developing and supporting these technologies in production.

APP PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

You can come to us when you’re asking yourself, “what do I do with this app?” We can help you manage the day-to-day of your apps, advise you on how to select and measure features, and help you monitor and grow your app store presence.

WHITELABEL APP PLATFORM

Our Consuite platform allows you to build an app from an app. We provide a web-based tool that lets you configure how your app looks, preview content, and plug into a wide variety of ready-to-use features. You can finally build an app without your own development team!

Featured Apps

We have worked on over 25 mobile app and web projects for clients and the general public. This is a selection of some of our favorite work.

CONSUITE

consuite is the fastest way to own the mobile app presence for your conference, convention, or trade show. With deployments active since 2012, integration with your backend or ours, and flavors available for every platform from native apps to progressive web apps, we offer one of the oldest and most feature-rich event presence platforms available.

We have built features for most use cases, ranging from scheduling to user interaction and location-based triggers, reducing your development and operations costs significantly. Simply contact us with your brand kit and desired features, and we can get started almost immediately.

OCHA (LAUNCHING in 2023)

Ocha has been a project that has been brewing in our labs for several years now and we are excited to announce that it will be launching in the next few weeks. What started as an idea for a better tea assistant evolved into an AI-assisted experience for discovering, enjoying, and sharing tea culture.

THETA 3D

One step in the journey to writing our Internet of Things books was the development of Theta 3D, our hardware accessory and app for creating 3D, 360º photographs. Ricoh’s Theta 360 cameras have created a new market for immersive photographs, allowing you to be part of the entire scene. As rabid fans of the device, we decided to take it one step further by making a kit for affordable, immersive 3D.

This year we are expanding the app to include Android support, better remote triggering, and expanded support for other types of cameras (including non-Theta devices).

Featured Books

All writing should tell a story. Our technical books draw upon our consulting and teaching experience to give you a learning narrative that allows you to feel like you are working with an experienced mentor, no matter where you are.

Program the INternet Of Things WIth Swift For iOS (2nd EDition)

Following up the successful first edition, this volume updates all of the code and concepts to reflect the most recent state of iOS and the Internet of Things. Beyond Swift 4.2, you will find expanded coverage on building hardware and iPhone XR.

Program the INternet of Things With Swift For IOS (1st Edition)

This book brings together topics from iOS and hardware programming to provide a complete guide to building IoT apps with Swift. From Arduino to Apple Pay, this book gives you the tools you need to interface with the real world.

Beginning iOS Media App Development

As the first book dedicated to Apple’s multimedia API’s (AVFoundation, Core Audio, Media Player), this volume takes you from the basics of using photos, video, and audio in your apps building your own custom, low-level media players from scratch.

Featured Videos

For over 5 years, we have been developing courses for institutions and giving talks at developer events. This is a selection of some of our favorite videos and lectures.

How to Build an Internet THing (April 2, 2017)

In this video, founder Ahmed Bakir walks through the challenges and excitement of building the Theta 3D hardware accessory and app.

Interface Builder 101: Building and Debugging UI’s (April 4, 2014)

One of our most popular YouTube videos. This is a detailed walkthrough on how to use XCode’s Interface Builder tool to layout the visual components of your iOS apps.

User EXperience: Web, Mobile, and Beyond (OCtober 15, 2015)

In this video, UX designer Rafael Rodriguez walks us through his experiences building user experiences for multiple platforms.

Contact Us

CONTACT US TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR SERVICES.

FOR A LIMITED TIME, we are offering free 1-hour introductory consulting sessions to potential app development and product management clients.