John Blanchard

iOS📱

About me⚾️

I catch myself gazing off at how others' use their phones in public.

How many apps are they using, and why?

My intention is to find something I want to build for myself. While I use my dog cameras, and png converters, these apps could be better. But they are sidelined for now.

With the goal of hiring my younger brother, I am building my own software firm.

If you're a restaurant owner looking for an app, I can build you iOS and Android releases that take payment through Squares' Apple and Google pay plugins. There's also an admin app to see orders as they appear, and then notify users when the order status changes. Then to top it off, I'll build you a sleek place on the web for users to see your menu.

Below you'll find Jacob's Restaurant, a fine dining establishment in Sonoma, California with some new tech.

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Software👷‍

Jacob's Restaurant
A cross-platform mobile app for customers to order food. Another cross-platform app for updating customer orders and the menu. Then a (pwa) place on the web, so customers can easily find Jacob's.
Jacob's Restaurant
iOS, Android & Web
2019
Icon To Store
Convert an image to Mac and App Store icons. There exists a convenience method for writing directly with .xcassets folders and seeing the change immediately in your Xcode project.
Icon to Store
macOS
2019
Magnifier
Turn your phone into a powerful visual tool. Examine and capture detailed photos. Drag to create a magnifying glass view, then tap the view to take a focused shot. All of the shots can be viewed in the magnified image album inside Photos.
Magnifier Logo
iOS
2019
Dog Breed ID
A camera with a hot spot for dogs. Identify over 100 different breeds with this smart camera. ​ Hold the camera at your dogs in any orientation, let Gozer do the identifying. ​ Currently top 12% independently developed dog identification model.
Gozer Logo
iOS
2017

Blog✍️

Flute — Flutter Integration Testing

Flute — Flutter Integration Testing
It’s great to write tests. But I think developers (myself included) are confused by the reward behind test integrations. In practice it is…
Aug 2019 - 3 min

Flutter: Hero

Flutter: Hero
Apps often have views that are snippets of some larger datasource. When the user taps on the snippet, the app transitions to a new screen…
Jun 2019 - 3 min

Flutter: Local Notifications

Flutter: Local Notifications
Apps are great at gripping the attention of users. On iOS there are five app-states; and developers are able to create experiences using…
Jun 2019 - 2 min

Swift Cocoa: Package Management

Swift Cocoa: Package Management
When I began iOS development, there was only one package manager. But now developers have the option to choose between Cocoapods, Carthage…
Jun 2019 - 2 min