Mindful is about helping you find a way to become more present and less distracted in your day-to-day life. The objective is to feel calmer, connected with those around you and to be balanced and focused.
This is achieved by being reminded to be mindful throughout the day. Whenever a notification is received, this is the time to stop your thoughts and just be present.
The app could also be used to provide regular affirmations or reminders of what sort of person you would like to be.
You can select how often you want to be reminded each day: seldom, sometimes or often. This corresponds to roughly every 3 hours, 2 hours or hourly. There is a plus or minus variance of 20% on the reminder period.
Tap on settings (the blue gear icon) to select the start and stop time for reminders. You can also choose your reminder tone from this screen.
The green journal contains messages, which will be randomly included when your reminder is displayed. You can edit or delete these (swipe left) or add your own messages.
When you want the reminders to start, tap on the Start button. To stop all reminders, tap Stop!
I just published my first video game tutorial on #skillshare - "How to make a game like Flappy Bird in Swift." Check it out!
This was a lot harder than I was expecting - it took me 3 days to shoot 3 minutes of video, do the voice overs and edit in After Effects. I think I'm now ready to shoot a feature film!
Check out my new FREE app - Drone Explorer!!! A blatant Flappy Bird rip off, however it was released as part of an upcoming video tutorial on how you can build your own version of the game. At its peak the Flappy Bird app was earning $50k per day! Feel free to download my version and give it a 5 star review! Here is the link.
Sick of trying to decode unintelligible aviation weather information?
Visual Aircraft Forecasts (VAF) for Australia reduces the complexity of aviation weather forecasting by providing graphical representations of the weather data provided by the various authorities.
Visual Aircraft Forecasts for Australia aggregates data from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the Open Weather Map organisation.
The first tab of VAF focusses on aviation specific information and includes:
a) Aviation Briefs which are available for 10 regions in Australia. It is derived from the Aviation Weather Packages on the BOM web site.
b) AIRMET/SIGMET - The latest graphical and text based versions are provided (from the BOM). You can use two fingers to zoom in and out of the PDF's on this screen.
c) METAR/TAF - Are decoded for a selected list of airports. Display includes wind direction and speed, cloud cover, visibility, temperature and QNH. You can add additional airports using the + button (top right). To delete an airport, swipe left. In the Settings Tab you can select whether this data comes from BOM or NOAA (default is BOM). You get slightly different data depending on the source, but there are a lot more sites using BOM. Only the major airports are on NOAA but you also get Lat, Long, Elevation and Altimeter. Tap on a METAR to bring up the detailed version and to view the raw data.
d) Forecasts - these are the new Graphical Area Forecasts from BOM. You can use two fingers to zoom in and out on this screen as well.
e) NOTAM - from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). NOTAMs are sorted by creation date. You can search for an airport using its ICAO code (e.g. YSSY for Sydney/Mascot Airport).
f) SIGWX - Significant Weather from the BOM. You can use two fingers to zoom in and out on this screen.
The BOM tab provides more generalised weather information, including:
a) Rain Radar - downloads an animation of recent rain radar information. Select the map of Australia in the menu bar to zoom in on a specific state.
b) Satellite Images - from the Himawari-8 weather satellite. Includes satellite notes from the BOM.
c) Observations - will provide an animated graphical display of the latest weather measurements from a list of 133 locations in Australia. Data shown includes weather, temperature, relative humidity, sunrise/sunset times, minimum and maximum temperatures and wind speed and direction. Drag the table up to show the forecast for that location and drag down to refresh the current data.
The Local tab provides information similar to Observations but for where ever you are at that moment. The first time you tap the Local Tab it will ask your permission to access location services. You need to accept this otherwise the app doesn't know where you are and can not display the local weather.
The Settings tab allows you to select:
- whether UTC (Zulu) time is displayed on certain screens along with the local time.
- the METAR data source (BOM or NOAA).
- wind speed units (mps, kph or knots).
- displayed temperature units (°C or °F)
The Feedback button allows direct support from the Developer. Please use this for any bug reports or feature requests.
Note: Airservices Australia is the official provider of the Aeronautical Information Service, which includes the delivery of aviation meteorological products.
Therefore, all information for the purpose of flight planning should be obtained from Airservices Australia.
A premium set of hacker culture stickers, Emoticons / Emojis and symbols.
There are 75 fantastic stickers, 45 are animated and 30 are static images. Includes a set of pixelated emoticons.
Be the master of texting with a sticker which captures exactly what you want to say. Game Over Man!
You can overlay these over text or photos. Just tap and hold, then drag to where you want the stamp placed. You can also rotate and resize each sticker.
A feature introduced with iOS 10 is the option to send messages with effects, like having the message inflate, appear in a shower of balloons, or be hidden by invisible ink. To access effects, type your message or insert a picture in the text box, then 3D Touch (or tap and hold on older models) the send button instead of just tapping it as usual.
If you haven’t used iMessage sticker packs then there are some traps for new players. To help people overcome these issues, we have written a couple of articles which may assist:
1. I’ve installed my sticker pack but can’t find it! (http://www.reefwing.com.au/?p=356)
2. I bought an iMessage Sticker pack on iTunes and can’t find it on my phone!! (http://www.reefwing.com.au/?p=323)
Check out http://www.reefwing.com.au/ for more information.
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A premium set of Military Slang sticker Emoticons / Emojis and symbols.
If you love the military then what better way to express your emotions than to use these great military themed emoticons? Sierra Hotel!
There are over 90 fantastic stickers, including terms like:
- Code Red
- This Means War!
- Oscar Mike (On the Move)
- Charlie Foxtrot
- Danger
- Toxic
- This Way Towards Enemy
- 411 (Briefing)
- Alpha Mike Foxtrot
- Bingo Fuel
- FNG
- Blue on Blue
- BOHICA (Bend Over Here It Comes Again)
- Charlie Mike (Continue Mission)
- Check Six
- Stay Frosty
- FUBAR
- Helmet Fire
- Lima Charlie (Loud and Clear)
- Light em up!
- Bring the noise.
- Pop Smoke
- RTB (Return to Base)
- Sierra Hotel
- Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Be the master of texting with a sticker which captures exactly what you want to say. Boom!
A premium set of Animated Bug sticker Emoticons / Emojis.
If you love bugs then what better way to express your emotions than to use these creepy animated insect emoticons?
Do you have difficulty communicating your feelings? The bugs are here to help. There are 39 fantastic stickers, including 28 animated ones.
The pack has ants, flies, spiders, scorpions, bees, wasps and cockroaches. All crawling across your screen.
Be the master of texting with a sticker which captures exactly what you want to say. Boom!
You can overlay these over text or photos. Just tap and hold, then drag to where you want the stamp placed. You can also rotate and resize each sticker.
Another new feature of iOS 10 is the option to send messages with effects, like having the message inflate, appear in a shower of balloons, or be hidden by invisible ink. To access effects, type your message or insert a picture in the text box, then 3D Touch (or tap and hold on older models) the send button instead of just tapping it as usual.
If you haven’t used iMessage sticker packs then there are some traps for new players. To help people overcome these issues, we have written a couple of articles which may assist:
The perfect gift for Christmas! Well maybe not, but you can get your graffiti on and have a cool yule by downloading the latest iPhone sticker pack from Reefwing Software.
I even produced a video of the stickers using After Effects which was rejected by Apple.
This sticker set comes with over 100 stickers! It includes 45 tags, 15 backgrounds, Alphabet (A-Z) and 14 paint splatters. Build up your own designs or use the ones provided.
Be the master of texting with a Street Art sticker which captures exactly what you want to say. Boom! You can overlay these over text, photos or other stickers. Just tap and hold, then drag to where you want the stamp placed. You can also rotate and resize each sticker.
Download it now from iTunes. Click on the link or search for Reefwing in the iMessage store.
A premium set of Sheep sticker Emoticons / Emojis for your iPhone or iPad. You can download them from iTunes or the iMessage store on your phone.
If you love sheep then what better way to express your emotions than to use these cute sheep emoticons?
Do you have difficulty communicating your feelings. The sheep are here to help. There are over 60 fantastic stickers, including 10 animated ones.
The pack has Christmas, Holiday, New Years, St Patricks Day and Valentine Day themed sheep.
Be the master of texting with a sticker which captures exactly what you want to say. Boom!
You can overlay these over text or photos. Just tap and hold, then drag to where you want the stamp placed. You can also rotate and resize each sticker.
Another new feature of iOS 10 is the option to send messages with effects, like having the message inflate, appear in a shower of balloons, or be hidden by invisible ink. To access effects, type your message or insert a picture in the text box, then 3D Touch (or tap and hold on older models) the send button instead of just tapping it as usual.
If you haven’t used iMessage sticker packs then there are some traps for new players. To help people overcome these issues, we have written a couple of articles which may assist:
A premium set of sticker Panda Emoticons / Emojis for your iPhone or iPad. Download now from iTunes.
If you love Pandas then what better way to express your emotions than to use Panda emoticons?
Do you have difficulty communicating your feelings. Pandi is here to help. There are 31 fantastic stickers.
Includes Christmas, Holiday and Valentine Day themed Pandas.
Be the master of texting with a sticker which captures exactly what you want to say. Boom!
You can overlay these over text or photos. Just tap and hold, then drag to where you want the stamp placed. You can also rotate and resize each sticker.
The MEGA pack of colourful ink stamp stickers. Over 65 fantastic stamps to cover every situation. You can download them from iTunes.
Be the master of texting with a stamp which captures exactly what you want to say. Boom!
You can overlay these over text or photos. Just tap and hold, then drag to where you want the stamp placed. You can also rotate and resize each sticker.
Another new feature of iOS 10 is the option to send messages with effects, like having the message inflate, appear in a shower of balloons, or be hidden by invisible ink. To access effects, type your message or insert a picture in the text box, then 3D Touch (or tap and hold on older models) the send button instead of just tapping it as usual.
If you haven’t used iMessage sticker packs then there are a couple of traps for new players. To help people overcome these issues, we have written a couple of articles which may assist:
If you love cats then what better way to express your emotions than to use cat emoticons?
Do you have difficulty communicating your feelings. Kiti is here to help. There are 31 fantastic stickers.
Includes Christmas, New Years and Valentine Day themed cats.
If you haven’t used iMessage sticker packs then there are a couple of traps for new players. To help people overcome these issues, we have written a couple of articles which may assist:
ø Saying Hi (or meow)
ø Wink
ø Merry Christmas
ø OMG
ø Purrrrfect
ø Talk to me
ø Really?
ø Happy and Unhappy
ø I love you
ø No words!
ø Please
ø I have an idea
ø Party time!
ø I'll find you!
ø Ta Dah!
ø Need a hug
ø Have a cool Yule!
ø No!!!
ø Princess
ø I am cute
ø I love fashion
ø Kitty Girl
ø It's meow or never!
ø Happy meow Year! *sorry*
ø Morning Beautiful
ø We need to talk...
ø My little Kitty
ø At least I have my dignity
If you love bananas then what better way to express your emotions than to use banana emoticons?
Do you have difficulty communicating your feelings. Bananas is here to help. There are 31 fantastic stickers plus 10 mesmerising ANIMATED bananas!! Check out the video to see the Bananas in action.
Includes Christmas, New Years and Valentine Day themed bananas.
If you haven't used iMessage sticker packs then there are a couple of traps for new players. To help people overcome these issues, we have written a couple of articles which may assist:
For those interested, the banana animations were done using two methods:
1. Hand draw each frame - this takes a LONG time! It is also pretty tedious.
2. Create a puppet in Photoshop, import this into the new Adobe Character Animator and then export the puppet animation back into Photoshop for optimisation and to create the GIF. Each animated GIF sticker can only be a maximum of 500kB which really limits what you can do.
The pack of 41 stickers covers things like:
ø Saying Hi
ø Wink
ø Merry Christmas
ø OMG
ø "Wax on, wax off"
ø Thumbs up!
ø Crying
ø Happy and Unhappy
ø A bit too much alcohol...
ø I love you
ø No words!
ø Time to cowboy up!
ø Circle of trust - you aren't in it...
ø Party time!
ø Fireworks
ø Very Nice!
ø Don't touch this...
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”
If you love dogs then what better way to express your emotions than to use dog emoticons?
Do you have difficulty communicating your feelings. Dogi is here to help.
The pack of 45 stickers covers things like:
ø I love you (or possibly I love your shoes);
ø Let's go play!
ø Feel like a swim?
ø I'm not happy Jan.
ø Dance time?
ø Let's sneak out.
ø Drink? Too much drink?
ø Help!!!
ø I don't feel so good...
ø Stick 'em up!
ø Bath?
ø You electrify me!
ø Happy!
ø Pouting.
ø I fart in your general direction.
ø You look at things differently.
ø I'm gonna run to you.
ø Nap time.
ø Joe Cool.
ø You're number 1!
ø Ground Control to Major Tom...
ø Hungry?
ø Woops.
ø You embarrassed me!
ø Cold?!
ø Rudolph
ø Your turn to cook.
ø Halloween Dog
ø Whistle while you...
ø This is what I think of your idea.
Buy high quality tools, so you only have to buy them once.
Keep a change of clothes at the office.
Never hit anyone unless they are an immediate threat.
Every hat should serve a purpose.
Never take her to the movies on the first date.
Learn to wet shave.
Nothing looks more badass than a well-tailored suit.
Shave with the grain on the first go-around.
Always look a person in the eye when you talk to them.
Buy a plunger before you need a plunger.
Exercise makes you happy. Run, lift, and play sports.
Brush your teeth before you put on your tie.
A small amount of your pay check should go directly to your savings account every month.
Call Mom and Dad every week.
Never wear a clip-on tie.
Give a firm handshake.
Compliment her shoes.
Never leave a pint unfinished.
If you aren’t confident, fake it. It will come around.
You can tell the size of a man by the size of things that bother him.
Be conscious of your body language.
The only reason to ever point a gun at someone is if you intend to shoot them. Period.
Always stand to shake someone’s hand.
Never lend anything you can’t afford to lose.
Ask more than you answer. Everybody likes to talk about themselves.
Never have sex with anyone that doesn’t want it as much as you.
Go for women out of your league. You may end up surprised.
Manliness is not only being able to take care of yourself, but others as well.
Go with the decision that will make for a good story.
When you walk, look straight ahead, not at your feet.
Nice guys don’t finish last, boring guys do.
Find your passion and figure out how to get paid for it.
Don’t let the little head do the thinking for the big head.
No matter their job or status, everyone deserves your respect.
The most important thing you can learn is personal responsibility. Bad things happen; it’s your job to overcome them.
The first one to get angry loses.
A man does what needs to be done without complaining.
Never stop learning.
Always go out into public dressed like you’re about to meet the love of your life.
Don’t change yourself just to make someone happy.
If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room.
Luck favours the prepared.
Women find confidence sexy as hell.
Do whatever you want to do, but be the best at it.
No one is on their deathbed wishing they spent more time at work.
Two of my stories (Memories and There is No Pain) feature in the Eclectic Slice of Life Anthology. The anthology, is available for purchase online just click on the picture above.
Personality - FREE iPhone App
The Reefwing Personality Profile is a tool to gain insight into your character. Answer just a few quick questions and you will be provided with a description of your personality traits. The App allows you to email the results, so you can share them with your friends. The results are based on extensive research but are not meant to be taken too seriously.
Life Audit v1.2 - FREE iPhone App
You need to know where you are to get where you are going. By answering just a few questions, our free App Life Audit will give you a graphical representation of your Life Balance. As the pace of life increases at an exponential rate we sometimes forget to focus on what is important as opposed to what is urgent. Using Life Audit you will quickly be able to see the areas of your life that are getting the most focus and more importantly, the areas that you are neglecting.
Life Goals v2.2 Out Now!
Life Goals (rated 9/10 at the iPhone App Review site) can help you design the life you want. If Life Audit has indicated deficiencies, then Life Goals can help you correct them. By categorising your goals and rating the impact and effort required, Life Goals will automatically prioritise your tasks and tell you what your next best steps are. This way you focus on doing what will have the greatest impact on your life.
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