Darren Oakey

DRY, KISS, YAGNI

Open Source

iOS Apps

Earlier Apps

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iLearn Spanish

Education

For those who want to learn Spanish. Contains the 2500 most popular Spanish words. Learning the structure of a language is easy - mastering enough of the words to get by is the frustrating bit. T...

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iLearn Tagalog

Entertainment

For those who want to learn Tagalog. Learning the structure of a language is easy - mastering enough of the words to get by is the frustrating bit. This tutor aims to teach you as many words as...

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JustTalk

Social Networking

A different type of chat program. You are given a seat in a conversation with another person. When they stop talking, someone else steps in to take their place. Anonymous, continuous... just tal...

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iLearn USA

Education

For those who want to know the states and capitals of the US. This tutor aims to teach you as many items as quickly as you can learn them - it uses the iLearn AI to attempt to go at your speed, r...

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WebShow

Entertainment

iphone docked? doing nothing? Seems a shame to waste a screen. You could cycle through your own pictures, but do you really want to do that at work? WebShow is simple but entertaining - essent...

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iCon Light

Games

Everyone needs a concentration game - its a quick and interesting way to kill a few minutes. This one is specifically written for the pad - with high resolution graphics and photos. Features ...

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DazOutliner

Productivity

Most of the time, an outliner is used as a simple database - you want to store information in a tree, so you know where to find it. How annoying is it then, to have to swap to a different screen...

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MultiCalc

Productivity

Ever noticed the iPad doesn't come with a calculator? Well - with multicalc, you get not one, but a few of them (and for good measure, they'll work on your iphone as well - or vice versa) This is...

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ContactMaster

Productivity

Have you ever synced your contacts with any other device? Guess what happens - you end up with all sorts of garbage contacts - contacts with no names - just email addresses - duplicate contacts,...

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YourPass

Productivity

Never forget a password again. This app allows you to have a single master password, which you never give anyone, and then generate individual passwords for each site. * the quickest way to creat...

Pocket PC Apps

In the early 2000s, with Nisha Bhatia and Todd Harvey as Inside Mind, we built and sold Pocket PC apps on Handango — the app store before app stores existed.

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IM Mind Map

Personal $9.95

Mind mapping on your Pocket PC. A new way of using and improving memory, concentration, and creativity in planning and structuring thoughts.

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IM Time Tracker

Business $9.95

Track time and income on various projects and tasks. Bill clients accurately, know where your time goes every day.

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IM Cocktails

Reference $9.95

Your personal cocktail buddy in your pocket. Hundreds of recipes, searchable by cocktail name or ingredients.

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IM Tracking Expenses

Personal $4.95

Simple expense tracker with budgeting. Allocate money to separate pools and trace every expense you make.

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IM Time Off Tracker

Business $9.95

Track employee absences — holidays, sickness, or otherwise. Store employee info and record days off work.

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IM Arabian Blocks

Games $4.95

Drag the green blocks, make room, move the red block. Starts easy, gets fiendishly hard. The most addictive puzzle game for Pocket PC.

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IM Hangman

Games $4.95

The ageless game of Hangman. Beat the Pocket PC and save the poor innocent guy before he swings from the gallows.

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IM Hexapawn

Games $4.95

Chess without kings, queens, or bishops — just pawns on different sized boards. Your Pocket PC uses AI to learn how to beat you.

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IM Concentration

Games $4.95

The Concentration game with a difference. Choose your theme, choose your level, and match the pictures as fast as you can.

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IM MasterMind

Games $4.95

The classic game of logic for Pocket PC. Guess the secret colour code in 8 tries or less. Sounds easy? It's not.

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IM Jumbled Words

Games $4.95

Unscramble the letters to form English words. Fun and addictive — improve your language skills at the same time.

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IM Toss

Utility $4.95

The Pocket PC decision maker. A virtual coin, dice, and deck of cards in your pocket. Never struggle with a decision again.

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IM Games Pack

Games $9.95

All six games in one bundle: Arabian Blocks, Hangman, Hexapawn, Concentration, MasterMind, and Jumbled Words.

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Boot Sectors

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Boot Magic

1994

Back in 1994, with Brett Alcorn, I created Boot Magic — a collection of 40 programs that each fit within a single 512-byte boot sector. Pure x86 assembly, direct hardware access, no operating system. The constraint was the challenge: every byte counted.

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