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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

4 years

This is a huge day 🥳🥳 Today, Lumy made it to the keynote & Apple website 😍😍😍 🎉🎊🎉 #AppleEvent

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

6 years

At last watched #2Point0 last week. @aamir_khan was so right, no one could have pulled off the last 40 minutes like rajinikanth did. So badass and pure thalaivarism 🔥 #25DaysOf2Point0 #SuperOne

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

6 years

No matter what, we humans always find something to complain about. This time - Font #AppleEvent ⁠⁠

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

5 years

Tried doing some graphic designing on the iPad Pro for #Thalaivar in #Darbar . iPadOS has come a long way in downloading the materials, organising the projects, fonts workflow (detect, search, instal) #iPadWorkFlow ❤️ @ARMurugadoss @LycaProductions @santoshsivan @anirudhofficial

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

6 years

To say it in Thalaivar @rajinikanth style “Miracles do happen” 🤘 3/3 #WWDC18 #ADA

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

4 years

Lumy is in the front page of the developer portal 😍😍🤩🎊🎉🥳

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

6 years

When I started this journey 5 years back, I had no contacts, zero experience selling software, no college degree on programming & UI/UX designing. The only assets I had was - an understandable family & a friend, a MacBook Pro, an iPhone & some passion to do apps. 1/3

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

6 years

On the way to watch #Petta for the 5th time and look who is ubering me #Rajinikanth 🔥

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

6 years

Today people across 150+ countries use my apps and I just received an Apple Design Award 🥇. Thanks to Apple’s @AppStore and huge shout out to Apple community for being passionate, inspiring and helpful. Still can’t believe it happened 🤩 2/3

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

6 years

@soundaryaarajni Thanks Soundarya 🤘 If possible, show these pictures to our thalaivar @rajinikanth I love him to the moon and back 🤩 He has been a huge inspiration for me 🙏 #Kaala #Thalaivar

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

5 years

I believe, I got a new hobby 🤓 #iPadWorkflow #Darbar

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

2 years

Lumy is updated to the latest iOS 16 and watchOS 9 with Lock Screen Widgets, a Home Screen widget, New watch faces, and a lot more 🚀

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

1 year

New version of Lumy is now available @AppStore with update for iOS 17 & watchOS 10 🚀 🎉 iOS 17 - Added support for Interactive Widget - Schedule notifications for sun events directly from the home screen 🌅 - Added support for Standby Mode support. watchOS 10 ⌚️ - A fresh app

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

1 year

Calzy 3.8 is now available on the AppStore 🚀 It introduces two interactive widgets - Calculator & History/Bookmarks Widget 🔢 Also, the calculator widget can be customized with 3 new themes and keyboard styles 🎨✍️

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

5 years

At last Apple products (AirPods +  Watch) joins our thalaivar cult 😍 #DarbarTrailer #Rajinikanth #Apple

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

6 years

Ever since I received the Apple Design Award, many have asked: “Without any college degree in programming or designing, How you went on to make your first app?” This blog post is myself trying to answer that 👉 #iOS

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

3 years

Lumy 4.5 is launching today 🚀 😊

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

5 years

Excited to share the preview of fully independent Lumy for Watch. Completely written on SwiftUI. It shows golden hour info for diff location along with weather info, so u can plan ur photographic trip ahead. Will post the feature videos and public beta link below...

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

2 years

Currenzy is now available on the @appstore 🎉 Along with the all-new design, It comes with the Safari extension that lets you convert prices in web pages. It also enables you to convert currencies in other apps like mail, notes, etc., 😊 1/3

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

3 years

Golden Hour @ Chennai 🌅

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

5 years

Shot on iPhone 11 Pro. This camera is literally out of the world 😍 pc @shanthiraja #ShotOniPhone @Apple

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

1 year

Thank you so much @AppStore ! for featuring Lumy and Calzy ❤️🎉

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

5 years

After months of hesitation, overcame my inhibitions to deliver my first ever talk. Shd thank @ishanvaish , it all started from him pushing me to come out of my shell & @giridharvc7 who kept persuading me for long to deliver this talk. Day well spent @swiftindiagroup Thx everyone🙏

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

6 years

Happy to get featured in the Today Story on the App Store 😊 #IndependenceDayIndia

‎A winning calculation : App Store Story

‎Learn about A winning calculation on Mac App Store. Download Calzy and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad and Mac.

apps.apple.com

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

2 years

Calzy getting ready for the iOS 16 launch 🚀

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

3 years

Wow 🤩 Lumy made it to the Apple Watch Series 7 website as well ❤️🎉🥳

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

1 year

Golden hour just got brighter! Lumy at 50% off for a limited time. 🌄💰 #AppStore #ExclusiveOniOS

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

2 years

Calzy 3.7 is now available on the AppStore 🎉 Stay on top of your calculation while moving across different apps with Dynamic Island and Live Activity support 😊

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

2 years

Currenzy is the No 1 Paid Travel app on iPhone, iPad, and Mac @AppStoreJP 🎉🎉🥳 This is the first time for any of my apps in the Mac AppStore 😍

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

6 years

Wow! Calzy 3 got featured in this 😍

9to5Mac

@9to5mac

6 years

These are the 18 best iOS apps with dark mode, according to Apple by @ChanceHMiller

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

6 years

@atpganesh @rajinikanth என்ன மச்சி.. போராளிகள் கூட சவகாகமா? 😂 நேத்து சொன்ன இந்த ஒரு statement போதும். குடும்ப மொத்தமும் ஓட்டு போட ரெடியாயிட்டானுங்க 👉 ‘ஏற்கெனவே தண்ணி இல்ல, விவசாயம் இல்ல. இப்போ போராட்டங்கள் தேவையில்லாம அதிகமானா தொழில் வளர்ச்சியும் பாதிக்கப்படும், இளைஞர்களுக்கு வேலை இருக்காது’

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

3 years

Lumy is App of the day in Chinese @AppStore 🎉🎉😍

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

1 year

So happy 🎉 to see Calzy and Currenzy featured on the US 🇺🇸 AppStore under Utility, Apple Watch, and Travel - Essential App! Thanks a lot, @AppStore 🙌 team!

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

6 years

All Set 😊 #AppleiPhoneEvent

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

1 year

WOW 🤩 So happy to see Lumy along with @BoxBox_Club @_CroutonApp @FlightyApp on the iPhone 15 series hands on units 😍🎉 #AppleEvent

Devin

@JustMeDevin

1 year

Don’t mind me, just scrubbing through hands on videos trying to find the best screen grab. Very surreal!

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

5 years

It’s been a roller coaster ride since this WWDC. #SwiftUI #iOS13 #DarkMode #WIP

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

6 years

Visited the beautiful Hong Kong 🇭🇰Apple Store and finally bought the new 12.9 inch iPad Pro 😍 I plan to switch my photographic workflow to iPad Pro completely.

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

6 years

This photo is deep in so many levels 😍

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

1 year

@Andrew_OSU Lumy is updated with interactive widget, StandBy mode, All new watch app and more 😊

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

3 years

Lumy for Apple TV is now available on the @AppStore 😍🥳🚀 Experimented with an idea to use Apple TV beyond watching TV or playing games. Now, Mount Sun and Moon information as an art-like photo frame 🖼

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

2 years

Wow!! Lumy, Currenzy and Calzy all got featured across various sections of AppStore🤩 🎉 #iOS16 #Apple

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

3 years

Thanks to everyone who took time out of your life to beta test these apps and gave feedback 🙏 Calzy 3.5 - Releasing tomorrow 🎉 Lumy 4.6 - Hoping for tomorrow 🤞 Stacks 4.0 - Very Very Soon 🔜

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

5 years

Wow 🤩 Calzy is featured as one of the “13 Great apps for iOS 13”. Both Lumy & Calzy is featured in “Great on watchOS 6” and “See It in Dark Mode” section of US @AppStore 🍾 🎉

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

3 years

Wow 🤩 Thanks @johnvoorhees for such a lovely words ❤️😍

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

6 years

FWIW, Just found that this feature on Today’s tab of US AppStore let to more downloads than the day Calzy got apple design award 😳 P.S., The award was covered on most tech sites where as this feature was just on the US AppStore. #ios #app #business

‎A Winning Calculation : App Store Story

‎Learn about A Winning Calculation on Mac App Store. Download Calzy and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

6 years

Just said ‘Hi’ to @apollozac 😀 #WWDC2018

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

2 years

Lumy is ranked #2 in UK AppStore🤩 And I didn’t know bundles also will be ranked. For all these years, I hesitated to make this three-app bundle (Since they are unrelated). I just created one a few months back as an experiment. Seeing a big uptrend with this bundle 😍

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

6 years

I feel journey of creating “something” will always be filled with happiness, frustration, over confidence, self doubt, learning, unlearning. Mixed of everything. If u love the destination, u will ignore the hardship of the journey. Don’t afraid also don’t fantasise #code #design

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

2 years

Lumy 4.8 is now available on the AppStore with Dynamic Island and Live Activity Support 🎉😊

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

2 years

Love the whole @_CroutonApp vibe 😍 @JustMeDevin 👌👏👏👏

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

3 years

“Appreciation can make a day - even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.” Lumy ❤️ @AppStore

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

2 years

Congrats @viditb 👏👏👏 🎉

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

4 years

2020 was good. Spent more time with my family & less time on social media. SwiftUI helped me drop all my preconceived ideas about app making and see things with an open mind & fresh eyes, just like a beginner. May the year 2021 bring much more fresh mindset. #HappyNew2021 🥳

Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

5 years

2019 was insane, probably the most toughest period of my life. May the year 2020 bring a New start & Fresh mindset #HappyNew2020 🥳

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

3 years

Lumy 4.5 is now available on the @AppStore 🥳 It’s the most significant update yet: It brings in design changes, moon information, customizable widgets, new watch complications, repeat notification, support for Siri Shortcut, and a lot more 🎉 #SwiftUI

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

6 years

Going to WWDC for the first time this year. With no leaks & rumours floating around, I’m very much excited to get blown away by the keynote. Hope @markgurman doesn’t get any “scoop” in the meantime 😂 #WWDC18 #iOS12

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

2 years

Japanese @AppStore 🎉😍

Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

2 years

Currenzy is now available on the @appstore 🎉 Along with the all-new design, It comes with the Safari extension that lets you convert prices in web pages. It also enables you to convert currencies in other apps like mail, notes, etc., 😊 1/3

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

2 years

Lumy and Calzy 😍 Thanks to the @AppStore for the feature!

Vidit Bhargava

@viditb

2 years

Congrats on the feature! @_pawanpreet @rajavijayaraman @mufasaYC :D

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

2 years

Monday 🚀 2/2 #iOS16 #LiveActivities #DynamicIsland

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

5 years

2/3 #iOS13

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

6 years

Craig Federighi on Stage 👏

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

1 year

Localizing my apps was one of the best decisions I've made. Downloads from Europe and Asia Pacific regions have been almost on par with the US for the past few months. #Lumy #Calzy #Currenzy

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

2 years

Congrats @tanmays 🎉😍

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

4 years

😍😍😍

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

1 year

2/2 Monday 🚀

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

2 years

Calzy 3.6 is now available on the AppStore with Lock Screen widgets, Focus Filter, New Watch App and more 🚀

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

2 years

It seems like someone somewhere said something nice about Lumy ❤️ Big thanks to that “Someone" 🙏 Your kind words led to a nice spike in downloads! 🚀

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

2 years

Once in a while, I always get back to this article “The Dilemma of form follows function” by @vanschneider ❤️

The Cultural Tutor

@culturaltutor

2 years

Why Beauty Matters (and how it has been destroyed by "usability") A short thread...

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

6 years

Photoshop coming to iPad is excellent news 👏 Should try moving my photographic workflow entirely to the iPad and see how far things have changed in the iPad landscape.

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

2 years

Monday 🚀 1/3 🤞 #iOS16

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

1 year

@Andrew_OSU Calzy is updated with two new interactive widgets 😊

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

5 years

Yay! Now we can record video of the iOS 13, tvOS 13, and watchOS 6 simulator through xcrun simctl in #Xcode 11.2 beta 🎉

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

3 years

Calzy 3.5 is available for iOS 15, iPadOS 15 and watchOS 8 with support for Quick Notes, and few more customisation option @AppStore

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

4 years

I started my iOS indie life earning $26.40 in 2012.

Mustafa Yusuf

@mufasaYC

4 years

I started my first iOS developer job working for $413 a month in 2018

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

5 years

2019 was insane, probably the most toughest period of my life. May the year 2020 bring a New start & Fresh mindset #HappyNew2020 🥳

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

6 years

My Rs.300 SD card reader works perfectly on the new iPad Pro. #Photography #iPadWorkflow

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

2 years

For everyone trying out the new Apple TV… I like to introduce Lumy for Apple TV, available on the @AppStore 😊 It lets you showcase Sun and Moon information as a beautiful photo frame 🖼

Greg Joswiak

@gregjoz

2 years

I love my new Apple TV 4K! It is the perfect way to bring the best and easiest-to-use video and audio to the biggest screen in my home. It also works seamlessly with my other Apple products. It's available today!

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

6 years

Please Apple, launch it soon in India #iPadPro 😍 #AppleEvent

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

4 years

Those fingerprints 😍😍

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

2 years

Beyond the tech circle, most ppl I know hv no idea that they can configure the lock screen widget. What’s the better way to educate them? A better description, better SF symbol, or educate them with the screen when they open the app with the unconfigured widget?

Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

2 years

Calzy getting ready for the iOS 16 launch 🚀

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@rajavijayaraman

3 years

Mine 😊

Vidit Bhargava

@viditb

3 years

My home-screen for the next week. A giant clock for the PDT time zone. 😂

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@rajavijayaraman

6 years

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

4 years

@JPEGuin Right now, $4.99 seems like a sweet spot for the paid upfront model 😊

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@rajavijayaraman

2 years

“SwiftUI”fication of Calzy has begun 💻

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

3 years

True. SwiftUI changed things better & easier😍 The single view I designed for watch complication is used for iOS widgets and tvOS with no extra work. It is so much easier to iterate & use it across all the apple platforms. Happy I jumped earlier and Rewrote Lumy with SwiftUI ❤️

Paul Hudson

@twostraws

3 years

Two years ago today: everything changed for the better 🚀

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

3 years

@CraigGrannell I believe, Lumy has beautiful widgets for both iPhone and iPad that can be customised to everyone needs. Website has a press kit with more information 😊

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

3 years

Until WWDC week gets over, no matter how excited you are about a new feature, don’t jump in to try them in your app. I got so excited with the SwiftUI Canvas on day one and did nothing but rewriting these Lumy views with Canvas since then. Yet to watch other sessions #WWDC21

Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

3 years

True. SwiftUI changed things better & easier😍 The single view I designed for watch complication is used for iOS widgets and tvOS with no extra work. It is so much easier to iterate & use it across all the apple platforms. Happy I jumped earlier and Rewrote Lumy with SwiftUI ❤️

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@rajavijayaraman

4 years

This photo taken by HiRISE, showing the descent stage of the Perseverance falling through the Martian atmosphere is so Amazing 🤩🤩 #Mars2020

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

6 years

@vinusakthi I just found you and your brother visited the hospital and donated the blood. Thanks a lot Guys 🙏

Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

6 years

5 units of B+ blood needed for my father in-law at JIPMER hospital, Puducherry. Contact #: 9940443029

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4 years

Lumy in the #WWDC20 keynote 😍

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@rajavijayaraman

2 years

With XCTestCase, @sketch Data sets, and @FastlaneTools ‘Deliver’ - Able to process 700+ screenshots (4 devices, 8 languages, 2 themes) and submitted Currenzy to @AppStore 🥳

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@rajavijayaraman

6 years

Wondering whether Apple would carry this new flat hardware design style to their next year’s iPhone or its just exclusive to the new iPad Pro to accommodate the magnetic connector for Apple Pencil 🤔 #AppleEvent

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Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

1 year

@OliverJHaslam One more, Updated Calzy, it brings calculator to the Home Screen 😊

Raja Vijayaraman

@rajavijayaraman

1 year

Calzy 3.8 is now available on the AppStore 🚀 It introduces two interactive widgets - Calculator & History/Bookmarks Widget 🔢 Also, the calculator widget can be customized with 3 new themes and keyboard styles 🎨✍️

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@rajavijayaraman

5 years

Is this the prettiest credit card available in India?

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@rajavijayaraman

2 years

@9to5mac Switching between these two 😊

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@rajavijayaraman

2 years

@JPEGuin Not sure if it is worthy of inspiration. But I loved what I did in Currenzy 😊

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@rajavijayaraman

3 years

Thanks @zollotech 🙏😍

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@rajavijayaraman

2 years

Just like HomePod, I wish Apple revives Time Travel on the watch and 3D Touch on the iPhone.

hartley

@hxrtlxy

2 years

Time Travel was the coolest (and most useful) Apple Watch feature that’s since been removed. I used to love using this.

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2 years

Lumy is just few spots below Streaks and Things 😍 Ranked #20 at the US AppStore Overall Paid Category 🤩 Never thought this is possible for such a niche app 🎉🎊