I lead software development teams that create cutting edge applications that consistently thrill & delight users. I work closely with Product & Design, Sales & Editorial, in order to develop products that satisfy a variety of constraints. I take a personal interest in my work, I feel ownership over what I help create.
- LinkedIn profile
- Contact: mail at roberthaining dot com
- Video including me discussing iPhone development
- Vanity Fair [iPhone+iPad]
- second iteration on magazine platform
- Epicurious Recipes & Shopping List [iPad]
- chosen to be part of Apple's iPad launch PR
- lead developer of a 7 developer team
- simultaneously developed the iPad version of GQ
- Gizmodo's Essential iPad Apps
- GQ Magazine [iPad]
- lead developer of a 7 developer team
- simultaneously developed the iPad version of Epicurious
- part of Apple's iPad launch
- GQ Magazine [iPhone]
- lead developer of a 3 developer team
- accolades
- 2009 Innovator of the Year — Condé Nast Publications
- 2009 National Magazine Finalist for Mobile Media — ASME
- 2010 Mobile Entertainment Award Nominee — Webby
- reviews
- "...content is rendered beautifully on the iPhone..." -PCWorld
- "...Condé Nast's developers [have] broken down highly visual stories in a clean way..." -The New York Times
- "...stop reading and download the December 2009 GQ issue app immediately..." -appolicious
- Reviewed by the Wall Street Journal
- video demo featured on NextIssueMedia.com [bonus feature: I narrate the video!]
- Postcard by Concierge.com [iPhone]
- Music Alarm [iPhone]
- Epicurious Recipes & Shopping List [iPhone]
- sole developer for version 1.0
- accolades
- 2009 National Magazine Award Winner for Mobile Media — ASME
- 2010 Mobile Strategy Award Finalist — MIN
- over 2 million downloads
- peaked at #1 Lifestyle app, top 10 overall
- featured in Apple TV commercial
- App of the Week at the New York Times
- Wired Product Reviews: my first iPhone app
- iEat: local restaurant listings for your iPod
- RichardHaining.com: a portfolio site I made for my brother
- Myspace apps:
Flip, Epicurious.com Recipe of the Day- PHP, MySQL.
- Facebook apps:
Flip, What are you wearing- PHP, MySQL.
- MediaHub: hyperlocal photo sharing tool
- user-managed media website with a localized, neighborhood-based approach.
- lead developer
- intimately involved with product from the conception of the idea through development, testing, deployment, marketing, and training.
- Java//J2EE, AJAX, PHP, Perl, Oracle, MySQL, UNIX.
mobile projects
web projects
- Java//J2EE, Oracle.
- PHP, MySQL.
conferences
- pdfs of presentations
- pre-conference interview with Gene Crawford, owner of Period Three
employment
- Started on a 4 developer Special Projects team, primarily creating Facebook apps. After the iPhone App Store launched, I learned Objective-C and created a prototype for Epicurious. I spent several months developing iPhone apps by myself, before I was joined by 2 colleagues for the GQ project. For the iPad launch, I led a team of 7 developers to simultaneously create iPad versions of both Epicurious & GQ, the former of which was heavily promoted by Apple during its launch, culminating in a nod from Steve Jobs himself during the iPhone 4.0 keynote address.
- 2009 Innovator of the Year - one of four awarded
- Part of the Broadband/Connected Life group in Atlanta
- Part of the 4 developer Special Projects team that develops large company-wide projects, while still retaining the flexibility to work on small, site-specific projects.
- Led a staff of 50 DJs, 7 executives
skills
academic
- Minor in Mathematics
- Upsilon Pi Epsilon; Pi Mu Epsilon
academic publications + papers
- developed through an Undergraduate Research Fellowship through WFU