Gamer. Developer. Geek. iOS Software Engineer at @third_i_inc in Tokyo, maker of @iComicsApp. Perth Aussie living in Japan. Also at @timoliver@๐Ÿ˜.social

Tokyo, Japan
Joined August 2008
Anyway, while Iโ€™m not leaving this rollercoaster of an app, now is a great time to mention Iโ€™m also active on other similar Twitter-like services! ๐Ÿฅ Feel free to connect with me there too! ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ˜ - mastodon.social/@timoliver ๐Ÿงต- threads.net/@timoliver
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Itโ€™s back! After FIVE years! ๐Ÿ˜ Iโ€™m super excited to have been invited back as the English-speaking MC. Hope to see you all there! ๐Ÿ˜ โ€“ at Manhattan, NY
It's happening! ๐Ÿ“ฃ try! Swift Tokyo 2024 is all set for March 22nd to 24th. Be sure to add it to your calendar! ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ #tryswift #iosdev #swiftlang tryswift.jp/_en
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Thanks so much Emad! ๐Ÿ˜ I hope you found it useful! ๐Ÿ™ โ€“ at Manhattan, NY
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Woohoo! ๐Ÿคฉ Thanks again to @ilovenagareyama and the rest of the MoneyForward folks! It was a fantastic evening! ๐Ÿ˜ โ€“ at Perth, Western Australia
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We had a lot of firsts for the Tokyo iOS meetup tonight. ๐Ÿ˜„ First, the legendary @twostraws giving us an amazing talk on the latest features of SwiftUI. And second, the excellent @jollyjoester giving us his legendary cheers kickoff. ๐Ÿ˜ Thanks everyone who came tonight! ๐Ÿ˜ โ€“ at Minato-ku, Tokyo
Todayโ€™s Tokyo iOS Meetup was a lot of fun! Thanks @twostraws and @TimOliverAU
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Tim Oliver ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’› retweeted
Todayโ€™s Tokyo iOS Meetup was a lot of fun! Thanks @twostraws and @TimOliverAU
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The stage is set! I think itโ€™s fair to say weโ€™re all super excited for tonight! ๐Ÿ˜ (If you want to come and missed out, send me a DM with your email. I โ€œmightโ€ be able to squeeze you in still!)
It's the last week of my Japan vacation now (๐Ÿ˜ญ), but on the plus side the nice folks at @TokyoiOSMeetup invited me to speak at their meetup tomorrow. I'll be giving a new SwiftUI talk, mentioning at least one feature I haven't seen anyoneย else cover ๐Ÿ‘€ meetup.com/tokyoiosmeetup/evโ€ฆ
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15 years on this site today. What a lot of history. ๐Ÿฅฒ โ€“ at Minato-ku, Tokyo
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Woohoo! Weโ€™ve got a really special Tokyo iOS meetup planned for August! The legendary @twostraws is in town and heโ€™s kindly agreed to give us one of his amazing presentations! ๐Ÿคฉ The event will be at the Meta Tokyo office on August 9 from 6:45pm! ๐ŸŽ‰ meetup.com/tokyoiosmeetup/evโ€ฆ
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And no, Iโ€™m not changing โ€œTwitterโ€ to โ€œXโ€ in the โ€œHow did you find out about us?โ€ question in the sign-up form. ๐Ÿ˜
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Welp. I got the new thing. Rest in Peace Twitter bird logo. I'm gonna miss you. ๐Ÿซก
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So I didnโ€™t actually work on Threads, but I did build the majority of the Instagram Threads Ticket on iOS (and my manager did the same on Android) ๐Ÿ˜ We had an absolute blast working out what graphics hacks we could use to create the holographic foil and interactive spin effects
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And seeing the ticket be used as the banner image on the Wall Street Journal might just be the highlight of my career! ๐Ÿ˜ In any case, I hope I can do a tech talk on the sticker soon! I hope you enjoyed it! ๐Ÿ™ Right, back to my regular work now. ๐Ÿ˜†
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And it has been so fulfilling and heartwarming to see so many people enjoy playing with the ticket here on ticket. ๐Ÿฅฐ Iโ€™ll admit, I was skeptical that this ticket would make any kind of meaningful dent, but holy smokes was I wrong! ๐Ÿคฃ
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One thing thatโ€™s really frustrated me on Twitter, is that I missed out on the @timoliver username by 1 month in 2008 and itโ€™s never been used ๐Ÿ˜” Iโ€™ve contacted Twitter many times over the past decade asking to claim it, but no bananas ๐Ÿ˜ญ SO happy I got @timoliver on Threads. ๐Ÿ˜ โ€“ at Minato-ku, Tokyo
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Uh, so if the Instagram Threads Ticket was freezing for you, make sure to download the latest version of IG that just landed on the App Store! ๐Ÿ˜… โ€“ at Minato-ku, Tokyo
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