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The font used in iOS 7 Weather app

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Lukas under Design | No comments

iOS 7 Weather app screenshotI am currently redesigning Routie for iOS 7, and I wanted to display big numbers using the same font as in iOS 7 weather app and lock screen. I was quite surprised that with a quick search on Google, I wasn’t able to find the actual name of the font anywhere. So I went ahead and watched the ‘Using fonts with Text Kit’ WWDC session, and as expected, I found the answer there (not explicitly, but it pointed me to the right direction). So the font name is.. HelveticaNeue-Thin!

Routie launched today! Here are the ‘thoughts from background’.

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Lukas under Routie | No comments

I am proud to announce that Routie is (finally!) here, and you can download it from the App Store. Initially, I thought that it will take just a couple of months to finish it, but in the end, it actually spread over 2 years. I had some huge distractions along the way (school, high-school graduation, being broken hearted and not being able to get over it for far too long, first year at the university..), but I am glad that I managed to finish the version 1.0, with all the quality and high level of polish as I wanted to.

Routie beta is here!

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Lukas under Routie | No comments

San Francisco cityHey guys, I know it’s been a long time since my last post here, and I know that one of the things that was on my to-do list when I was returning from San Francisco was to “continue in frequent blogging”, but I was simply too busy finishing my app, Routie. I thought that it will be done much sooner, I didn’t met almost any of my personal deadlines for milestones in the project. Everything simply took way longer than I expected it to. But, I have good news! As the title says; the beta version is ready!

My impressions from WWDC’13 and how I awakened in San Francisco

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Lukas under Conferences | 1 comment

San Francisco cityI know, the conference ended 5 days ago, I should’ve written about it way sooner. But there is so much to explore in SF! Anyway, better now than never, right? For those of you who hasn’t read any of my other posts here; I got lucky and won the WWDC Students Scholarship, so I had the opportunity to be at this year’s ‘DubDub’ (as cool guys call it). Here are some notes about what kind of experience it was for me.

Routie ‘coming soon’ page is here!

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Lukas under Routie | No comments


Routie coming soon page
Routie, the project that I have been working on for so long, investing a lot of my energy and time into it and kind of hoping that this will be ‘the thing’ that will turn the things around for me, and the thing that people will really love and use frequently, has finally its own coming-soon page! You can check it right here: routieapp.com. I will share more about it as soon as I’ll have something more to show you, but for now, that’s it. Cheers!

My first day in San Francisco

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Lukas under Conferences | 2 comments

WWDC'13 PhotoFor me, today was long, stressful, tiring, but also very exciting and upbeat day. I have traveled from Prague to San Francisco (over 13 hours spent in airplanes), and I have, for the first time in my life, seen San Francisco in all its glory with my own eyes. And boy, it really is Something.

How to create a zip file in GAEJ servlet

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Lukas under iOS development | 2 comments

GAEJ with zip iconIt’s been already almost seven months since my last post, and I have to admit that I am really ashamed of it. Another one from the infinite pool of people who don’t stand up to their promises, huh? But enough of this, you’ve most likely came here to learn something about creating zip files in Google App Engine / Java servlets, and that’s what this post is (from now on) all about. So, let’s get started, shall we?

The only true failure is wasted opportunity

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Lukas under Life Ideas | 2 comments

It’s been already a month I posted here something, and I really feel like it’s time to correct it. In this article, I am going to write from my naive and unskilled perspective what does the fear of failure mean for me, and how I am dealing with it. Make yourself comfortable, and perhaps get a cup of coffee, in case you would start to fall asleep. Oh, I really do hope you took this one as a joke, because I am not sure if it won’t be more of a reality..