Epic Mikey

  • D23 Expo Preview: Panels and Performances

    Really tough choices in picking what to see and do at the D23 Expo. To some degree, I’m being guided this year by what things blew me away in 2011.   So the Legends ceremony in 2011 was incredible, and as a result I’m planning to do Legends this year even though it’s got some tough…

  • D23 Expo Preview: Sorcerer Activities

    The D23 Expo runs from Friday August 9th through Sunday August 11th, but for the guests that signed up for the Sorcerer package, the activities begin on Thursday August 8th. D23 has now announced the activities for Sorcerer Guests during the 4-day Expo event.   Here’s a look at the Sorcerer activities (look for an upcoming…

  • Expo Anticipation

    This year I’ll be attending my second D23 Expo … for the first expo in 2009, there wasn’t a whole lot of information released ahead of time, and I decided to take a pass.    When I saw updates from the Expo as it was happening, I realized I’d made a bad call … there was…

  • The D23Expo apps are available

    The D23 Expo apps for iPhone and Android are available for download today from the respective app stores. Check the schedule and presenters, adding interesting presentations to your calendar.  Check out the vendors in the Collector’s Forum and other shopping opportunities (Dream Store, Mickey’s of Glendale, and more).   Maps of the facilities, FAQ, trivia, even…

  • I love it when a plan comes together

    Sometimes the stars align just so, and something magical happens.    This may just be one of those times in my life. Almost a year ago, tickets went on sale for the 2013 D23 Expo.   Since I’m planning on writing a lot more about the Expo over the next 3 weeks, I won’t go into anything…

  • An app is born

    In previous posts I’ve described my desire to do an iPhone app, and finally finding what seemed to be a worthwhile project.   All that was left was to take the idea and see how well I could translate it into an app. I started writing code in mid-January.   Sometime in late February the name came…

  • Finding Inspiration

    In my last post, I talked about the Baseball Scorecard app that never made it to launch.   That was in 2009, and ever since then, I’ve had it in the back of my mind that doing an iPhone app was going to happen — I just needed to find the right project. Maybe “in the…

  • If at first you don’t succeed

    In my previous post I mentioned that I wanted to give a bit of the story of developing The Sorcerer’s Apprentice iPhone application.    But The Sorcerer’s App was not my first crack at writing an iPhone app.    Before we get to the new app, let’s turn the wayback machine to 2009.   The App Store was…

  • A New App and a New Blog

    Yesterday my first-ever iPhone app launched in the App Store for Apple’s iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch).    The link to download the app is at right and also below. I have also created a new blog specifically for the app — I didn’t want to post a bunch of stuff here that would only…

  • Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives

    As chronicled in the last couple of blog posts, I made a recent visit to Southern California to see Disneyland during the Christmas holidays and to visit the Reagan Presidential Library.    The Reagan Library is current hosting (through April 2013) an exhibition entitled Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives. The exhibition is presented by the…