About Me

Hi, I’m Josh Johnson. I’m a software developer living in Raleigh-Durham, NC. Most people don’t call it that but I actually live in two zipcodes. It’s weird. My congressional district changes pretty much every voting cycle.
I love creating software for Mac and iOS. For years I wrote software for Windows and the Web, but when the iPhone was introduced in 2007 I dusted off my old 12” PowerBook and started learning Cocoa. I’ve worked with many teams building iOS apps, led teams of iOS developers at Two Toasters (later Ticketmaster), and I’m the organizer of Triangle CocoaHeads and NSCoder Nights and occasionally speak at conferences about Cocoa development. Now I’m working with the team at Highrise building a cross-platform iOS and Android social network video game.
In my spare time, I’ve been learning to draw and learning German. I also really enjoy cooking and keyboards. I’m basically a nerd that has too many interests and spend a lot of my time trying to prioritize them. I watch too many Star Wars fan theories on YouTube.
Previously
2017
- Joined Highrise as Lead Mobile Developer.
- Relaunched CocoaHeads.TV.
2016
- Shipped open source theme, “internet weblog” for the Hugo static generator.
2015
- Joined BA3 as Senior Software Developer.
- Speaker at 360|iDev about being a manager.
- Two Toasters acquired by Ticketmaster; continued leading the new Ticketmaster Mobile Studio development team.
2014
- Started leading the iOS (and later Android) team at Two Toasters as Director of Development.
2012
- Switched to the Dvorak Keyboard Layout quickly and began tracking speed.
- Launched CocoaHeads.TV to share CocoaHeads meetup videos from groups around the world.
- Shipped iOS App for the Bad Movie Podcast.
2011
- Speaker at CocoaConf Raleigh
- Joined Two Toasters as Senior iOS Developer.
2010
- Started CocoaHeads Raleigh after attending NSConference Atlanta.
2009
- iOS App Icon featured in in-store Christmas display.
2008
- Shipped iAdvent for iPhone.
- Shipped RealPass for iPhone, my first iPhone application.
2007
- Registered jnjosh.com