Category Archives: Articles

Have turned off commenting for old posts

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Steven Fisher

There’s a few posts that seem to get all my spam, and they’re quite old. Plus I don’t think it’s fair to anyone involved, them or me, that someone can leave a comment on an old post years after it’s … Continue reading →

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Apple's developer documentation website is horrible

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Steven Fisher

Isn’t anyone at Apple even mildly embarrassed about how poor the ADC search results are? Like everyone other Mac developer (at least, those not using a seed… no comment otherwise), I’ve been bit by the Mac OS X 10.5.7 bug … Continue reading →

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Palm doesn't need iTunes to sync music to the Pre

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Steven Fisher

Palm’s USB trick to get iTunes to load the Pre was a clever, if unethical1, hack. Today, iTunes 8.2.1 broke that. But despite the ridiculous accusations of lock in, Palm doesn’t need the Pre to sync music to the iTunes. … Continue reading →

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NSURL synchronous requests

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Steven Fisher

Can’t verify this yet, but something I want to investigate later: Chris Parker (who “works for a fruit company in Cupertino”) via Twitter: Hey iPhone devs: sending synchronous requests via NSURL on the main thread is a good way to … Continue reading →

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Cut the crap

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Steven Fisher

One thing I’m surprised at every few months is how few good WordPress themes there are without sidebars, or at least with fully customizable content within the sidebar. To me, sidebars with lots of internal links are a sign of … Continue reading →

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iPhone Stencil Kit

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Steven Fisher

Every iPhone developer should probably own one of these. Nice. (via mzarra)

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iPhone OS 3.0 Adoption Rate

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Steven Fisher

Tapbots on iPhone OS 3 adoptions among their active users: We’re currently running at an overall 75% upgrade rate which is pretty insane considering the number of devices and the fact that its only been 5 days.

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Early iPhone 3G S OpenGL test results

Posted on June 20, 2009 by Steven Fisher

Early iPhone 3G S OpenGL Test Results from Daniel Pasco over at Black Pixel: the iPhone 3G S ran about twice as fast as the 2g Touch in every test The iPod touch 2G was the previous speed champion of … Continue reading →

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Merlin Mann on Creative Work

Posted on June 19, 2009 by Steven Fisher

The Sound of Young America podcast episode by Merlin Mann on Creative Work. A few tidbits: “Before you get [to awesome] you’re going to have to start a lot of things, and I must tell you you’re going to suck at … Continue reading →

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Trust, hostility, and the human side of Apple

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Steven Fisher

Trust, hostility, and the human side of Apple: It was a giant middle finger to iPhone developers. And that’s the closing impression that Apple gave us for WWDC. Clearly, they had absolutely no interest in fielding even a single question … Continue reading →

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