Tewha » Link http://tewha.net Links and writings on software development, mostly for iPhone and Mac OS X. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:57:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Future shock http://tewha.net/2010/01/future%c2%a0shock/ http://tewha.net/2010/01/future%c2%a0shock/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:31:15 +0000 Steven Fisher http://tewha.net/?p=1095 Fraser Speirs of Connected Flow (author of FlickrExport and Changes) on the reaction to the iPad Future shock:

I'm often saddened by the infantilising effect of high technology on adults. From being in control of their world, they're thrust back to a childish, mediaeval world in which gremlins appear to torment them and disappear at will and against which magic, spells, and the local witch doctor are their only refuges.

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]]> http://tewha.net/2009/11/apples-mistake/feed/ 0 Manton Reece: Two fixes for the App Store http://tewha.net/2009/11/manton-reece-two-fixes-for-the-app-store/ http://tewha.net/2009/11/manton-reece-two-fixes-for-the-app-store/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:13:40 +0000 Steven Fisher http://tewha.net/?p=1089 Manton Reece, developer of Clipstart and Wii Transfer for the Mac, writing on the only two acceptable fixes for the iPhone App Store, boils down the iPhone problems to a single sentence:

I want my software to fail because it sucks, or is buggy, or doesn't have the right features, not because Apple can shut me down over a minor difference of opinion.

]]> http://tewha.net/2009/11/manton-reece-two-fixes-for-the-app-store/feed/ 0 Joe Hewitt http://tewha.net/2009/11/joe-hewitt/ http://tewha.net/2009/11/joe-hewitt/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:03:55 +0000 Steven Fisher http://tewha.net/?p=1087 Joe Hewitt, creator of the iPhone Facebook application and Three20 framework, has moved back to web development. A blog post explains, placing on Apple's App Store process without using so many words. But he makes an observation on how little it means on his way out.

]]> http://tewha.net/2009/11/joe-hewitt/feed/ 0 Rogue Amoeba no longer developing new iPhone applications http://tewha.net/2009/11/1084/ http://tewha.net/2009/11/1084/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:20:19 +0000 Steven Fisher http://tewha.net/?p=1084 Rogue Amoeba no longer has any plans for additional iPhone applications, following an egregious Apple rejection.

]]> http://tewha.net/2009/11/1084/feed/ 0 Loren Brichter on Tweetie reload http://tewha.net/2009/11/loren-brichter-on-tweetie-reload/ http://tewha.net/2009/11/loren-brichter-on-tweetie-reload/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:56:28 +0000 Steven Fisher http://tewha.net/?p=1081 Joshua Kaufman interviews Loren Brichter on Tweetie's reload gesture. A good, non-technical read on finding the right way to present a feature, adding a custom gesture, and providing feedback.

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]]> http://tewha.net/2009/10/memory-and-thread-safe-custom-property-methods/feed/ 0 Ars Technica on Snow Leopard http://tewha.net/2009/08/ars-technica-on-snow-leopard/ http://tewha.net/2009/08/ars-technica-on-snow-leopard/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:36:05 +0000 Steven Fisher http://tewha.net/?p=1062 John Siracusa: Ars Technica review of Snow Leopard. Includes a discussion of some of the file system's new tricks and QuickTime X's secrets, which you'll probably never need to know. But don't you want to know?

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]]> http://tewha.net/2009/08/snow-leopard-is-built-for-the-future/feed/ 0 Adding shadow effects to UITableView using CAGradientLayer http://tewha.net/2009/08/adding-shadow-effects-to-uitableview-using-cagradientlayer/ http://tewha.net/2009/08/adding-shadow-effects-to-uitableview-using-cagradientlayer/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:41:34 +0000 Steven Fisher http://tewha.net/?p=1057 Matt Gallagher (Cocoa with Love): Adding shadow effects to UITableView using CAGradientLayer. Non-obvious and useful.

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