Category Archives: Link

Joe Hewitt

Posted on November 14, 2009 by Steven Fisher

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 … Continue reading →

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Rogue Amoeba no longer developing new iPhone applications

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Steven Fisher

Rogue Amoeba no longer has any plans for additional iPhone applications, following an egregious Apple rejection.

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Loren Brichter on Tweetie reload

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Steven Fisher

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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Memory and thread-safe custom property methods

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Steven Fisher

Cocoa With Love (Matt Gallagher): Memory and thread-safe custom property methods

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Ars Technica on Snow Leopard

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Steven Fisher

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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Snow Leopard is built for the future

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Steven Fisher

Wil Shipley (Delicious Monster): Snow Leopard is built for the future. A short overview of what Snow Leopard’s new technologies mean from an application developer’s perspective.

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Adding shadow effects to UITableView using CAGradientLayer

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Steven Fisher

Matt Gallagher (Cocoa with Love): Adding shadow effects to UITableView using CAGradientLayer. Non-obvious and useful.

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On heuristics and human factors

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Steven Fisher

Wil Shipley (Delicious Library): On Heuristics and Human Factors. This is a big part of what separates great applications from the rest.

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Installing MySQL on Mac OS X

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Steven Fisher

Hivelogic: Installing MySQL on Mac OS X (from source). Useful if you can’t use a prebuilt package for some reason. (Remember to adjust the instructions for the latest version instead of 5.1.33.)

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Password Changes in Open Directory

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Steven Fisher

John C. Welch (aka Bynkii, Angry Mac Bastard): Password Changes in Open Directory (One burst of profanity). For us Mac users who are sometimes a little too smug about the Mac’s user interface. (The podcast: Angry Mac Bastards. Extreme profanity … Continue reading →

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