Tag Archives: Software Development

Dave Dribin (now of Apple): Fun with C99 Syntax. From May 2010, but I missed it then: C99 offers a better syntax than NSMakeRect.

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off

Xcode tip: Renaming files shared by projects

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Steven Fisher

What if you want to rename a file that’s used in multiple Xcode projects? Well, previously I’d rename the file in one project, then open each project in series and correct broken references. But I discovered today that this is … Continue reading →

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Matt Gammell of  Instinctive Code on a developer’s perception of their software’s complexity.

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off

The Mac Security Blog: Applications that Install OpinionSpy. Mac spyware. Not anything you’re likely to run into.

Posted on June 5, 2010 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off

Matt Gemmell (author various open source libraries, including Twitter engine used in Twitterrific) on iPad VGA output.

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off

Craig Hockenberry (Twitterrific) benchmarks the iPad. The speed just blows away the original iPhone.

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off

Adobe and Flash vs. Apple and iPhone

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Steven Fisher

Mike Chambers, in a more rational posting than the usual from Adobe employees. But I have a comments on it anyway: They want to tie developers down to their platform, and restrict their options to make it difficult for developers … Continue reading →

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A one day project

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Steven Fisher

I started work today on an iPhone project with a friend. I figured it would take only a day to get to a reasonable 1.0. I’ve only put in about a half day on it so far, but at this … Continue reading →

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Paul Graham (Wikipedia article) on Apple’s Mistake, with a great comparison: What would happen if every update to Mac OS X had to go through an opaque, fickle intermediary?

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off

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 →

Posted on November 14, 2009 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off