Tag Archives: Software Development
Perceived complexity
Matt Gammell of Instinctive Code on a developer’s perception of their software’s complexity.
OpinionSpy
The Mac Security Blog: Applications that Install OpinionSpy. Mac spyware. Not anything you’re likely to run into.
Matt Gemmell: iPad VGA output
Matt Gemmell (author various open source libraries, including Twitter engine used in Twitterrific) on iPad VGA output.
Benchmarking the iPad
Craig Hockenberry (Twitterrific) benchmarks the iPad. The speed just blows away the original iPhone.
Adobe and Flash vs. Apple and iPhone
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
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
Apple's Mistake
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?
Joe Hewitt
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
Loren Brichter on Tweetie reload
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.
Learning a new programming language
It took me a while to learn Objective-C. I started at the most basic level, wondering at the language. What are these brackets? What’s with the @ signs? What’s the difference between a – and a +? These aren’t hard … Continue reading