Tag Archives: Software Development
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.
November 11, 2009
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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
The secret to enjoying Xcode
One of the things that made me like Xcode more and become more efficient with it is realizing that while all coders are insane, me and Xcode’s designers are insane in different ways. By that, I mean that aside from … Continue reading
On skins and plugins
I started this post over six months ago, but never quite got around to finishing it. It might never be finished. But this is a thorn to me, so I’m just going to post it as is. Should your new … Continue reading
Xcode and iPhone OS 3.0.1
To get Xcode 3.1.3 working with iPhone OS 3.0.1, you’ll need to teach Xcode how to target iPhone OS 3.0.1. Xcode will automatically recognize iPhone OS 3.0.1 and look for a new SDK at a set path. The problem is … Continue reading
Brent Simmons (NetNewsWire): Anatomy of a feature. How a simple feature grows. (via incanus77.)
July 30, 2009
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Matt Gallagher: Rules to avoid retain cycles
July 27, 2009
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James Thomson (PCalc): How to make your iPhone application start faster
July 24, 2009
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Wade Cosgrove (Panic): Developer Color Picker. Copy colors from the picker as a [UIColor initWithRed:green:blue:alpha:] sequence.
July 17, 2009
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Custom Google Search: iPhone reference library search. Slightly less annoying than crashing Xcode, also slightly less annoying than just using Google search.
July 17, 2009
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