The Case For A 7″ iPod
The Case For A 7″ iPod: The more I think about it, the more I think these rumors are right, but we’ve all been interpreting them the wrong way. The new 7″ iOS device...
Category: iOS
XVim — Vim in Xcode
XVim: I work as a freelance Objective-C developer (amongst other things), so I find myself butting heads with Xcode on a regular basis. Recent releases have integrated several separate applications that betrayed Mac OS’s...
Three Things That Should Trouble Apple
Three Things That Should Trouble Apple: It’s a tag team wedgie patrol. (Via Daring Fireball) Great line. I would add a fourth: with their continued emphasis on iOS-ifying Mac OS X, the end of...
How Steve Ballmer Predicted the Downfall of Mac OS X
Back in the year 2000, Steve Ballmer danced, as they say, like a Monkey Boy, chanting, “Developers! Developers! Developers!” in an infinite loop. Sweating like an offensive tackle in August two-a-days, he hopped and...
Daring Fireball: iOS Low-Hanging Fruit
Daring Fireball: iOS Low-Hanging Fruit: “iOS is by no means feature-complete. But it’s getting harder to identify the low-hanging fruit — the things you just know Apple has to be working on, not just...
Two Skeuomorphs: A Radio and a Weight Tracker
The 2007 Transformers movie showcased three stars: Megan Fox, Shia LaBeouf, and an all-new, futuristic-but-retro Chevrolet Camaro. All men drooled over Megan Fox, but the car guys moved on to slobbering over the Camaro. Built to...
Check out my site later–I’ll remind you!
The creator of Faraday, the new calendar app for iPhone, posted about lessons learned from developing and publishing the app. It’s a good read, worthy of your time. I’m not in the market for...
‘New Apple iPad Does Little to Fend Off Rivals’ Advance’
‘New Apple iPad Does Little to Fend Off Rivals’ Advance’: Even Research In Motion Ltd.’s much maligned BlackBerry PlayBook has seen some recent success after several discounts and promotions. (Via Daring Fireball) Seriously? They’re...
ARC Gotcha – Unexpectedly Short Lifetimes
ARC Gotcha – Unexpectedly Short Lifetimes: ARC is within its rights to release the object between fetching theCGColor and setting the layer’s background color. ARC variables are released as soon as the optimizer decides...
Hey, Mobile! Let Me Change My Password!
Yesterday, my son’s iPhone 4 was stolen, which raises a cluster of inconveniences. Replacement cost, of course, is non-trivial. The pains don’t end there, though. He was planning to hold out for the iPhone...