Category: Mac

Development / iOS / Mac / Rails / Ruby / Software

May 17, 2012

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...

Development / Mac / Software

March 9, 2012

Here is why vim uses the hjkl keys as arrow keys

Here is why vim uses the hjkl keys as arrow keys: When Bill Joycreated the vi text editor he used the ADM-3A terminal, which had the arrows on hjkl keys, so naturally he reused...

Development / Java / Mac

January 25, 2012

Dr. StrangeUnix Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Mac

Dr. StrangeUnix Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Mac: But what the fact that “It’s just UNIX now” got us was the ability to create an X11 application that would...

Development / iOS / Mac / Mobile

January 19, 2012

App Cubby Blog – Free and Low-Cost Apps

App Cubby Blog – Free and Low-Cost Apps: “The pool of time users spend on smartphones is staggering and growing rapidly, but it is not infinite. The more time people spend with useful/entertaining free...

Mac

November 4, 2011

Beginning OS X Lion Apps Development

The writing, editing, and reviewing are done, and Beginning OS X Lion Apps Development is set to go to press. The publication date is listed as November 9 on both the Apress site and...

Development / Mac

August 15, 2011

Mac OS X Programming Editor Roundup

When I got my first Mac in 2004, I found few programming editors. Since then, however, Mac OS X has birthed many programming editors that match or beat options on other computing platforms. I’ve...

Development / Mac

July 7, 2011

Peach or Pumpkin?

Rather than catching up on sleep after we finished writing the first edition of Pro Core Data for iOS, Michael Privat and I have been working both on the second edition of that book...

Mac

May 16, 2011

Cmd+F Launches Finder — Thanks, Alfred!

One thing I like about Windows is that Start+E launches an Explorer window. I get frustrated when Cmd+Tabbing to a Finder window on Mac OS X, and for some reason I usually have difficulty...

Development / iOS / Mac / Rails / Ruby

April 25, 2011

Red Dirt Ruby Conf and Using Core Data with MacRuby

I just got back from Red Dirt Ruby Conf in Norman, OK. The accommodations were terrific — The Embassy Suites in Norman looks new, and they served us free omelets-to-order every morning. The food...

Development / iOS / Java / Mac / Rails / Ruby

November 9, 2010

10 Must-Install Mac Applications

I’m a software developer, so bear in mind that my Mac is for working and coding (mostly Objective-C, Java, and Ruby). You won’t find apps for ripping DVDs, viewing videos, or playing Canasta. These...