Grailbox — software development and where it takes me
People Aren’t Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish, Scientists Say – Yahoo! News: “Nagel concluded that democracies rarely or never elect the best leaders. Their advantage over dictatorships or other forms of government is merely...
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...
Give it five minutes: There’s also a difference between asking questions and pushing back. Pushing back means you already think you know. Asking questions means you want to know. Ask more questions. (Via Signal...
Where bullets flew, he jotted notes. Where despots abused, he documented crimes. Where war raged, he skulked in its midst, shouting the stories of common people with torn lives. Armed only with his wits...
Easy with the alerts: It’s like mistakenly asking for an extra fork with your ice cream and having the waiter just go ahead and bring an extra spoon, rather than needlessly correct you. (Via...
The mad dash to remove something before the deadline: Just like you shouldn’t let sunk cost determine future decisions, don’t let sunk design trick you into keeping something in your product because you already...
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...
I Have No Idea: My advice is to train yourself to recognize and note the small (but important) reactions that you have when you’re working with your own apps. Dismiss your professional knowledge about...
Why Apple’s A5 Is So Big, And Siri Is 4S-only: Integration of Audience’s EarSmart on the iPhone 4S’ A5 could explain why Apple decided to not offer Siri on older devices, and why it...
Great time to be a developer: I am in awe of the free tools available to software developers today. It is amazing how fast, and cheaply, you can turn an idea into productive code....
I blog non-technical stuff at https://crispylemon.com
I blog about my travels at https://sandyfragments.com