Monthly Archives: September 2009

Dealing with suck

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Joe

It’s been a pretty good day. I’ve knocked a few things off my plate today: finished up my technical review for Head First iPhone Development; got a workout at the gym with Karen, Nate, and Leah; got some personal research … Continue reading →

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Matt Drance on IT Conversations

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Joe

Looking through a set of podcasts I haven’t listened to yet, I noticed that Matt Drance is up on IT Conversations. The show notes report that it’s a general mish-mash of topics – all around Cocoa programming. I’ll definitely have … Continue reading →

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It’s the month for awesome releases!

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Joe

NetNewsWire 2.0 and NetNewsWire Premium have been released for the iPhone. Yeah – definitely on the premium, but the speed increase and new views are fantastic on both! Love the new satellite icon with glowing signal on it too.

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Acorn 2.0!

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Joe

Acorn 2.0 has been released – and be aware, it is Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) only! You can get a whole slew of details on Gus’ blog post about the 2.0 release of Acorn. I’ve been impatiently awaiting … Continue reading →

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Your People

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Joe

Rand’s post from last week was pretty darn interesting. For me, “your people” are the regulars from Seattle Xcoders. The bullet points really define it well. Just go read Rand’s post. Heh – and his blog, if you don’t already.

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Karen and Wormwood

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Joe

Wanted something fun up on the blog. I took this picture of Karen just the other day, Wormwood hanging out in his latest “new” place – drapped over her shoulder.

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My favorite feature of Acorn

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Joe

My favorite feature of Acorn is listed on Gus’ blog today. It’s completely changed how I’m doing screenshots for classes and instructions.

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Pooka passing away

Posted on September 4, 2009 by Joe

My cat, Pooka, has been with me for 16 years now. About 4 weeks ago he started getting ill – quite seriously ill and nothing to be done about it. 3 weeks ago we didn’t think he’d last the weekend. … Continue reading →

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O’Reilly iPhone dev course in Seattle, Sept 19 & 20

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Joe

The course I’ve been teaching for iPhone development is coming to Seattle this September 19th and 20th. If you’ve been interested in taking the course and waiting for it to swing back through Seattle, now’s your chance! You can get … Continue reading →

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class-dump 3.3 is now available

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Joe

class-dump 3.3 is now available: A new version of class-dump is now available. You can download it from the links on the class-dump project page. It is built for Mac OS X 10.5 or later. Version 3.3 adds support for … Continue reading →

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