Monthly Archives: April 2010

Looking for a full time Cocoa programmer

Gus, El Presidente at Flying Meat Inc., is looking for a full time Cocoa programmer to come work with him up in Everett, WA. Here’s the details: Do you love programming for the Mac and iPhone and think Objective-C is … Continue reading

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sketching on the iPad

I ran myself completely down on my extrovert batteries this past week. So far down that I didn’t even leave the house for wanting to avoid all of humanity on Saturday. On Sunday, I relinquished a bit – and at … Continue reading

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SeattleBus and the iPad

I received a call last night, rather out of the blue. “Are you porting OneBusAway to the iPad?” was the opening line. “Uh… No, but then i didn’t write OneBusAway either. I wrote SeattleBus…” That bit of confusion resolved, we … Continue reading

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The language of gestures, v0.9

Since I woke up this morning, I’ve been thinking about the patterns and new UI concepts that we are becoming accustomed to with this first release of the iPad. Like a lot of others, I’m intensely interested in the productivity … Continue reading

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please, please microchip your pet

World, meet Sparky: Karen and I found this furry little friend on our doorstep last Friday night, huddled against our for warmth in a nearly sleeting rain outside. And we’re not about to let a kitten just freeze to death, … Continue reading

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iPad UI twiddlin – it’s about the thumbs & gestures

I haven’t spent quite as much of today with the iPad in my hands, but I’ve been thinking and mulling over elements about it all day. It’s the Mail application, you see. It bugs me. Well, it bugs me in … Continue reading

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iPad day one

Like a huge number of other folks, i wrangled an iPad for today. I pre-ordered it and waited for UPS to deliver it this morning. It made it into my hands just after noon, and I’ve been poking at it … Continue reading

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