If you have been following me on Google+, you may know that my beloved Macbook Pro had a little accident; I was working late and was extremely tired and I dropped my full mug of coffee directly onto my Macbook. That’s right the entire mug of steaming hot coffee went...
Effects of App Store Distribution pt1
Those of you who follow me here or on Coder Radio or on any of the social networks that I frequent will know that I have been running a little experiment with my new Mac Application Code Journal; for those of you who randomly got here via a search or something like...
Lessons Learned: Code Journal Early Release
As you may know Code Journal had its early release last week and it has been a pretty good experience so far. I got lots of great feedback from users and have already been able to update the application based on that feedback. The purpose of this post is to share...
A Look at Control and the Mac App Store
Much like they have in the mobile space, Apple is leading the charge to commoditize software from independent developers, making it more affordable and convenient for users to purchase and keep up to date. The signs seem to suggest that this has on the whole been a...
Bad Synchronous Call! Bad!
Back in the dark old days of Commodore 64 and its brethren computers were pretty much all synchronous; instructions executed one after the other, one at a time. It was a simpler time. Users did expect a responsive UI during slow operations or so I have been told....
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Earlier today I hosted Coder Radio with Chris Fisher of Jupiter Broadcasting and in the episode we discussed my reactions as a developer to the WWDC keynote this year (2012). First things first. I did not attend WWDC nor have I installed the iOS 6.0 developer release,...
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