WWDC 2014 Predictions
Well, it is that time of year again – when the tech space goes crazy with Apple fever and starts to have dancing iTVs and iWatches in their heads. From the Apple developer perspective, this is (like the WWDC of 2012) being preceded by increasing frustrations from the...
Coder Radio 100% Employment
Every week Chris Fisher and I hear from energetic developers and the like who are looking to break into the field but are just having a hard time getting that first gig. Well, Coder Radio’s sponsor Digital Ocean is hiring as is my own company Fingertip Tech, INC. Both...
Programming Pitfalls: Circular Imports in Objective-C
I spend a lot of time in XCode working in Objective-C for iOS and Mac OS X projects. In many ways, Objective-C has become my "native language" in terms of programming languages. Still, that doesn't mean that I can't make really silly mistakes when working in that...
Customer Service and Tech
Our industry is a little odd to say the least No I am mot going to dribble on about haw tech, or perhaps more accurately the software industry, has made the world a much better place. What really means me proud to be in this field Is the amount of personal...
Testing TDD: First Look
TDD (Test Driven Development) seems to be gearing up to the new “best practice” for 2014 and you know there is nothing I like more than being told that there is a new (though TDD’s newness is debatable) shininess that will solve all of my problems...
Code Journal 1.4.0 Update
I am Happy to announce that Code Journal 1.4 has just been released on the Mac App Store. We took special care to respond to your feedback both in terms of performance and of course new features. I am particulary fond of the new less wordy way we are naming and...