All About ARC
ARC (short for automatic reference counting) is one of the most talked about and interesting additions to the iOS developer toolchain. However, in recent conversations with other developers I’ve found that there are a lot of misconceptions surrounding the technology....
Kindle a Kindle Fire?
I’ve been playing with my new Kindle Fire for a little while and I have to admit that I was really excited about the device. My excitement tapered off after I opened the box and was immediately prompted that an update was required. Still, that is not too bad and I’ve...
Tutorial: Recording Media with QTKit for Mac OS X
Mac’s are very popular among creative professionals ranging from the user interface designer who designed your favorite iPhone app to the starving videographer who is just starting to break into the field via Youtube and Vimeo. Recently, I have taken the plunge into...
Pro Tip: Adding External Themes to XCode
I’ve been looking for a new color scheme for Vim and XCode for some time. In Apple’s defense the XCode default theme is pretty good, but after several hours of programming the light colors can get a little straining on the eyes, so I experimented with a number of the...
Any Support for Support?
Writing apps an app is pretty hard, but supporting it is a lot harder I am finding. I have an app on the iOS App Store called Ghost Alert (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ghost-alert/id399830783?mt=8) and its sister app Ghost Alert Lite...
A Look at Vim: Does Extensibility Lead to Longevity?
Vim (short of Vi improved for the uninitiated) is celebrating it’s 20th birthday today . Vim has something of a reputation as being an editor for the “hard-core” Unix types and, though there is some truth in that, it is not entirely true. Vim and its counterpart Emacs...
About Me
Hi! I’m Mike! I’m a software engineer who codes at The Mad Botter INC. You might know me from Coder Radio or The Mike Dominick Show. Drop me a line if you’re interested in having some custom mobile or web development done.
