I’ve been hard at work mapping out the future of Code Journal and took some time to go through user e-mails that requested new features; the idea was that I would simply implement the feature that the most users had e-mailed asking for. That feature was a resizable...
Happy Thanksgiving 2012 Open-Source!
I had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year and, as is common this time of year, friends and family made the normal mentions of things, places, people, or any other sort of noun that they are thankful. Of course, I agree with the most common objects of gratitude:...
Crisis Coding: Stop The High-Res Madness
As someone who lives less than five miles from the Atlantic ocean in NJ, I’ve been having a bit of a bad time recently due to Hurricane Sandy. Luckily, I was not harmed nor were any of my loved ones in the crisis. I did, however, notice something important: even my...
A Look at PFQuery
Querying data is a pretty common task for most if not all mobile apps. iOS and Android have made the work pretty easier for developers, but Parse has thrown their hat into the ring to make it even easier for developers who choose to use their development tools and...
WWDC 2012 Keynote Let Down
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,...
Programming Pitfalls: NSAutorelease Pools on iOS 4.X
iOS 5 has brought a lot of quality of life improvements in terms of memory management and the general iOS development workflow, assuming you are on the latest tooling. However, nothing is free and there seems to be a little bit of a pitfall that you might hit if you...
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