October 2008
52 posts
CS193P - Cocoa Programming | Announcements →
Follow the Stanford iPhone App Programming course online!
Wichita iPhone Developers Group →
Please feel free to join - if there is enough interest, we’ll have regular meetups.
Matt Legend Gemmell – Favorites UI design →
GREAT write-up about how the ‘Favorites’ UI came about.
Apple opposes Calif. Prop 8, donates $100k to 'No'... →
Well played, Steve.
Handango filling in for Android Marketplace?
Handango to Offer Paid Apps for Android
I’m not sure what is more interesting — the fact that the Android Marketplace won’t offer paid apps to start with, or that Handango is trying to step in and take that role. All this talk about “competing marketplaces” is fine and dandy, but who loses here? The consumer does. The average person doesn’t know about...
Wow, Apple has sped up the review process. App submitted on the 15th, they started playing with it on the 18th. Still In Review though.
At K-state stadium, lots of memories!!! Derby HS just KILLED IT @ marching festival!!
Plane crash landed on I-135. Wow. Just drove past it. Intense.
Watching “The Smartest Guys in the Room” (free,google video: http://snurl.com/4hai2 ) - it’s great so far.
Findings at Walmart: 3lb solid tombstone of chcolate. Going to give that to the best dressed kid of the night: http://twitpic.com/gtp1
Wal-mart now sells “fresh” sushi. Made daily. In Kansas.
Headed to ihop at kellogg&tyler. Swing by and say hi. Will be the best looking person there.
Apparently we have faux-hipsters in Wichita. I really need to get out more.
Was just informed that it is kellog&ridge. Apparently the west side *does* have more than 1 street. Like I spend any time over there.
Blog post: Why the Kill Switch makes sense for both Android and the iPhone: http://snurl.com/4guwp
You're so wrong. The kill switch is a good idea.
Why the Kill Switch Make Sense for Android, and Not for iPhone
Fail. Seriously. You’re wrong.
The kill switch makes sense for any mobile platform. It’s probably even being required by the carriers, since they are the ones so up-in-arms about what is being pushed across their network.
What happens if an application turns out to be malicious? Whose at fault? Where’s the anti-virus software for...
Wife is having an impromptu girls night out. That leaves me free to plan my world domination.
video conferencing with the guys. this is weird.
Only on page 14 of the iPhone Developers Cookbook and it’s already 100% better than the pragprog SDK book. props to @ericasadun
App #3 just submitted to the app store. Time to go relax.
Still waiting to find out if I made it into the NYC Apple Tech Talk in December.
HAI!! I GET MAD AND START TO STUMBLE OVER MY WORDS. WILL THROW IN ONE MORE DIG ABOUT TAXES WHILE I HAVE THE MIKE.
nice nice nice. hulu has a GREAT live stream. quality is AWESOME!!! thx to @cotysmith
OH SNAP. OBAMA THROWS IT BACK. ACORN.
Whose got the live stream for the pres. debate?
House is HILARIOUS tonight. Well worth the two week wait.
Cool site that just launched for parents w/ kids active in sports/groups etc: http://schedulemonkey.com GO FORTH AND CHECK IT OUT!!!!!
My money is on a new 24” display for $899. Can’t wait until The Event. http://snurl.com/4cn31
Time to head out and enjoy the 3-day weekend. Really needed this break.
Just finished watching “The Happening” with @tamaira. Meh.
UIApplicationDelegate handleOpenURL is seriously cool; will be super cool once more apps support schemes.
Volunteering at http://www.applejackpumpkinpatch.com/ tomorrow - get to help kids shoot pumpkin cannons. woot!
Need to figure out a new email system. Very close to declaring email bankruptcy. Apologies to those I haven’t gotten back to.
Email backlog cleared up to 9/1. Mea culpa. Still love you all!!
Well that was a surprise; opened the trash can lid and had a possum waiting for me. Luckily for him, we missed the trash truck this morning
Anyone bought the iPhone Dev. Cookbook today? Is it worth the $30? Was disappointed in the early beta of PragProg book. Needs more content.
Watching True Blood on the TV for the first time. Only watched it on my iPhone up until this point. A testament to the “media” device.
Eating ANOTHER black and white cookie!!! http://twitpic.com/eqsw. <3 Aunt Nancy in NY. (family reunions ftw first time ever. )
It’s so quiet in here. Never really realize just how much white noise you have, until the power is off.
Came home to find out I have no power. Great. Westar helpline completely unhelpful, unless you like talking to soothing robot voices.
Oil change, tran flush, rear diff flush, wiper blades, fuel filter. Expensive trip to jiffy lube.
you can tell when she gets on script — she starts to look right at the camera and her tone changes.
Most dangerous because he shot a man?
The problem of course is that people don’t listen-they’re LOOKING at them and identifying with themThey only hear soundbites like “maverick”
Watching Dexter s3ep1…. Awww yeah!!!! It’s back!