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PrEV | Experimenting with iBooks Author
I'm not a huge fan of code blocks as images, but I want this new-fangled learning medium to work.
ibooks  apple  ios  book  books  ebooks 
february 2012 by mcroydon
Mac App Store - Slender
"Slender is one of those rare tools that fits neatly between development and design. Instead of cutting corners or introducing artifacts with bizarre compression, Slender simply tells you which asset files aren't being used."
ios  mac  apple  dev  iphone  osx  beautiful 
january 2012 by mcroydon
Loper OS » Why Hypercard Had to Die
Not sure I follow all the conclusions, but yay trip down Hypercard memory lane.
apple  coding  criticism  hypercard  programming 
november 2011 by mcroydon
Elgan: Getting serious about Siri - Computerworld
How to make good use of Siri and the dictation input method too.
siri  apple  iphone 
october 2011 by mcroydon
Seasonality Core
A very pretty looking weather-watching app.
weather  apple  osx 
october 2011 by mcroydon
Gore, Ex-Apple Engineers Team Up to Blow Up the Book | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
App-as-distribution-model rubs me the wrong way a bit but the interactivity is pretty compelling. Success here is all in the production tooling (I think). The app is a modern hypercard runtime + content deck.
book  interactive  hypercard  ios  iphone  apple  publishing 
april 2011 by mcroydon
The Story So Far | Struct.ca
Lots and lots of hard work and a happy ending.
app  apple  apps  development  developer  game  iphone  sales  story  trainyard 
october 2010 by mcroydon
My Thoughts on Kindle 3 and Why My iPad's About to Get Very Dusty | Bridging the Nerd Gap
Amen. The K3 is the iPod nano for ebooks and makes long-form reading on the web pretty darn pleasant too.
kindle  k3  amazon  ipad  apple  ipod 
september 2010 by mcroydon
How to sync an iPhone with two (or more) Computers :: Shiny Things
This process allowed me to switch to a new computer without having to wipe the phone in order to sync. Yay!
apple  computer  computers  hack  hacks  help  how-to  howto  reference  osx  mac  music  library  itunes  ipod  iphone  software  sync  syncing  tips  todo  tutorial  tutorials  synch 
june 2010 by mcroydon
MindNode
A mind mapping app for OSX. A bunch of ordered lists fits my brain pretty well though.
app  application  apple  applications  apps  brainstorming  mac  leopard  freeware  gtd  creativity  free  collaboration  macosx  management  map  osx  mind  mapping  productivity  work  visualization  tool  tools  software 
may 2010 by mcroydon
Marco.org - New MacBook Pr—OH LOOK, AN IPAD!
Embrace the future. I did just order a new work MacBook Pro to replace my EOL and pokey MacBook Pro from 2007.
apple  ipad  mobile  mac  osx 
april 2010 by mcroydon
Designing for iPad: Reality Check
A really thorough look at what works, what doesn't and what's lame when developing for the iPad.
3d  apple  ai  application  article  blog  check  design  dev  development  digital  interactiondesign  ia  interface  iphone  ipad  reference  mobile  toread  tips  typography  webdesign  webapps  ux  ui  interfacedesign 
april 2010 by mcroydon
iPad Orientation CSS " Cloud Four
I love that this is pure CSS. For some reason I was expecting Javascript hooks instead.
apple  browsers  code  css  css3  dev  design  development  examples  html  ipad  iphone  layout  mobile  programming  reference  safari  tutorials  web  webdesign  webdev  webdevelopment  webkit  landscape  mobilesafari  orientation  portrait  stylesheets  quickbite 
april 2010 by mcroydon
Apple seen readying 7-inch iPad for early 2011
I keep thinking that a form factor like this would be killer -- more portable, less awkward to use.
ipad  apple  future 
april 2010 by mcroydon
Welcome to the Frontpage
A free iPhone app interface to Hudson CI.
hudson  apple  iphone 
march 2010 by mcroydon
northtemple - On iPads, Grandmas and Game-changing
This is exactly why the iPad is a game changer. Welcome to the future, folks.
design  blog  history  apple  technology  interesting  iphone  computing  computers  interface  culture  future  communication  essay  genius  change  ipad 
february 2010 by mcroydon
A First Look at the iPad SDK and the iPad Sample Code | Ray Wenderlich
A first look at some technical aspects (dual-screen with an external monitor appears to be real) and some new APIs and functionality.
iphone  ipad  apple  sdk 
january 2010 by mcroydon
P.A. Semi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The chip company that Apple bought and likely the talent and/or tech behind the Apple A4 processor.
apple  wikipedia  integration  acquisition  multi-touch  apple-a4 
january 2010 by mcroydon
Daring Fireball: The Tablet
Lots of sane thoughts there. I was thinking similar on the OS... somewhere in the middle leveraging the best of what each has to offer.
design  software  hardware  apple  mac  osx  technology  tech  computing  computers  gui  2009  tablet  vision  prediction  experience  opinion  tabletpc  daringfireball  steve.jobs  islate 
december 2009 by mcroydon
The Soulmen | We Got It! › Ulysses 2.0
I don't quite get the full screen thing, but this looks like a really powerful wordsmithing app.
software  tools  apple  mac  blog  cool  text  osx  app  latex  application  apps  inspiration  writing  tool  editor  macintosh  download  blogging  publishing  macosx  creativity  editing  office  organization  word  ulysses  texteditor  brainstorming  schreiben 
november 2009 by mcroydon
Apple Shuts Down Mac OS X ZFS Project
I wonder if NIH issues or at play or if ZFS really didn't fit Apple's use cases and future plans.
zfs  filesystem  mac  apple  osx 
october 2009 by mcroydon
Nokia in Trouble? How Fast Can a Mobile Device Giant React? | MEOW! Blog
I believe that Nokia are already well ahead of this timeline but it's an interesting look at the potential challenges in front of them.
mobile  development  business  nokia  apple  blog  technology  iphone  management  analysis  culture  future  strategy  ux  economics  market  industry  mobility 
october 2009 by mcroydon
Briefs: A Cocoa Touch Framework for Live Wireframes
A way to hopefully quickly prototype iphone app interfaces to hopefully head off UI issues before a bunch of work has gone in to making that UI happen. I would imagine that wiring together a bunch of views in IB would go pretty quickly.
programming  mobile  design  software  development  open-source  tools  apple  osx  dev  ui  iphone  framework  app  interface  apps  gui  cocoa  interaction  interactiondesign  iphonedev  demo  touch  prototyping  prototype  ux  wireframes  wireframe  mockup  briefs 
september 2009 by mcroydon
json-framework - Google Code
Another JSON implementation that works with Cocoa Touch. This one was mentioned in the Stanford iPhone development course.
programming  license:bsd  web  development  google  webdev  code  library  mac  apple  api  osx  javascript  opensource  dev  framework  json  iphone  developer  cocoa  macosx  parser  sdk  objc  iphonedev  objective-c  objectivec  googlecode  iphone-dev  lib  obj-c 
september 2009 by mcroydon
Lessons Learned: The Steve Jobs method
Figuring out what your users actually want and getting it right more often than not is one way to make something amazing.
design  development  apple  business  toread  management  internet  startup  marketing  innovation  entrepreneurship  startups  strategy  entrepreneur  pixar  product  life  lean  success  stevejobs  ping.fm 
august 2009 by mcroydon
iPhone Application UI Design Patterns — Flyosity: Mac & iPhone Interface Design
Either make it work like people expect it to or make it so awesome that it's worth learning the interface. Convertbot and Beats are great examples of these.
programming  pattern  mobile  design  software  development  reference  webdev  toread  apple  ui  dev  blog  iphone  interface  app  gui  application  ideas  apps  cocoa  patterns  ux  iphonedev  design-patterns  essays  appstore  designpatterns  inspiration  design_patterns 
july 2009 by mcroydon
iPhone-like password fields using jQuery // DECAF° blog für digitale kommunikation
Alas, this isn't an iphone UI pattern but a mobile UI pattern that has been in place for several years. It makes sense and it's way better than a bunch of stuff you can't see though.
programming  design  tools  webdev  apple  javascript  ui  security  usability  iphone  cool  ideas  plugin  jquery  js  forms  form  password  field  like  passwords 
july 2009 by mcroydon
Flickr's Mobile Site Gets Smarter: Shows Photos Taken Nearby
I really love the opportunities for progressive enhancement that the W3C Geolocation API provides.
mobile  apple  google  geolocation  news  technology  photo  iphone  photography  photos  microsoft  twitter  flickr  local  facebook  images  friendfeed 
june 2009 by mcroydon
The Objective-C 2.0 Programming Language: Introduction to The Objective-C 2.0 Programming Language
If I had taken the time to read through this I would have fallen in love with Objective-C years ago instead of ragging on its boilerplate all the time.
programming  development  reference  apple  mac  osx  tutorial  language  iphone  developer  cocoa  to  objc  objective-c  objectivec  xcode  2.0  oc 
april 2009 by mcroydon
touchcode - Google Code
Includes TouchJSON (a JSON library) and TouchXML (a wrapper around libxml2). MIT licensed, baby.
programming  mobile  development  code  apple  mac  library  osx  dev  api  xml  opensource  framework  iphone  source  json  ipod  sql  macosx  cocoa  touch  sdk  repository  sqlite  objc  objectivec  objective-c  touchcode  iphonedev  iphone_dev  license:mit 
march 2009 by mcroydon
GitX
The best bits of gitk and git gui without the TK suck.
programming  software  development  apple  osx  mac  visualization  tools  free  dev  opensource  gui  utility  svn  application  cocoa  scm  git  macosx  tool  client  versioncontrol  versioning  gitx  sourcecontrol  macos  gitk 
november 2008 by mcroydon
The Pragmatic Bookshelf | Cocoa Programming
I find it hard to get past the boilerplate, but there has to be a reason that so many smart folks love it.
programming  development  apple  mac  osx  toread  book  books  wishlist  dev  iphone  macintosh  pdf  2008  cs  paper  cocoa  macosx  pragmatic  temp  objc  objectivec 
october 2008 by mcroydon
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