A couple of days ago, I said I was considering giving up on iPhone development and trying Android instead. Here are my further thoughts along those lines.
First, I downloaded the Android SDK, did a little reading, and went through the Hello, world! tutorial to bring up an app in …
If you're one of the people (like me) who needs to occasionally do some image editing, but who doesn't want to spend a few hundred bucks on Photoshop, you may want to check out Photoshop Elements 8.
Adobe has a deal on it right now: $20 off the normal price …
I've enjoyed using my Apple products, but I'm considering a switch. I find myself drawn back to Windows on my desktop, and to an Android mobile device.
There was a time that the Macintosh was clearly superior to the competition in every way except price. But that was a while …
Thanks to a former co-worker, I got an invite for Google Wave.
The biggest problem right now with Google Wave is finding other people to interact with. Chances are that few of your family, friends, or co-workers have access to Wave yet. I've set up a public wave for readers …
As mentioned in a recent post, my wife bought me a Sony PRS-500 Reader, and I like it a lot. I've just found out about an upgrade offer: PRS-500 owners can trade in their readers for discount on a Reader Pocket or Reader Touch. The offer expires April 10, 2010 …
There's a new programming language out there: Go. There are lots of ways to describe it, but basically it's got Python-esque syntax and C++-esque performance. It's statically typed, but is designed to feel more like a dynamic language. It has garbage collection.
Based on its pedigree, I expect this …
I hit a little snag while adding a feature to an iPhone app today. I added this code to load a logo to be displayed in a view:
UIImage *logoImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"Icon.png"];
This worked fine in the iPhone Simulator, so I thought I was done. I loaded the …
Yeah, I know, you're probably getting sick of these Automator services. But I really do create a new one of these practically every day to make my life a little easier, and maybe some of these will be useful to others.
This one puts a UTC timestamp on the clipboard …
I've finally got around to doing some work on that iPhone application that I've committed to finishing this month.
On days I do a lot of work on the app, I don't feel obligated to work too hard on the blog, but I will post a little something about whatever …