I’m a big fan of UITableViews, as a class they enjoy the distinction of being completely ubiquitous and complete workhorses, whilst still managing to look gorgeous. But they must be treated delicately, for example best practice dictates that table’s cell views be reusable, and the architecture of UITableView reflects that. Recently, I wanted to create [...]
Continue Reading →Friends, it’s been a month – and a busy one at that. WWDC, a stint on the exotic islands of New Zealand and Australia in the South Pacific, and a rather anticlimactic return to New York City and my APP OF THE WEEK column.
I actually do have some things to say about my travels, [...]
Continue Reading →Much has been written and said following the revelation that Apple’s devices maintain a database (to use the term loosely) with entries, that, properly parsed, can be used to demonstrate more or less where the iPhone has been geographically over the course of it’s little iLife.
So: Is this a problem, and if so, how [...]
Continue Reading →Presented for your consideration today, a brief examination of what makes an app an app, and distinctly not a desktop application, nor a mobile website for that matter (and this is by far a more compelling examination).
Continue Reading →The internet is abuzz this week with the U.S. Copyright Office’s ruling that consumers in the United States have the legal right to over-ride software that ships on their mobile devices, this to the objection of many manufacturers including Apple. While much has been said about the ruling, I’ve read very little in the way [...]
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- RT @sevagranik: —Seva honey, how much is it to register for Facebook? —Omg mom, really expensive! , 2012/01/31
- operating under a strict catch-and-release policy, i hope. http://t.co/TbA6AUja , 2012/01/31
- http://t.co/64FnZOTv , 2012/01/29
- Goodbye Eugene. Goodbye friends @amakin @nicoleshema @kajaeger @bethanysarahs. Goodbye @shmayan, I love you buddy. , 2012/01/29
- “@alexnazaryan: RT @NYDNBooks The lost notes to Hitchock's 'North by Northwest' http://t.co/6KkJF3ve” @alwasham , 2012/01/22
- RT @tolar: Do you think Spanish-speakers are confused why everyone in America hates soup so much? #SOPA , 2012/01/22
- RT @RonWyden: Website blackouts today are not a stunt, they are a poignant reminder that we can’t take the Internet for granted. http:// ... , 2012/01/18
- RT @jeffsoto: Apple to Launch 'Garageband for e-books' on Thursday? [Updated] http://t.co/Rjko4LQw , 2012/01/17
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