Archive for the 'Macintosh' Category

Can’t Catch Me

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

 
The future of software is on the web. That’s what they keep telling me. I just smile, and say “I don’t think so. There will always be compelling technologies on the desktop.” I believe this, but I admit it carries an odor of blind loyalty to my comfort zone.
People who argue the other side have [...]

Building A Bigger Nerd Ranch

Friday, September 26th, 2008

When newcomers to programming on the Mac ask me for advice about getting started with Cocoa, I usually boil it down to three steps, depending on the amount of time and money they are prepared to put into the task:

If you’re the slightest bit curious, buy Mark Dalrymple and Scott Knaster’s affordable book, Learn Objective-C [...]

Wii Transfer 2.6

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

My buddy and podcasting cohort Manton Reece has announced the release of Wii Transfer 2.6. His application is apparently a very cool means of interfacing content from your Mac over to your Nintendo Wii. I wish I had more hands-on experience, but unfortunately I do not yet have a Wii of my own to play [...]

Core Intuition Episode 3

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Manton and I are still at it. We’ve heard the feedback, some of it lukewarm, some of it intentionally discouraging, but most of it extremely enthusiastic.

We’re proud to announce the immediate availability of episode 3, where we talk about WWDC, MobileMe, iPhone 3G, and a bunch of relatively unrelated stuff.

Check us out!