May 2012
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The list of lists - Cocoa Touch 3rd Party...
There are many good ways for one to improve his coding speed and skills. One of these ways is to read, use and contribute to open source projects. For Cocoa Touch there are quite a lot of such projects and here’s a list of websites that try to aggregate them.
http://cocoacontrols.com/ - best maintained list so far. It includes commercial libs too. Nicely presented with pictures, ratings and...
March 2012
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February 2012
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git - the simple guide →
Even though I’ve been using git for a few years already, there are still many unexplored corners of my favorite source-control system. Roger did a fantastically creative effort to try to simplify and clarify some core git concepts. As he puts it “no deep shit”. For slightly more advanced git candy this is a good start.
October 2011
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““I don’t have enough time/money/people/experience.” Stop...”
– 37 Signals, Rework
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September 2011
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“Linear algebra is the study of vectors. If your game involves the position of an...”
– A nice short article as a reminder about linear algebra and how it’s useful in game development. Link.
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Wonderful series of how TDD is done in the real... →
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August 2011
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[Review] Pro Objective-C Design Patterns for iOS
It’s a long time since I posted something serious here. Shame on me! Cheap excuse: I have been busy. Busy with work and busy enjoying the German air of my new home.
Another thing that kept me busy was this neat book published by Apress: “Pro Obj-C Design Patterns for iOS”, by Carlo Chung. True to the short paragraph on the cover “Use Objective-C design patterns to bring your iOS skill to the...
July 2011
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June 2011
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May 2011
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April 2011
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[Tutorial] Git server on Mac OS X
Setting up a public git repository on Mac OS has a few tricks and here’s a step-by-step tutorial to the rescue. I needed to set this up for my own projects and most of the information was scattered across the web.
Let’s roll! On the server 1. Install git. I’ve used both http://code.google.com/p/git-osx-installer/ and the one from Mac Ports. Both work fine. 2. What’s your...
March 2011
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Lua vs. Obj-C
Lua
For some time now I’ve been digging into Lua. Coming from Python, the power of a clean syntax and good documentation is impossible to ignore.
Lua is a powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language.
Lua combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua is dynamically typed, runs by interpreting...
February 2011
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[Review] The Bootstrapper’s Bible by Seth Godin
The Bootstrapper’s Bible: Volume 1
“There’s never been a better time to start a business with no money. And this manifesto […] will show you how” Seth Godin
Written in typical Seth Godin style, with clear examples and with easy to follow explanations, this book feels empowering, with advices and examples from small and big companies.
You might say “Meh, I’m bootstrapping everyday”. You...
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January 2011
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[Review] iPhone User Interface Design Projects
iPhone User Interface Design Projects published at Apress is a great book for reading about the experience of other iPhone developers that published their applications in the AppStore and were successful. Mostly focusing on the user interface and user experience aspect, the book also covers product management, marketing, testing, tools and team dynamics.
The path of perfecting my mobile...
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“Flipping isn’t used extensively in Tangrams, so I decided it wasn’t as vital to...”
– Craig Kemper, TanZen, iPhone User Interface Design Projects
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“Somewhere along the line, we seem to have confused comfort with happiness.”
– Dean Karnazes (via adispiac)
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“Figure out the absolute least you need to do to implement the idea, do just...”
– John Gruber, http://daringfireball.net/2008/11/iphone_likeness
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December 2010
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November 2010
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Back to Europe
7 months of Singapore have past and my journey close the Equator has ended. I want to thank Calvin, Jean and their wonderful daughter, Kate, for hosting me over there, even if I don’t look very friendly with my developer-mode beard on. They are great people and more lucky than they think.
The people I have met in Singapore have all told a story, one way or another, dos, dont’s and...
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Dear Facebook,
The new font-size sucks. Thank you for the support in my strive to live with bad eye-sight.
What’s wrong with you?
ktnxbye,
Tudor
October 2010
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A Day Without Colors
This is the result of a 24h experiment I tried, to see the web in a different perspective. In an environment prone to distractions, finding applications that allow me to focus are a breath of fresh air.
So I’ve set my Mac OS to render everything in grayscale and continued my daily tasks as normal. Most of the apps I use daily are fairly simple, w/o many flashy buttons and call to actions. Mainly...
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bijan:
Belle & Sebastian - The Ghost of...
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“Palm and RIM haven’t a hope. The only credible contender is Android. But Android...”
– Apple’s Mistake (via wensing)
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Balance
Recently this concept obsesses me: balance. How to reach the ideal balance state given a ton of factors? The only solution I’ve found is to split the big picture in smaller contexts and try to balance them individually.
Balanced human relations: meeting new people vs keeping up with old friends.
Balanced product development: coding vs customer relations.
Balanced product design: looks good vs...
September 2010
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