Posted by Michael on May 20, 2009 in
Learning Interested in learning iPhone or iPod Touch development but having a hard time plowing through all the websites, manuals and how-to books? Well, a classroom course may be just right for you. But, chances are, your local university or technical college isn’t running any Intro To iPhone development courses. But, who needs them?!
Standford University has made their fantastic CSP193 – Introduction To iPhone Programming course available for free via iTunesU and the Internet. Each of the 14 lectures, plus additional materials is about an hour long. In addition, the website for the class has all of the assignments, guide, and even a list of links for document and resources.
The lectures are both informative and well presented – remember, this is a real class at Stanford University. It is hard to find a better learning environment than that. So the value of this course and material can’t be overstated. And if you have any doubts, just look at the credentials for the instructors….
Evan Doll is a Stanford CS alum and has been working at Apple for five years. After a stint in Pro Apps which included work on Final Cut and Aperture, he joined the iPhone team for version 1.0 and every release thereafter. His responsibilities include a variety of iPhone applications as well as the view controller classes in the UIKit framework.
Alan Cannistraro has worked at Apple for the last nine years, bouncing back and forth between roles as a designer and an application developer. His fondness for music and video has led him to work on several different products, including Final Cut Pro, iPod, and most recently the iTunes Remote app for the iPhone and iPod touch.
Paul Marcos has worked at Apple and NeXT for the last 15 years. Primarily focused on application development, Paul has most recently been working on applications for the iPhone. Before that he spent many years working on Mail, the email client that ships with Mac OS X, and helping to develop the first version of Aperture in the Pro Apps department.
Tags: iphone, iPod Touch
Posted by Michael on May 16, 2009 in
Books If you have a Mac and are even the least bit interested in automating the work you do on it, you need to pick up a copy of AppleScript 1-2-3 This is part of the Apple approved training series of books and is written by Sal Soghoian.
Read my full review of this book on our parent site, Palmettobug Digital.
Tags: AppleScript, Sal Soghoian
Posted by Michael on Mar 14, 2009 in
Web I just thought I would pass along to all of you a great new website dedicated to the way all live now. The Managing Your Digital Life Podcast & Blog is a great destination for information on how to deal with all the electronic stuff you accumulate during your daily life. The folks there, like Scott Bourne and Andy Ihnatko, answer questions like: What sort of hard drive should I buy? How do I create a backup plan? What’s the difference between backup and archive?
They will provide tips, tricks, news and reviews relevant to the most up-to-date storage, backup and archiving systems. The goal is to help you take care of, manage, access and safely store/backup all your precious homework assignments, videos, photos, databases, music files and more.
Tags: backup, media, MobileMe, podcast
Posted by Michael on Mar 12, 2009 in
Learning Just a quick note to let people know that new episodes of the great podcast MacBreak Dev are up.
And if you missed it, In the 3/4/09 episode Sal Soghoian and Alex discuss how easy it is to use applescript droplets to perform powerful system tasks including image manipulation.
In the new 3/11/09 episode Sal and Alex delve deeper into automator to quickly turn a website slideshow into a desktop presentation.
Even if you are well versed in Automater, these are great programs you don’t want to miss.
Tags: Automater, MacBreak Dev, podcast, Webcast
Posted by Michael on Feb 25, 2009 in
Rumors,
Site News,
Software,
Web The beta version of Safari version 4 is all the rage on the web right now, and for good reason. It is light, fast, and works well. But it also include a bunch of user interface changes that you may not like. Now, thanks to the guys over at Swedish Campground, you can set some of those interface deviations back the way you want them.
Using the tweaks detailed in this Swedish Campground article, you can move the tabs off the top of the browser, get rid of the Cover Flow view in bookmarks, and a get rid of the Google suggest menu, and a number of other changes. All of the adjustments will require a bit of typing, or copy and pasting, at the command line, but if those new design elements bother you then they are well worth it.
Tags: Safari, Web Browser, Web Development
Posted by Michael on Feb 24, 2009 in
Software,
Web Apple on Tuesday announced a public beta of Safari 4, a new version of its share-gaining web browser that packs a powerful new JavaScript engine and support for the latest web standards.
Dubbed “Nitro,” the engine in Safari 4 is said to run JavaScript 4.2 times faster than Safari 3. Other new features include Top Sites, for a visual preview of frequently visited pages; Full History Search, to search through titles, web addresses and the complete text of recently viewed pages; Cover Flow, to easily flip through web history or bookmarks; and Tabs on Top, to make tabbed browsing easier and more intuitive.
“Apple created Safari to bring innovation, speed and open standards back into web browsers, and today it takes another big step forward,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Safari 4 is the fastest and most efficient browser for Mac and Windows, with great integration of HTML 5 and CSS 3 web standards that enables the next generation of interactive web applications.”
Check out the full details, and download the beta, on the Apple Safari site.
Tags: apple, Safari
