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Learning a new language can be a rewarding experience, if for no reason but to view the coding world in different way. Another way to enrich this experience is through the environment that a company creates to actually write programs. Visual Studio and Eclipse have spoiled me rotten, which is why I grit my teeth at times when developing for the iPhone/iPad with XCode, Apple's integrated development environment (IDE) for writing apps on the iOS platform. A few quick rants:
Why do I have to @synthesize everything by hand? Why can't I click a button and XCode...
WIRED magazine came out with a new digital magazine on iPad last week with much fanfare. I purchased the app myself and thoroughly enjoyed it, but there were some who criticized the inclusion of advertisements. Economics aside, advertisements can have a lot of intrinsic historical value as well. Quite by accident I discovered this will perusing the archives of Popular Science, hosted by Google.
There's a good chuckle to be had in this Canon PalmPrinter, from a 1980 issue:
It's interesting to note that the emphasis of the ad is on its size. As a single function device,...
Print media is in trouble. I see it in the eyes of solicitors trying to get me to subscribe to the paper. Their selling point completely rests on coupons you can get in the Sunday paper. Never mind the great stories, sleuthing, or anything else related to the content. It’s all about the coupons. I get nearly all my news online (even local news) for free, so I need to get a newspaper subscription for the coupons? I can get those online, too. So when WIRED released a promo video showing off what they had in mind for a tablet...
When I was young my grandparents owned a VCR (this was back in the day when the common person either rented a VCR or had to go to the theater to watch a movie) and a copy of Star Wars. My absolute favorite thing to do was watch that over and over again. At that age, The Empire Strikes Back and (I think) Return of the Jedi had already been out, but my love affair was with the first movie.
On that video tape, however, was a short documentary-like show that also showed some clips from the other movies. This fascinated...
After two weeks of an iPad, the honeymoon of sorts is starting to wear off, but I can still say that the device is very much worth it. One of the biggest uses I get out of it, reading, has not been largely delivered by Apple. It's not that I don't read on my iPad, because I do, but iBooks has largely left me unfulfilled when it comes to purchasing books.
For me, books are forever. You buy one, read it, and then stick it on your shelf. It stays there until the moment strikes your fancy to read it again....
If you've been following my Twitter account it should be very obvious that I purchased an iPad yesterday. The buying experience was pretty smooth despite the huge crowds that had turned out. I got there only about an hour and fifteen minutes before the 5pm release time and there weren't more than a dozen or so people waiting. There were quite a few people that had arrived after me, however. Many people walked by and asked me what we were in line for. One person asked if the new iPhone had come out, but I...
Next month will mark the second year I have owned a first generation iPod Touch. It has been an excellent device for not just music (truth be told I don't use it much for that), but also for reading, surfing and email. It has a number of apps that have become an integral part of my daily life, so it is a frustrating time for Apple to now write it off.
Today Apple announced the upcoming release of iPhone OS 4.0. Among the many features it brings, multi-tasking stands out to be the one most people will be happy with. As...
I was able to get into the Apple store this morning using a secret technique to beat the crowds, just so I didn't have to wait in line for eternity. I've been using this iPad for a little while now and can say that I am both impressed and underwhelmed at the same time. The device is attractive, no doubt, and is very responsive, but some of the apps just straight up suck--especially the double pixeled ones. I'll post a photo later, but the apps designed for iPhone just look absolutely horrid on the higher resolution display, and I'm...
Despite receivng thousands of visits per month, I don't consider my blog the height of Internet popularity. Nevertheless, I too receive spam comments from people looking to get free publicity for whatever they wish to peddle. Every once in a while, though, I stumble upon a gem of a spam message pushing an offshore gambling site:
I will recommend my friends to read this.I will bookmark your blog and have my children check up here often.I am quite sure they will learn lots of new stuff here than anybody else!....
Wow, brings tears to my eyes. XD
Ever had one of those moments when you about spray food or drink all over your computer screen when you see or read something? Yeah, this is one of those:
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