Category Archives: Mac OS X

Ruby bugs on Leopard

I installed Leopard about 2 weeks ago and been doing Ruby on Rails development on it since. I encountered some bugs initially, but I managed to conquer them. I think Leopard’s great for doing RoR development. It seems faster, it … Continue reading

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CCMenu helps you monitor your builds

You’re using continuous integration, right? If not, you really should. And you should probably set it up to email you if the build breaks. But there’s a nice way to get notification right on your OS X desktop: it’s CCMenu. … Continue reading

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DC Cocoa Meetup July 15th

Hey all – I’ve been away on vacation. But we’re having a Cocoa Meetup in DC this Sunday July 15th. Here’s all the details: DC Cocoa Meetup Sunday, July 15, 2007 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Java Shack 2507 N. … Continue reading

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Surf around. Write a little. Remember it all.

In my spare time, I like writing apps. Mac apps. Stuff that I’d use. Stuff that makes me even happier to have a Mac. In Cocoa, of course. But a lot of these apps never see the light of day. … Continue reading

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Mac Programmer Meeting in Northern Virginia – November 17th

We’re having a meeting of the Programming SIG of the Washington Apple Pi, which is the big local Mac users group in the area. It should be fun. The group started rewriting a Cocoa app using Core Data and Bindings … Continue reading

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Wow – video iPods!

And you buy music videos and TV shows… Very cool. Oh yeah… iTunes 6 came out as well.

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NetNewsGatorWire

Newsgator continues to buy up some of the top talent and products in the shareware industry. A few months ago, they acquired FeedDemon and hired Nick Bradbury. Today they acquired NetNewsWire and brought Brent on board. Congratulations Brent! — Here’s … Continue reading

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Fellow Mac blogger in the path of Rita

I was looking for good resources on how to design and create Mac icons, specifically the slick and huge Mac application icons that show up in the Dock. I found a good article titled How To Make An Icon The … Continue reading

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must. have. nano.

It’s amazing to me how Apple continues to innovate. They obviously have read The Innovator’s Dilemma because they aren’t afraid to just blow away a highly successful product line and replace it with a new one. The iPod minis are … Continue reading

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Apple Special Event – Live

MacWorld is covering the Apple Special Event – Live. The big rumor is that there will be an iTunes phone. We shall see.

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