Book: The Common Good
Notes on Robert Reich's The Common Good, a case that a shared moral imagination is the essence of any functioning society.
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New Project: Group Leadership Club
Announcing Group Leadership Club, a site of articles and a forum for people who start, run, and sustain technical meetup groups.
Code Documentation
Professional iOS projects document two ways: inline comments on the types, and guides that explain the thinking above them.
Gaming Update, February 2019
What I am playing in February 2019, mostly Civilization VI and learning its mechanics ahead of the Gathering Storm expansion.
Code Consistency with SwiftLint
Why consistent code style matters more than which style you pick, and how SwiftLint keeps an iOS project honest about it.
Registered for Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise 2019
I grabbed early bird tickets for Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise 2019, and why I like sampling topics outside my iOS circles.
A Pivotal Year for the Mac Platform
The Mac Pro is finally due for a real refresh, and I have been waiting since 2011. Why 2019 decides my relationship with the platform.
Designing a Modern Swift Network Stack, Video and Slides
Video and slides from my Philly CocoaHeads talk on building a Swift network layer that survives auth, token renewal, testing, and caching.
Terminal Tip: Quickly Launch Into Servers and Services
A Terminal tip: use profiles to open a window that jumps to a project folder, starts a local server, and color codes itself.
Local Food Banks Need Help During Shutdown
The government shutdown is pushing more families toward food banks. Philabundance could use your help right now.
The README File
The README is the first thing anyone meets in your project, including future you. Here is what I make sure mine covers.
New Series: Professional iOS Projects
Kicking off a series on what separates a professional iOS project from a hobby one, starting with why I keep learning new languages.
2018 Retrospective; 2019 Goals
A look back at my first full year of self-employment round two, what actually worked, and the goals I am setting for 2019.
Network Design Talk at Philly CocoaHeads
I am giving a talk on designing a modern Swift network stack at Philly CocoaHeads on January 10th. Details and RSVP inside.
New Year, New Site
I spent my holiday break rebuilding this site on Hugo, GitHub, and CircleCI, retiring the WordPress setup that came before it.
Meetup.com Survey Links
Meetup.com was breached and is pushing sketchy survey links through notifications. Do not click them. Here is what I saw.
Ugly Swift Syntax for Checking Errors
The `if let error = error` pattern is everywhere in iOS callback code. Why I reach for a guard statement instead.
Swift Style: Dequeuing and Populating Cells From UITableView
UITableView still ships two dequeue methods and only one of them is any good. My style for dequeuing and populating cells in Swift.
Hello Firefox, Goodbye Chrome
Why I dropped Chrome for Firefox, starting with AMP and the years of Google decisions that have been hostile to the open web.
Apple’s Use of Donations as Marketing
Apple donated $1 million after the Sulawesi earthquake. Scaled against its profits, that is about $1.86 from someone earning $100,000.
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