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31 Days, 31 Products: Acorn

· Series: 31 Days 31 Products

Day 04: Acorn This post is part of a larger series where for 31 days I’m posting a story about a particular product or service I’ve come to enjoy. Acorn is an image editor for Mac OS X built with tons of love, from the …

31 Days, 31 Products: 1Password

· Series: 31 Days 31 Products

Day 03: 1Password This post is part of a larger series where for 31 days I’m posting a story about a particular product or service I’ve come to enjoy. Usernames and passwords are a broken system, yet sadly one we’re …

31 Days, 31 Products: Fin

· Series: 31 Days 31 Products

Day 02: Fin This post is part of a larger series where for 31 days I’m posting a story about a particular product or service I’ve come to enjoy. Fin is an app for iOS that turns your device into a large countdown timer; …

31 Days, 31 Products: MindNode

· Series: 31 Days 31 Products

Day 01: MindNode This post is part of a larger series where for 31 days I’m posting a story about a particular product or service I’ve come to enjoy. MindNode is a tool for mind mapping. Mind mapping is a process where …

31 Days, 31 Products: Launch Post

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At CocoaLove 2015 we had the pleasure of listening to Jaimee Newberry speak and from my notes I recollect the following from her talk: Just Do It! and more specifically, don’t let your high taste of quality hold you …

PragProg Thanksgiving Sale

I started reading books from the Pragmatic Programmers back when I started learning about Rails 1.0 and over the years have built up quite a significant library from them. They are having their annual Thanksgiving sale, …

iOS Mobile Design with Sketch at Big Nerd Ranch

I’ve wanted to get better at using Sketch for a while now and it looks like I might get my wish! At work we’ve revamped our mobile design class and it now includes learning Sketch alongside mobile design fundamentals. …

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Rebooting My Professional Side Projects

It’s been a little over two years since I put Clickable Bliss, the company name for my personal projects, then self-employment, on hiatus after taking a job at DmgCtrl (which then turned into a job at Big Nerd Ranch). …

24 Hours with My iPad Pro

I’ve always been a big fan of the iPad. I’ve owned an: iPad 1, iPad 2 (which I sold to upgrade to an iPad 3), an iPad mini (retina), and now an iPad Pro. I’ve been pretty antsy for an iPad Pro since I saw the original …

Release Notes Conference Thoughts

This post is delayed due to a head cold I had last week, but considering the amount of effort and love that went into producing the Release Notes Conference I figured the least I can do is share my reaction. In short, I …

Staying Secure on OS X with a Few Unsigned Apps

I could get into some real heavy talk regarding Apple’s policies about installing software outside their stores (and maybe I will someday) but for now let us all be thankful that not all Mac software must come to us …

Sweating the Little Details of UI Copy

While user interface design is not a core responsibility at my current job I do believe it is an important skill in my field and I try to improve all the time. A large aspect of user interface design is choosing the …

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How To Play WWDC Sessions at 2x Speed

Now that all the new bits of iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 are in the wild you might find yourself wanting to get up to speed on some of the changes. One great resource to help you get started is Apple’s WWDC videos. The WWDC …

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Quick Launching for Cocoa Unit Tests

I was doing some proofreading and research today regarding the latest testing features in Xcode 7. In the process I ended up rereading this article from Mark Dalrymple on code coverage. It’s a great article but it also …

CocoaLove 2015 Notes

This weekend was the second annual CocoaLove event here in Philadelphia. A conference about people, not tech. CocoaLove highlights the iOS/Mac community’s passions, challenges, and triumphs. From all accounts, people had …

Summer Hiatus Update

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Hello internets. So sorry for the summer hiatus here on the blog. So what have you been up to? (Email me and say hi!) I’ve been doing good. WWDC was a fun time in June and shortly after that I had 6 days down the shore …

WWDC Events and Links

It’s June 1st and WWDC is right around the corner! My wish list is set and I’m sure we’ll have lots to talk about in the weeks and months ahead. It’s going to be a great conference. I won’t be at WWDC proper this year …

WWDC 2015 Wish List

While I won’t be at WWDC proper I will be in San Francisco the week of WWDC. I have a ticket to AltConf and otherwise expect to be mingling about. What do I want to see announced? Here is some of my wish list. Swift …

Code Patterns Talk, Video Now Available

We’ve been trying to a better job of capturing our main talks at Philly CocoaHeads. You can find and subscribe to our small but growing collection of videos on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/phillycocoa. I did a talk last …

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