Farewell Edge Cases
Cue the Journey song, Edge Cases is ending. Edge Cases was a podcast hosted by long time Apple developers Andrew Pontious and Wolf Rentzsch. Surprising unlike many other podcasts hosted by Apple developers, Edge Cases …
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Know Your Role: Contractor or Consultant
I guess I could have use a more sophisticated reference in the title like Know Thyself but I can’t help quoting the most electrifying man in sports entertainment, The Rock. Know Your Role! When trying to breakdown the …
Think of the Smallest Possible Code Change, and Then Make It Smaller
I’m working on a client project right now. We do peer review of the code via pull requests. It works great, but the quality of the reviews you get are very dependent on the size of the pull request you make. Take for …
Mike Monteiro on Selling Design, Getting Paid and Working with Clients
I’m not sure if “Selling Design” is the real title for the Keynote at Interaction15 (1h5m) but that’s the topic your are going to see. Mike Monteiro a does a great job reviewing some of the pitfalls creative people run …
Encouraging Impactful User Content
I’m not one to do a ton of online product reviews but after CocoaLove I was asked to do one for the walking tour we took on Sunday. The site was TripAdvisor and from what I hear having good reviews there is really …
Swift and Cocoa: The Odd Couple
Swift and Cocoa are like The Odd Couple. Two people, with drastically different personalities who are joined by fate to live with each other. The Odd Couple Theme Song One prefers things very explicit and will check and …
Philly CocoaHeads Website Relaunch Project
I haven’t had an active side project in the last few months. When asked I would tell people looking for a new job was my side project. Now that I have that new job search (and my Girl Develop It class behind me it’s time …
Questions for Your Job Hunt
While looking for a new job last year I slowly built a list of questions I would ask the various companies to help better understand if they were a good fit for me. Some of these questions are ripped from other blog …
My New Job with the Big Nerd Ranch
As I posted on Twitter a few weeks ago, I recently accepted a new job with the Big Nerd Ranch. The job itself starts tomorrow and I’m really excited. The Big Nerd Ranch and its founder Aaron Hillegass have already made a …
Girl Develop It: Introduction to iOS Development
The Introduction to iOS Development class I’m teaching for Girl Develop It is open and tickets are for sale. This class will provide attendees an introduction into iOS development through a mix of lecture-style …
An “App Architecture” Kata
At the last Side Project Saturday CocoaHeads event I ran a special little exercise. Here was how I described it. I’d like to run a little event, (maybe after lunch?) for anyone who wants to participate. Should take like …
CocoaConf Boston 2014 Recap
After getting a solid recommendation from Curtis, who attended the Washington DC variant, this weekend I headed north to CocoaConf Boston. It was my first CocoaConf and so I went into the weekend with a lot of blurred …
Designing & Planning Your iOS App Workshop Recap
Workshops are a new effort from the Philly CocoaHeads group. Basic idea is: one workshop every other month, the workshop is a one day 5-6 hour event, that covers a single topic. Our first one was on Intermediate …
Quick CocoaLove Recap
CocoaLove was a huge success. All of the talks were well received and the attendee side conversations vibrant and interesting. I think I saw 2 laptops open all weekend which to me is a huge sign people were engaged with …
Phone Names
· Series: Journals
I love coming up with fun names for my computer hardware. My computers typically are named after video game characters, for example my Mac mini CI server is called GLaDOS. She loves to test. My phones have similar names. …
CocoaLove Tickets
It’s September, which means next month is October, which means CocoaLove is coming up fast! We’ve got a great weekend planned and if you haven’t already secured your ticket I’d do so now since we are starting our last …
On disappointment with clients who are prioritizing production over quality
A friend of mine emailed me, amongst a few others, asking for advice. He’s been working as a consultant for a little while now but has been unhappy about his recent clients. He says they haven’t been focused on the …
A Walled Garden of Shit
From the App Store Review Guidelines: We have over a million Apps in the App Store. If your App doesn’t do something useful, unique or provide some form of lasting entertainment, it may not be accepted. I sure wish they …
Philly Craftsmanship
Software as Craft Philadelphia A community of professionals dedicated to well-crafted software Was very happy to attend the inaugural meeting of this group last week. Was a great mix of discussion and hands-on …
July Recap
· Series: Journals
I’d hate to go a month without posting so here’s some random updates! Philly CocoaHeads is going as strong as ever. Our WWDC June meeting filled the Apple Store Briefing Room to capacity (~50 people!) with lots of …
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