I’ve been working on iTunes integration for FlexTime. My model for this feature is roughly approximated by GarageBand’s “Send To iTunes” feature, which packages up the current song into an M4A format, sends it off to iTunes, starts playing it, and makes sure the playlist into which it was added becomes visible in the iTunes […]

I’m registered for C4, Jon Rentzsch’s ambitious Mac developer conference in Chicago. Even though the event runs only one evening and the following day, it’s clearly a lot of organizing for one guy (even with help) to pull off. Kudos to Rentzsch! Registration is limited to 75 developers, so I was quick to pull the […]

Cocoa contains an awesome but sort of half-baked infrastructure for “autosaving” UI configurations for the user. Many of the common UI elements, such as windows, table views, and toolbars possess the ability to write out their configuration to the app’s preferences so they can be automatically restored the next time the app is launched. When […]

The third Iron Coder concluded tonight. Mark Dalrymple emerged victorius! I’m really happy for Mark’s win because his entry was fun, and because it was clear he latched on to the opportunity to use the contest as an opportunity to really learn more about the Mac OS X APIs. I also have a lot of […]