Unit testing is a good idea. Ask any random developer what they think about unit testing and you’re likely to get one of four responses: I don’t know what they are. I love them! You should always use them! I hate them! You should never use them! I appreciate them, but I’m lazy and don’t […]

Manton and I sat down to chat about everything under the sun, but inevitably everything turned to Apple’s newly launched AppStore for iPhone and iPod touch. In the podcast I mentioned a funny picture I had seen of many copies of Sudoku installed on the same iPhone. I mistakenly (tentatively, though!) credited Glenn Fleishman as […]

One of the aspects of MarsEdit which appeals to me is the way it hides much of its power and versatility beneath a relatively simple interface. Shimone Samuel recognized the power of MarsEdit’s scriptability and powerful markup macros, and came up with a pretty cool solution for automating footnote generation. Nice work, Shimone! It’s great […]

In Episode 4, Manton and I discuss the Apple Design Awards, which were handed out at WWDC. We also go off on a fun tangent about application versioning, and how the traditional “Mac way” of doing it is is frequently overlooked or ignored by new developers to the platform.