Archive for the 'Macintosh' Category

A Stroke Of Luck

Friday, April 9th, 2010

One of my customers reported a really subtle bug having to do with a keyboard shortcut for a command. I’m going to change some facts to protect the innocent, but imagine I got a report: “Every time I press cmd-N to create a new document and start typing, instead of accepting the text, it just […]

Can’t Catch Me

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

  The future of software is on the web. That’s what they keep telling me. I just smile, and say “I don’t think so. There will always be compelling technologies on the desktop.” I believe this, but I admit it carries an odor of blind loyalty to my comfort zone. People who argue the other […]

Building A Bigger Nerd Ranch

Friday, September 26th, 2008

When newcomers to programming on the Mac ask me for advice about getting started with Cocoa, I usually boil it down to three steps, depending on the amount of time and money they are prepared to put into the task: If you’re the slightest bit curious, buy Mark Dalrymple and Scott Knaster’s affordable book, Learn […]

Wii Transfer 2.6

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

My buddy and podcasting cohort Manton Reece has announced the release of Wii Transfer 2.6. His application is apparently a very cool means of interfacing content from your Mac over to your Nintendo Wii. I wish I had more hands-on experience, but unfortunately I do not yet have a Wii of my own to play […]