One of my personal goals for 2010 is to finally adopt unit testing in my project lifecycles. I’ve long meant to do something like this, but the amount of effort it takes to get a project up and running using Xcode’s OCUnit integration was a big detractor. It’s workflow also left much to be desired […]
Archive for December, 2009
- Exending Xcode - File & Project Templates, TextMate Style Macros ✶
What may be the most definitive tutorial on creating your own project and file templates for Xcode.
- Plugged In 50: First & 10.0 ✶
The final episode of the year for my WNIN produced radio show featuring an interview with Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch about how sports journalism is changing because of technology.
- Downshift: Looking Back On 2009 ✶
A post penned by yours truly on the Second Gear blog that summarizes all that happened with the company this past year.
- Automatically localize your nibs when building ✶
Given my recent foray into improving my localization workflow, this is a nice technique that generates localized Xibs at runtime.
(via Michael Tsai)
- iPhone Localization Guide ✶
Speaking of localization, this is one of the better tutorials I’ve seen on getting started with a localization process. It’s iPhone-centric, but the process is pretty much the same for Mac applications. Also of note, Wil Shipley’s Xibless approach.
- Brian Dunagan’s ibtool scripts ✶
Brian Dunagan has generated a few Ruby scripts that make dealing with generating and handling
.stringsfiles a bit less of a pain.
- Vice Magazine Interviews The Wire Creator David Simon ✶
David Simon:
One of the things we were saying was that reform was becoming more and more problematic as moneyed interests—capitalism, which is sort of the ultimate Olympian god—become more entrenched in the postmodern world. Reform becomes more and more problematic because the status quo is arranged in such a way as to maximize profit and to exalt profit—particularly short-term profit—over long-term societal benefit and/or human beings
This is one of the most in-depth interviews I have read with Simon. If you enjoy good, intricate storytelling and haven’t watched The Wire, you’re doing yourself a disservice. It is a crime it never properly recognized at the Emmys.
- Plugged In 49.1 - Best of Season 2.0 ✶
If you haven’t been tuning into my radio show on WNIN-FM, this week’s best of episode might be a great starting point. Highlights include my interviews with A Life Well Wasted’s Robert Ashley, longtime Windows expert Ed Bott and Chicago radio legend Steve Dahl.
- Mike Abdullah’s Rules of Inspector Club ✶
Mike Abdullah’s excellent list of UI and usability tips for building inspectors in your Mac applications.
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