Last week I was interviewed by the Georgia Straight. I also went down to the Georgia Straight offices and had my picture taken. The article has been republished on the Georgia Straight site. The article focuses on iPhone Development here in Vancouver and the opportunities for education and training. A big part of the article is about [...]
I will be in Seattle December 9th for Apple’s iPhone Tech Talk World Tour. There is an agenda [PDF] available. The topics seem fairly straight forward and basic. However, it should be a good place to directly ask Apple questions related to iPhone development. I am a prolific note taker. You can read my notes from GDC [...]
The good people at Handi Mobility shipped the Translink App for the iPhone earlier this week. One of the best features of the Translink App is its use of Location Services provided by the iPhone. The user is able to find bus stops located near them. The App uses PhoneGap to bridge the data that [...]
When teaching Objective-C, I’m finding that some have trouble reading method signatures. Reading Objective-C methods can be made easier if proper spacing and indenting is used. This is what a method looks like in Objective-C: – (ret-type) keyword:(arg-type)arg-name keyword:(arg-type)arg-name It is much easier to read if it is typed as such: – (ret-type) keyword:(arg-type)arg-name keyword:(arg-type)arg-name [...]
I’ve been getting a number of questions from programmers about iPhone development. I thought I would compile the answers into one place and push them out into the world. The iPhone SDK has been updated at a blistering pace and the documentation has not kept up with the API changes as quick as it could [...]