February 2012
2 posts
5 tags
Thread Safe libxml2 for iOS
My self-built framework for accessing Last.fm data does a lot of XML-parsing. I could have chosen for JSON, I guess, but I started of with XML and somehow stuck with it because changing it over seems like a waste of time to me.
That is, if my XML parsing is fast enough. With the successor of Last Concerts comes even more data fetching from Last.fm and thus more data parsing, and so performance...
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Fosdem 2012
Every year I find enough reasons to take out a chunk of my valuable time and get my butt over to Brussels to attend some talks at FOSDEM. This time it was the talk about how to implement domain-specific languages with LLVM that got me interested the most. LLVM is one of the most interesting open source projects to me and this talk did not disappoint: technical enough but not over my head, and with...
January 2012
2 posts
5 tags
Discontinuing Last Concerts
There are two projects that I hope to finish in this year. Both of them are top secret. Just kidding, of course. I am a believer of the idea that ideas are not valuable as such, and the worth of it is mostly in the execution of them.
But that does not mean that it is a good idea to just announce every idea in the open from the moment you start working on it. My friend T. kept his iOS-project...
2012 - A New Challenge
In the end one grows tired of all the motivational texts that reach you through social media. You know the inspirational mantras that people like to spread while doing a daytime job they do not care much about. “Look yourself in the mirror every day and wonder if this is what you really want to do”. “Fail, fail again, fail better”. “Your ideas are only worth so much,...
November 2011
1 post
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Is There A Future For Last.fm?
It has been clear for a while now that getting the dollars of the music lovers on the internet is a war being fought on two fronts. There are streaming services like Spotify on one end and there is the iTunes digital Music Store on the other end. So far the latter has been the one pushing boundaries but it looks like the action is moving towards the streaming services.
iTunes is now in the...
October 2011
1 post
3 tags
Back To Cursing
My story about Steve Jobs is not all that spectacular. I wasn’t going to write it at first, but yet here I am. I guess I have to admit that I will miss the world I used to know, the world in which he was present, more than I thought I would.
When I started my first job it was a programmer’s job on Mac OS at a company called Artwork Systems. They were among the first companies that...
September 2011
1 post
7 tags
Trying to boost the sales
People ask: what are the sales of Last Concerts like? The answer basically is: depressing. Let me be blunt about it. Since the launch of version 2.0, now one month ago, I have been selling 17 copies. That makes that Apple owes me 18.05 euros according to iTunes Connect. Party time.
Surely I am doing a lot of things wrong. It can’t be just one thing, right?
My guess as a programmer is always...
August 2011
1 post
2 tags
Last Concerts 2.0 Released
So I released Last Concerts 2.0. It is on the iTunes store, the website has been updated and I am trying to create some buzz about this release. Doing the press release dance, adding a Facebook page and shareable videos and all that bonanza.
This is the part of the job that I have neglected with previous versions and am determined not to neglect this time around. As a matter of fact, I have set...
May 2011
1 post
HJCache →
This is good stuff. If you want to put images in your UITableViews, you need this.
April 2011
3 posts
The iPhone Tab Bar →
Interesting thoughts about the design of iPhone tab bars.
InAppSettingsKit →
Featured in 321Run, looks like a cool framework.
Appsterdam →
When a community settles down, the world takes notice
Great idea. Let’s hope it works out.
February 2011
3 posts
1 tag
Revisiting Git Tags And Building
XCode Build Settings Tip
This App Is Your App →
Cool idea for using Mac App Store receipts as a token to allow directly downloaded applications to run.
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Last Concerts v1.5
I am pleased to announce that Last Concerts version 1.5 is out. This is a feature version with detailed views for events, shouts, attendees and photos. I think you will enjoy it.
There are still two crash bugs outstanding that one of the beta testers pointed out to me. I am looking into that. If you run into any of them, be patient, an update will follow soon.
Many of you have downloaded the...
January 2011
7 posts
“I may not use the same products that you do–but I hope your favorites are wildly...”
– http://technologizer.com/2011/01/27/the-end-of-the-zero-sum-game
10 iPhone Apps for Music Lovers →
The goal is to get in this list as soon as possible.
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Eighth grader knocks Angry Birds out of the top... →
So cool that this is possible!
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BWToolkit
Interesting toolkit
How To Choose The Best XML Parser for Your iPhone... →
Bookmarked.
December 2010
4 posts
Quickies For Gdb →
Printing object retain count in gdb. That’s what I need.
Sed Oneliners
I should try to understand every one of these sed oneliners some day.
1 tag
10 Surefire Ways to Screw Up Your iPhone App
10 Surefire Ways to Screw Up Your iPhone App.
Guilty of at least number 3 for Last Concerts. It was already on my todo list though.
Tower, a new Git client. →
Excellent Git-client. Beta-testing (and using) right now. It’s a pity GitX is not actively developed, but that means more money to Tower I guess.
November 2010
1 post
1 tag
Changing Hosting
Today I am changing providers. Hopefully everything will go smoothly but if not do not hesitate to call me on my mobile or email me on any of my other email addresses you can find.
August 2010
1 post
1 tag
Daring Fireball Linked List: iPhone Pull to...
One of these will be going into Last Concerts for sure.
iPhone Pull to Refresh
(via Daring Fireball)
July 2010
1 post
1 tag
Programming is an easy way to procrastinate
Programming is an easy way to procrastinate
Wake up call of the week.
June 2010
2 posts
2 tags
Looking for iPhone Software Professionals?
Good idea: a closed mailing list with people you trust you can recommend.
Looking for iPhone Software Professionals?
Copland 2010 revisited: Apple's language and API...
Brilliant article by John Siracusa. Favorite quote:
And so continues one of the biggest constants in software development: the unerring sense among developers that the level of abstraction they’re current working at is exactly the right one for the task at hand. Anything lower-level is seen as barbaric, and anything higher-level is a bloated, slow waste of resources. This remains true even...
May 2010
1 post
1 tag
Taplynx
Taplynx is a framework for building content-rich iPhone apps. Bookmarked.
April 2010
7 posts
1 tag
Introducing SproutCore Touch
SproutCore Blog - Introducing SproutCore Touch
Interesting. (via daring fireball)
XAuth: One Share Button to Rule Them All?
They’re right: Facebook is a smart company.
XAuth: One Share Button to Rule Them All?
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Handling URL schemes in Cocoa
This is how you create the code to handle a javascriptlet like in MarsEdit
Handling URL schemes in Cocoa
It worked perfectly.
iTunes on Windows is a Substandard App
As Jon Lech Johansen correctly deduces.
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Using git+dropbox together effectively
A very good idea to use dropbox and git together, like this. I use ssh currently to my home server but this is an easier setup.
Using git+dropbox together effectively
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Announcing Last Concerts
My first iPhone application is about to launch and blogging will be done here, with the tag “lastconcerts”.
Consider this an announcement. The URL for the application will be http://www.lastconcerts.com/ but there is nothing there yet now. By tonight there might be.
When it will appear in the App Store is still unknown at the time being.
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iPhone Development Alternatives
Just came across two great alternatives for iPhone development without using much programming.
This blog entry by Gus Mueller pointed towards latest Voodoopad builds that can export as a web app. I tested it quickly and it works!
And now there’s also this to test: iPhone Development Alternatives: Code Without Objective-C
Seems like I’ll be able to make someone happy with one of...
March 2010
3 posts
Preview: Instapaper on iPad - Instapaper Blog
This is enough reason to buy an iPad.
Preview: Instapaper on iPad - Instapaper Blog
Online Backup for Mac | Arq | Haystack Software
I wish I had read the comparison chart before I signed up for backblaze. Now I’ll probably try this on my other mac.
Online Backup for Mac | Arq | Haystack Software
How to make a Pull-To-Reload TableView just like...
This will be investigated thoroughly for my next release of Last Concerts.
How to make a Pull-To-Reload TableView just like Tweetie 2 @ Dr. Touch
February 2010
4 posts
Punishable
This guy is nuts.
But in a brilliant way.
Coding on a Commodore 64
Programming an MP3 decoder on a Commodore 64, somehow that still sounds like the real programming to me:
Notational Velocity
Notational Velocity
This is going to change my writing workflow. A brilliantly simple text editor that:
Does full syncing with iPhone and other computers
Is Completely Open Source
Is Fully accessible via Keyboard
Has great search functionality built in
I feel like I can use the source code to make a customized version for my personal blog.
Check it out!
Homebrew
Interesting program to do package management on OS X. Next time I have to configure; make; make install I’ll check it out.
mxcl’s homebrew at master - GitHub
See also here for some more explanation.
January 2010
6 posts
Getting Started with GeekTool
Getting Started with GeekTool
I didn’t realize geektool was still alive. Loved it then, and I’ll love it later again I’m sure.
Dear Apple: What we want to see in iPhone 4.0,...
Dear Apple: What we want to see in iPhone 4.0, part 2
Yeah!
C64.js
C64.js
Outrageous, now they ported my favorite computer system to Javascript!? :)
Fax 2.0: because fax won’t die in the internet age...
Fax 2.0: because fax won’t die in the internet age | blog.forret.com
I wish it would exist. And I wish fax would die too.