“The difference between a Designer and Developer, when it comes to design skills, is the difference between shooting a bullet and throwing it.”
- Scott Hanselman with apologies to Larry Miller
P.S. It’s just a joke, but every joke has a little bit of truth to it.
I haven’t yet joined iOS Developer Program so I can’t test apps on a real device, and some apps can only be tested on a real device (like apps that use Camera, Microphone, Accelerometer, or make Phone calls).
Today I had to test the UIImagePickerController object, but because the iPhone Simulator does not contain any built-in photo albums I could not chose any photos. Luckily, if you need to add some images to the iPhone Simulator’s Photo Library you can follow this simple steps:
1) Drag and drop the image onto the iPhone Simulator’s screen
- this will open Safari browser with your image in it
2) Click & Hold the image
- this will bring an Action Sheet with some options
3) Click “Save image”
- this will copy the image to the Photo Library
I’ve been reading “Beginning iOS 5 Application Development” for the last 6 days and so far I’m on the page 360. I’m trying to read 60 pages a day, which is not really a lot. I like the book, but it’s quite introductory, which is what I need right now. Of course I’m not just reading, I do all the exercises from the book. Anyway, I’m 2-3 days away from completing it.
What I admire most about Jobs is that for a long time he languished, and was easily dismissed by many.
His return to Apple was nostalgic, but by no means a slam dunk for the success of Apple.
It was after all of this that his best creations came to life.
The fact that he wasn’t born a genius, that he had to tread through the mediocre products and personal failures before he arrived, gives me hope.
If you think about it, this is obvious. Everyone including geniuses has to work and fail and work and fail again before their genius is realized.
But it’s easy to find yourself in the midst of mundane work, in the midst of failure and start doubting, start slowing down. During those times is when Steve Jobs’ legacy is a welcome shot in the arm, propelling me forward.
Even if most of us are no geniuses, and none of us are Steve Jobs, I still like the idea that our best work is still ahead of us.
- Peter Boctor
Hi. I haven’t programmed for a while but I’m still comfortable enough with C and Objective-C, so I’m reading a book by Wei-Meng Lee which is “Beginning iOS 5 Application Development”. I’m going to finish it in 2 weeks (it has about 500 pages). And then if I’ll be comfortable enough with iOS SDK I’m going to apply for a job as Junior iOS Developer at some super duper company. I’m so excited, studying really hard for it.
Instagram is a photography app for iOS and it’s got an update. It’s a brand new version and it has so many improvements. You should update it right now.
I’m currently reading the “Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X” by Aaron Hillegass. I highly recommend this book for anyone. It has clear and detailed explanations provided with lots of screenshots, and what I like that it also has ‘challenges’ so you can make something by yourself not just by typing code from the book. It’s written for Xcode 3, but things hasn’t changed so much, so… it’s fine.
It’s a must read for every Cocoa developer!
And yeeah, my computer is back now.
Every Mac and Apple display comes with a one-year limited warranty and up to 90 days of complimentary telephone technical support. It’s an insanely short period of support. I guess that you’re planning to use your computer more than just one year, so there should be some way to extend it. And you CAN. With the Apple Care Protection Plan you can extend your coverage to three years from your hardware product’s original purchase date.
The price for the Apple Care Protection Plan is varied depending on the product you’re covering. It goes from 100$ up to $400. Some people tell it’s a waste of money, but it’s not exactly true. Your Mac isn’t perfect and bad things tend to happen. So it’s OK to spend those money just to be safe for the next three! years.
For additional details check that out.
