February 2012
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A simple workaround for an iOS 5 bug with video... →
Here’s a workaround for a bug introduced by iOS 5.0: when displaying a full-screen video from a UIWebView in a view controller within a UINavigationController, the view controller won’t receive the typical willRotate / didRotate calls, and won’t be queried as to whether the controller should rotate.
Feb 23rd
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Why Music.app is no longer on my home screen
tl;dr – It’s been replaced by Pod+ It was just over a year ago that a particular shortcoming of the iOS iPod app (now known simply as Music) came to my attention. I typically listen to music an album at a time, and browsing by artist for something to listen to was starting to get on my nerves. My iTunes library includes several soundtracks and compilations (such as the excellent Dark Was The...
Feb 5th
December 2011
1 post
“Earlier this week I spent some time driving around Kansas City in order to field...”
– From Shawn Blanc’s review of the Galaxy Nexus. Wow.
Dec 22nd
November 2011
1 post
“Because their collection methods are kind of primitive, these sites have to coax...”
– A very amusing metaphor from Maciej Ceglowski’s article on the social graph (http://blog.pinboard.in/2011/11/the_social_graph_is_neither/)
Nov 29th
October 2011
1 post
Apple's Three Laws of Developers
yourhead: A developer may not injure Apple or, through inaction, allow Apple to come to harm. A developer must obey any orders given to it by Apple, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. A developer must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. — I. Developer I don’t know whether to laugh or cry, but this...
Oct 24th
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August 2011
1 post
“(a typical comminqué between Apple and their developer community ends with a...”
– Andy Ihnatko, in a clever aside
Aug 16th
July 2011
1 post
tumblr:~ jagreenwood$: HOWTO: Bring Back Vertical... →
jagreenwood: One of my biggest annoyances about OSX Lion is that it broke vertical (up/down) 3-finger swiping in most of my favorite apps including Carousel. So being the diligent developer that I am, I wanted to figure out why and try to fix it for our users. Turns out the code doesn’t need to be touched for… Yes! Nice find.
Jul 21st
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May 2011
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May 16th
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