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Steve Jobs to Keynote WWDC June 7th

May 24, 2010

Yep, it’s official.  Apple has confirmed that Steve Jobs will do the keynote for the WWDC.  At these keynotes Jobs is usually there to kick off some new product, or refreshed product.  It’s thought to be the new iPhone OS4 and a new iPhone.  Maybe he might announce a Verizon phone, or maybe he won’t. [...]

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Mac vs. Windows Model

May 24, 2010

This is an Essay on the Mac versus Windows model of making computers.  This is to help those who are wondering what it is all about, how did we get here, and why is there all of this religious zealotry concerning two ways of computing.  A few confessions before we begin.  I am a Mac [...]

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Rocking the Objective-C[ountry] -TUAW

May 22, 2010

Rocking the Objective-C[ountry]: “What happens when you tweet a silly off-the-cuff remark about wanting a Country/Objective-C song called ‘Retain My Heart (Or you might point to an invalid memory reference)’? Magic. That’s what happens. Absolute weekend-ready magic!” (Via TUAW.) This is what happens when you ask for something.  You might just get it.

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AppleInsider | Adobe slips mobile Flash Player 10.1 to second half of 2010

April 19, 2010

AppleInsider | Adobe slips mobile Flash Player 10.1 to second half of 2010 AppleInsider says: After mounting an intense attack on Apple for not supporting Flash on its iPhone OS mobile devices, Adobe has admitted that it will not be able to ship its promised Flash Player 10.1 for mobile platforms until the second half [...]

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/dev/why!?! – /dev/why!?! – Its all about the framework…

April 12, 2010

/dev/why!?! – /dev/why!?! – Its all about the framework… This whole Apple vs Adobe Flash thing is turning into a fracas. The article is a very even presentation of both sides, and what both sides can do to come to an understanding. Very well done

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AppleScript Mondays: Extending the Clear Desktop Script

March 22, 2010

Last week we discussed making a clear desktop script to move files to a folder in our home directory. There are a few things I want to add and something I wish to remove from that script. So, after the break I’m going to show how you can make the destination folder and test to [...]

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Applescript Monday: Make a Clear Desktop Script

March 15, 2010

Often times with programming training it takes for ever for the course to get somewhere where we can do something practical. That’s why I like to do something practical, as soon as possible. So with what we know so far what can we do? I think we need a script to clear our desktop of [...]

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AppleScript Mondays: Let’s Open a dictionary

March 8, 2010

As much as possible the developers of applescript tried to keep it as much like English as possible. In English we have parts of a sentence, but we also have a dictionary which tells us the meaning of the words. In AppleScript we have the same thing. Each application that wants to be AppleScriptable must [...]

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Very Basic AppleScript

March 1, 2010

I have been looking at AppleScript for some time now, and I thought I would give you a taste of the language and what you can do with it. You have to have a Macintosh for this. After the Break, a taste of AppleScript from a very basic level.

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Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 9.3 Release Notes

November 6, 2009

Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 9.3 Release Notes: “” If you use BBEdit, then a new version is now available. Looks like they’ve added a lot of great stuff.

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