postmortem: a software tumblelog

textmate: Save cursor positions

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 17:12:35 -0500

* Use CMD-F2 to save a bookmark in a file (or click to the left of the line number)
* Use F2 to cycle through bookmarks
* Probably want to switch to not use fn key on OS X

Is there room for a Balsamiq competitor targeting iphone mockups?

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:35:35 -0500

Is there room for a Balsamiq competitor targeting iphone mockups?

rsync over ssh (came in handy today)

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:56:29 -0400

rsync over ssh (came in handy today)

feedback on your mobile app

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 21:52:29 -0400

Professional software testing firm uTest has today launched a new service aimed at early-stage startups: uTest Express. With this low-cost offering, the company is providing access its community of over 35,000 professional testers who will provide expert feedback about your mobile app…

At the end of the testing period, the testers will provide your startup with documented bugs, plus screenshots and videos showing how to reproduce the problems they encountered. The testers will also provide feedback about the mobile app’s design, usability and performance.

There are three different uTest Express packages available, starting at $499.

http://www.readwriteweb.com/mobile/2011/03/get-your-startups-app-tested-by-pros-with-utest-express.php

@synthesize creates instance variables without declaration

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:06:11 -0400

@synthesize creates instance variables without declaration

New York’s Irrational LLC Publication Requirements Hurt Business Owners and Benefit Special Interests

Sun, 13 Mar 2011 21:10:16 -0400

New York’s Irrational LLC Publication Requirements Hurt Business Owners and Benefit Special Interests

ActiveConductor

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 02:52:00 -0500

ActiveConductor:

Ever want / need to save more than one model at once? Hate spaghetti code in your controllers? Then the conductor pattern is for you.

Upstage on RRW

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 02:50:03 -0500

We recently got some press on ReadWriteWeb.

Thanks to JDG (Boxcar CEO) for the introduction and Sarah Parez who was kind enough to write the article for RRW.

Upstage

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:21:59 -0500

We (Jeff + I) just released upstage app. Upstage is a tool for sharing iOS (iPhone and iPad) - making sharing mockups a breeze. We use it for everything from pitching clients to using it as a spec and feedback tool. It’s sort of our basecamp for iPhone mockups.

Handy macros by JDG

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:42:10 -0400

#define A(obj, objs...) \

[NSArray arrayWithObjects:obj, ## objs , nil]

#define D(val, key, vals...) \

[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:val, key, ## vals , nil]

Varadic (Varargs) macros in C

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:39:09 -0400

Varadic (Varargs) macros in C:

Also useful for Objective C, of course.

GNU lightning

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:41:55 -0400

GNU lightning is an open source library that generates assembly language code at run-time.

turn off all asset timestamps in rails

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:58:20 -0400

ENV[‘RAILS_ASSET_ID’] = “”

linking under the gpl

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:55:47 -0400

linking under the gpl

"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the program, so if you write the program as cleverly as you..."

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 10:57:06 -0400

“Debugging is twice as hard as writing the program, so if you write the program as cleverly as you can, by definition, you won’t be clever enough to debug it.”

- Kernighan’s Law

Edsger W. Dijkstra: The Humble Programmer

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:00:29 -0400

Edsger W. Dijkstra: The Humble Programmer

ken thompson: reflections on trusting trust

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:47:28 -0400

ken thompson: reflections on trusting trust

implementing lisp on the c2 wiki

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 02:22:23 -0400

implementing lisp on the c2 wiki

macros in javascript

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:38:25 -0400

macros in javascript

scheme2js compiler

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:33:06 -0400

scheme2js compiler