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Monthly Archives: March 2008

Finished first pass of Cocoa App

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Tonight I wrote the following: git tag 0.1 What that means is I tagged version 0.1 of my first Cocoa App. I was able to get this version done in about 3 hours and it has all the features I’ve learned from the weekend. The UI took the longest part as I had to keep […]

Cocoa First Impressions

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It’s been almost two hole days with Aaron Hillegass’ Cocoa Book and I’m about three quarters of the way through it. This book is what I have been looking for to help guide me into Cocoa after several weeks of just trying to figure it out on my own. Now with Hillegass’ foundation, I think […]

My new obsession: Cocoa Programming

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Some of you may be asking yourselves, “Does he mean he’s going to be programming hot chocolate?” The answer to that is “No”. Cocoa is the technology behind programs on Apple’s OS X. Learning Cocoa has always been on my todo list, and now I’ve decided to finally tackle it. Tonight I received “the book” […]

links for 2008-03-25

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Git Guide – SourceMage Wiki A quick guide to how to do several operations using Git (tags: git versioncontrol reference) Hiding disclosure triangles in an NSOutlineView Make your source list look like iTunes (tags: Programming Cocoa OSX IB) iTunes-ifying a Core Data App (tags: IB Programming Cocoa)

links for 2008-03-20

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Amazon Wishlist Tip Cool things to do with your wishlist and it’s URL for sharing (tags: Amazon wishlist tips) Rent vs. Buy Myths That Ruined the Housing Market (tags: RealEstate renting money housing bubble)