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Don’t make me pick a unique username ever again.
You all know the feeling. You’re trying to sign up for the new big thing and the username you want is taken. After 2 or 3 tries you eventually give up or end up adding a number to the end … Continue reading
How to make your app window look like the Mac App Store, Twitter, and Chrome
A while back, Apple moved the window buttons on iTunes onto the left edge of the window. A lot of people hated it and they changed it back. With the Mac App Store, they moved the buttons again. This time … Continue reading
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Thoughtback has a new feature that will help you integrate it into your apps
One of the biggest requests we get for Thoughtback is an API. We’re working one but it’s not quite ready yet. In the meantime we have a way you can integrate Thoughtback into your own apps. The way to do … Continue reading
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The perfect cable company
Here’s what I want from a cable company. Everything on demand. I don’t want to bother with being home at a certain time to watch a TV show. If I want to watch the show, it should be available for … Continue reading
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Write bad code… to become a better developer
I’ve always thought I could measure my improvement as a developer by how bad my “bad code” is. You know what I mean by “bad code”. It’s the stuff you write on your little side projects or proof of concepts. … Continue reading
Adding a button or view to the NSWindow title bar
I’ve seen some apps that put buttons inside of an NSWindow title bar. If you try to do this yourself, you’ll notice that Interface Builder won’t let you put anything there. So how do you put something there? The way … Continue reading
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How to open any file you drag onto your app’s dock icon
One of the most important aspects of the OS X interface paradigm is drag and drop. One of the best places to support drag and drop is on your dock icon, because it is always available no matter where you’re … Continue reading
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How to make your app open in full screen on Lion
One of Lions new features is full screen apps. Full screening an app is supposed to remove all distractions and make room for more of the app’s UI. Actually implementing this in your app is quite simple, but finding how … Continue reading
How to add the Konami code to your WordPress blog
The Konami code is a cheat code first popularized by the game Contra, where entering it would give you 30 extra lives. Since then, the code has been used in tons of video games and websites to unlock bonuses and … Continue reading
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Netflix customer service is pretty good
A week or so ago I had some trouble with the post office. All of my mail stopped showing up. I went to the post office and asked about it. They said they’d call me. They didn’t, so I called … Continue reading