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Using blocks and Grand Central Dispatch for asynchronous web calls
Today at work, we were talking about building a REST framework and someone described how they made NSURLConnection behave synchronously. That seemed strange to me. Then, he told me that using Grand Central Dispatch made it easier to deal with … Continue reading
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Thoughtback, get your thoughts back.
This past weekend I went to an event called Startup Weekend Lansing. Basically, you take a bunch of people with ideas and a bunch of people with the skills to build those ideas and put them all in a room … Continue reading
How to use a high res application icon on the iPhone 4
One of the iPhone 4’s coolest feature is the retina display. It is just so much more clear and crisp than any other screen I’ve ever seen. The clarity of the screen makes it extra important for you to use … Continue reading
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How to take advantage of the iPhone 4 retina display
The “retina display” on the iPhone 4 is really awesome. Icons and photos are sharper than any screen I’ve ever seen. Obviously, I would want to take advantage of this in my own app. How did I go about doing … Continue reading
Why is my iPhone app still showing the location services arrow?
I’m working on an app that tracks your location. Thanks to Apple and the new APIs in the iOS 4 SDK its actually pretty easy. You fiddle with some accuracy settings, set a delegate and BLAM, you start getting update … Continue reading
Natural Time Conversion
Its Saturday, 2:00 PM and my Michigan Wolverines are have a football game at 3:30PM. I’m rushing to get out of the house and on my way to Ann Arbor. My girlfriend asks me, “how long before the game starts?” … Continue reading