I had a dream last night where I was an XCode project
I had a dream last night where I was an XCode project. Every time the alarm went off, that was running “Build and Run.” If I would fail to compile, I’d have to fix the errors and try again. The next...
View ArticleHow to Distribute your iOS Apps Over the Air
We’ve been using Apple’s Wireless distribution method for sending out beta invites of Geoloqi. It’s a much easier process for our beta testers than syncing with iTunes to install the app! They just...
View ArticleTools for Co-Working Spaces
Souk Co-Working Space I recently spent some time at Souk, a co-working space in Portland. It’s a great space with lots of room and lots of light, which is important when you’re going to spend hours on...
View ArticleURL Shortener as a Search Interface
cyborganthropology.com is quickly becoming the default online resource for everything relating to Cyborg Anthropology. With over 800 articles and growing daily, it’s possible to find nearly anything...
View ArticleShortlink Design for Syndicating to Twitter
Tantek Çelik has been using his Falcon project to create short-form and long-form content on his site, and syndicate it out to Twitter. Falcon is a personal publishing (tweeting, blogging, realtime...
View ArticleSoft Signup: Lower the barrier to entry
Nobody wants to be presented with a signup form when trying out a new web service. Even though in recent years many websites have trimmed down their signup forms to make them easier to complete, I...
View ArticleAnalyzing the iPhone Location Log File
Today at Where 2.0, two data scientists announced a discovery that iPhones are recording GPS positions into a hidden file on the device. I’ll save a summary for an update of this post, but go read the...
View ArticleWriting contracts is like programming
Writing contracts feels a little bit like programming. There is an expected syntax and structure, there are certain key words that have special meaning (i.e. functions, keywords), and removing certain...
View ArticleEnabling SSH on the Seagate BlackArmor NAS 220
I recently acquired a 6 TB Seagate NAS drive which I am using for nightly backups of my servers, as well as snapshots of several Dropbox accounts. While the web interface on the device isn’t too bad, I...
View ArticleHow to Let Google Power OpenSearch on Your Website
OpenSearch is a collection of simple formats for the sharing of search results. One of the formats allows your browser to add your site to its list of search engines, which Firefox displays in the top...
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