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Using Combine (v0.8) update available!

A new version of Using Combine (v0.8) is now available. The live HTML site for Using Combine is updated automatically, and the PDF and ePub versions are now available on Gumroad. This version has a number of additional notes and changes, primarily from reader feedback, and some references to Combine’s changes with the release ofContinue reading “Using Combine (v0.8) update available!”

It is OK to test the framework

When I started to write the book Using Combine, I was learning the Combine framework as I went. There was a lot I was unsure about, and especially given that it was released with the beta of the operating system, the implementation was changing between beta releases as it firmed up. I chose to useContinue reading “It is OK to test the framework”

iPad Lost Mode

This past Saturday, I was on a 7am EDT flight from Orlando, FL to Seattle, WA – which means I was up at 3:30am east-coast-time to make the flight. That would be pretty harsh, except that my normal timezone is 4 hours later than that. The flight was smooth, and I half-slept most of theContinue reading “iPad Lost Mode”

A Using Combine update now available!

A new version of Using Combine (v0.7) is now available! The free HTML site of Using Combine has been updated automatically, and the PDF and ePub versions are available on Gumroad. This version has relatively few updates, primarily focused on some of the missing publishers and resolving the some of the egregious flaws in ePubContinue reading “A Using Combine update now available!”

SceneKit interaction handling – Experiment439

A staple of science fiction movies has been 3D holographic visualizations and controls. Most efforts I’ve seen at taking real visualization data and putting them into a 3D context haven’t been terribly successful. At the same time, the advance of AR and VR makes me suspect that we should be able to take advantage ofContinue reading “SceneKit interaction handling – Experiment439”

IOS 12 DevNote: Embedded Swift Frameworks and bitcode

A side project for the barista’s at my favorite haunt has been a fun “getting back into it” programming exercise for IOS 12. It’s a silly simple app that checks the status of the network and if the local WIFI router is accessible, and provides some basic diagnostic and suggestions for the gang behind theContinue reading “IOS 12 DevNote: Embedded Swift Frameworks and bitcode”

WordPress for IOS

I use WordPress as a blog engine. I started using it over 12 years ago – at first I hosted it myself, and a two years ago I shifted to using wordpress.com's hosted service, with which I've been very happy. I do all the editing through a browser – until now. I tried out theContinue reading “WordPress for IOS”

Wading back into the Cocoa Frameworks

I presented last night at Seattle Xcoders, first time in a number of years – last time was when I was still working for Disney. The presentation was a rehash of the talk I did at the Swift Cloud Workshop a couple of months ago, and sharing a bit of what I’ve learned from my bug fixingContinue reading “Wading back into the Cocoa Frameworks”

Coffee shop experiments

I live on the west coast (Seattle), work for a company headquartered on the east coast, and a significant part of my development staff is in Shanghai – pretty much on the opposite side of the globe from their US east coast compatriots. Because I need to periodically drag them all together, I spend aContinue reading “Coffee shop experiments “

Sketching with the Apple Pencil

There’s a lot of other folks out there sharing their opinions on the pencil and using it, quite a bit of it incredibly positive. I asked many of my friends what they had heard were “the apps” to use with a pencil, and this is pretty much the list. Paper is probably theContinue reading “Sketching with the Apple Pencil”