Put a Block on It
I wrote a thing on using blocks in API design over on the Double Encore Insight blog. It’s an in-depth exploration of a suggestion Collin Donnell put forth (linked in the first paragraph of the article, very worth your time).
What is a Provisioning Profile? Pt. 1
What is a Provisioning Profile? Pt. 2
Jay lays out everything you’ve ever wanted to know about provisioning profiles. Completely worth your time if you’ve ever touched one before.
Jon Snook just launched Phmral, a simple blog platform with a twist. Anything you publish on your Phmral blog disappears after 1 week. Perfect for topics that spawn from twitter conversations or very time sensitive topics.
Sh-Boom
The ending is awesome.
Lots of good advice in here, whether you’re building a game or an app. Number 11 hit extremely close to home.
Overloading C Functions with Clang
That’s handy.
If Hemingway wrote JavaScript
Recently I had a dream in which I asked Hemingway and four other literary luminaries to write some JavaScript for me; specifically a function that returned a fibonacci series of a given length. Interestingly each author chose to solve the problem in a different way.
Honest Trailers – Prometheus
I personally enjoyed the movie, but I’ll admit I’m pretty unnecessarily forgiving. This “honest” take on the movie trailer was pretty perfect.
Not sure how I missed this (or, unfortunately, who linked to it on Twitter), but it’s possibly my favorite new resource.
Apple Already Makes a Tablet Computer
Seriously, no accelerometer? You have to change orientations by accessing a settings menu? Unbelievable.
via Curious Rat: Apple Already Makes a Tablet Computer.
I have to say, I thought the Surface looked pretty cool. Lots of great ideas. Windows Phone 7 is the runner up for my mobile operating system of choice, and parts of Windows 8 look smart. But fundamentals like this are the proverbial broad side of the barn, that Microsoft can’t afford to miss.