Episodes

Why is the quick fix so seductive? What happens when we get too involve in them? This week I talk about the real costs and the culture it creates.

In the middle of trying to get five projects done, I’ve been hearing a lot about Imposter Syndrome. A week or two ago came an article on LinkedIn about Impostor Syndrome in programming. Ever since I’ve seen an article pop up here or there. I've known this all too well for so much of my life it resonated with me. For those who want the shortest version of a definition, I defer to Musician Amanda Palmer. When I read her book The Art of Asking, I found wasn't alone in this anxiety, though she call...

Last week I was on vacation. During that time I've walked through a big bookstore: The Tattered Cover on Colfax Avenue, Denver Colorado. Ten or fifteen years ago, perusing the shelves of my nearest Borders Books, I would have had a very different reaction than the one I was having there. I would have both hands filled, weighed down by many books. This time, it is only one. My urges are so different here today, and it says a lot of who I am and how I have changed.

Goodbye for now, and thank you.

Some of the things I learned while recording at Lynda.com/LinkedIn Learning last week. Also my plans for 2017 books and web lessons.

Hello all. This week, I’m writing on the website about converting strings into doubles. For some cases this is easy, but if the string is a time or a fraction, it’s not so simple. We’ll look at how to parse these strings into Doubles. You'll find a Swift Playground file there to experiment or use the functions I came up with to convert strings. It’s the time of year for the holidays. Apple closes down just about anything a developer or author wants. I for one missed my deadline for updating bo...

Hello folks! I’ll start again with the business stuff then work into my commentary for the week. If you didn't se it yet, I did post last week about the new Update Frames button in Xcode 8.1. I'm trying to finish four Lynda.com courses at the same time, so I'll try to get to fix it in the books soon as I can, but I'm swamped. You'll find the article also on the Book's webpage The new lesson is up on the website. This week I’m showing you how to use actions and categories with your notification...

Hello All, Just a little bit of business this week and then on to some thoughts for the week. This week's post is inspired by correspondence I've had with Denny, one of the subscribers to this list. It's the basics of using gestures in your own applications, where I'll cover taps, pinches and rotations. 

I also had a lot of problems with Xcode this week. First the beta iOS on my phone won't work with the non beta Xcode I was using. Then the latest beta wouldn't work. Kept getting a cryptic err...

Hello Folks, I'm going to start with some follow-up from last week. Last Monday seems almost a century ago, though it was only seven days. I was upset and very depressed last week. I was also honest, a little more honest than some on this list wanted. In retrospect the damage isn't bad. I got only one really nasty note about that post, who I unsubscribed and five people who unsubscribed either complaining that post was inappropriate or my politics didn't belong in their feed. I assure you that ...

Hello all, As promised, This will be a longer one. A lot going on here, Some of which you already know. We have a lot of book news, and I can finally tell you about the Lynda.com course. First the tip of the week. With Practical Autolayout now released, I'm going to talk about Apple's bizarre way of writing constraints. One thing I cover in the book is reading constraints directly in the document outline. For constraints that are relations between two views, there is a folder in the document o...