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  1. A Developing Shirt

    I'm tired of promoting other people with my clothing. I just need nine more suckers to order one of these rad shirts and they'll actually get made.

    Published on May 04, 2013

  2. A Simple Custom View That Supports UIMenuController on iOS

    UIMenuController is the class you interact with to present the pop up menu most commonly used for copy and paste in iOS. I Recently found that adding a menu to my own UIView subclasses was easy, but not entirely obvious at first, so I thought I'd post an extremely simple example based on what I learned.

    Published on April 22, 2013

  3. Adding Full Text Search to a Core Data App Using SQLite

    Full text search is one area where the base iOS SDK doesn't have a lot to offer. You can get something that looks kind of like full text search NSPredicate but it becomes really slow with larger data sets. Here's one way to add full text search to a new or existing Core Data app using SQLite FTS4.

    Published on April 13, 2013

  4. The Best Software You Might Never Have Heard Of

    I've assembled a list of software tools I've come to rely on that might not be on your radar.

    Published on February 15, 2013

  5. Announcing Rego for iOS

    Makalu's new app is coming this month to an iPhone (or iPod Touch) near you.

    Published on February 01, 2013

  6. One Week With AppCode

    On Monday I decided to try using AppCode for an entire day. Then one day turned into a week.

    Published on January 25, 2013

  7. OnePAD One-Day Sale

    OnePAD Pocket Notebook for iOS is on sale today (and only today) as a featured app on onedollarwed.com!

    Published on January 22, 2013

  8. Working With Auto Layout on iOS

    After spending the last few months working on a new app using Cocoa Auto Layout for iOS I thought I'd share some things I learned along the way.

    Published on January 11, 2013

  9. OnePAD Website Redesign

    I redesigned the OnePAD website and upgraded it from static files to the Middleman static site generator.

    Published on December 27, 2012

  10. Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K760 Review

    The Logitech K760 wireless solar keyboard is a mostly likable keyboard with some very desirable features.

    Published on December 14, 2012