Pixel-Perfect Toolbar and Tabbar Icons
Creating UIToolbarItem and UITabbarItem icons for the iPhone is tricky, especially if you don't have high-end tools. I present a simple solution that uses OmniGraffle to make pixel-perfect, antialiased icons with transparent backgrounds. I include a template that will let you make your own in minutes. Read more...
Speed Up Your App Launch With BTTimeLog
To help speed up my own apps, and not only at launch time, I've created a small class called BTTimeLog. It works by tracking the system time to microsecond precision and logging the time differences and accumulated time as it hits different parts of the code. Since it creates meaningful, reproducible results, it can be used to accurately assess the effect of code changes and measure progress toward a known goal.
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CocoaHeads Audio and Photos WWDC 2009
At the WWDC CocoaHeads meeting in San Francisco on June 10th 2009 I recorded the audio on my Canon S3 point-and-shoot camera. Now I have finally had chance to process it and my photos, you can experience it yourself.
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