So here’s the problem if you’re a maker and someone is looking at you to be a manager. On the one hand, a manager can accomplish far more than a maker, in the aggregate: look at Steve Jobs. One could almost look at Apple as an expression of Steve Job’s will; he has assembled some [...]
Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule One reason programmers dislike meetings so much is that they’re on a different type of schedule from other people. Meetings cost them more. There are two types of schedule, which I’ll call the manager’s schedule and the maker’s schedule. The manager’s schedule is for bosses. It’s embodied in the traditional appointment [...]
This one is a relatively simple mechanism for automatic build numbers. This increments the build number every time a successful build is made in Xcode. Step 1: Create a new Run Script In the target setting, add a new Run Script after the Link Binary With Libraries. Change the shell to /usr/bin/perl -w and paste [...]
I will admit I will never understand the current craze of social networking. I don’t understand Twitter. I don’t get Facebook. (Actually I think Facebook is the spawn of Satan, but that’s a different post.) I don’t get MySpace. The idea of a software program on my cell phone broadcasting my current location to my [...]
On our corporate blog I posted a somewhat irritated little screed, which was originally triggered by an e-mail message sent to me by a service provider who said that a pirated copy of our software, which was leaked by a member of the press, was using a test account for obtaining its location–and the test [...]