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WWDC 2009 Videos Available For Sale

Scotty — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:23:41 +0000

Apple have now made the WWDC 2009 videos available for purchase to people who didn’t get to go to WWDC. They are a lot cheaper this time round too.

The MDN Show Episode 004

Scotty — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:26:49 +0000

Welcome to the MDN Show episode 4. In the week where John sorts out his audio with a new microphone Scotty manages to mess his audio up and totally mispronounce Steve Degutis's name. However we muddle on through and get another episode out the door. On this episode we look at a new cocoa framework for RESTful services. We get 13 lucky marketing tips for Indie Developers and we take our normal trip to The Worlds According to Gemmell. So sit back, relax and enjoy!

cocoaREST

Scotty — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:57:21 +0000

Steven Degutis has begun developing an open source library in Cocoa designed to simplify access to RESTful services. It's called CocoaREST

NSConference 2009 Video Pack 3 Released

Scotty — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:00:59 +0000

We have released the final three NSConference 2009 Videos. People who have already purchased the Full Video Pack will be sent links separately.

Book Review: Foundations of Mac OS X Leopard Security

Scotty — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:01:04 +0000

When I received the review copy of this book, I was excited and pleased that the topic of Mac security was getting covered by a mainstream technical publisher. With a confusing morass of advice, misinformation and fanboyism available on the internet, it was about time for a technically-reviewed book by experts on the subject. The table of contents reveals the authors' broad ambition, covering a wide collection of topics from physical security and backups to web and mail security......Click Title For Full Review

cocoaFusion (009): Notifications & Delegates

Scotty — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:00:04 +0000

It's been a while but the boys are back. This time they have an extended edition. Along with segments on notifications and delegates the guys cover their recent trip to San Francisco and Apple's World Wide Developer Conference.

Passing around a NSManagedObjectContext on the iPhone

Scotty — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:00:51 +0000

The documentation on Core Data for the iPhone has lead to some confusion about how best to use Core Data on a Cocoa Touch device. Marcus helps us unravel the mystery.

The MDN Show Episode 3

Scotty — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:22:46 +0000

Welcome to episode 3 of the MDN Show. On this episode we get to find out how Wil Shipley decides on features for Delicious Library. We take another look at Code Collector Pro with John Eddie and we find ourselves once again getting caught up in the "World According to Gemmell". So Sit Back, Relax and Enjoy!

The MDN Show Episode 2

Scotty — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:12:52 +0000

We've made it to episode 2 after a break for WWDC. On this episode we get into unit testing with Dave Dribin. We hear deep green developer Joachim Bondo's views on choosing features for your iPhone App. We have Spencer MacDonald reviewing Accessorizer from Kevin Callahan and we delve into the "World according to Gemmell" So Sit Back,Relax and Enjoy!

MDN Merchandise Available at Café Press

Scotty — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:10:48 +0000

You can now support the Mac Developer Network by buying MDN merchandise at the Mac Developer Network store on Café Press.

New Macbreak Dev Screencasts

Scotty — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:26:26 +0000

While at WWDC myself (Scotty) and Alex Lindsay of the Pixel Corp recorded a whole bunch of Macbreak Dev episodes around Mac and iPhone Development for beginners. The first of these with Bill Dudney has just been released

WWDC 09 Videos Released

Scotty — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:06:41 +0000

Apple have been really fast this year and have posted the WWDC 09 videos just a few weeks after the conference. Well done Apple.

NSConference Sessions 4-6 Videos Released

Scotty — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:54:03 +0000

We have released the next three NSConference 2009 Videos. People who have already purchased the Full Video Pack will be sent links separately. The full post contains a video preview of the new videos

NSConference 2009 Videos

Scotty — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:56:16 +0000

On the 16th and 17th of April 2009 The Mac Developer Network with Steve Scott (Scotty) and Tim Isted hosted the UK's only independent Mac Developer Conference called NSConference. The conference was designed for Mac Developers who want to spend 2 days together geeking out while being educated by some of the world's top Mac Developers. Many people have requested that videos of the conference be made available so here they are. (Well some of them anyway). Prices range from $24.99 to $149.99

WWDC 09 Keynote Special

Scotty — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:27:53 +0000

An MDN Show WWDC 09 keynote special in conjunction with the guys from Core Intuition and cocoaFusion

The MDN Show Episode 1

Scotty — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:48:19 +0000

Its here at last episode 1 of the long awaited MDN Show. On this show we have a Mac Developer Roundtable on surviving WWDC. We look at PyObC with Dirk Stoop, David House reviews Code Collector Pro from MCubed Software all interspersed with our software picks, Mac news and plenty of our opinions and views. So Sit Back,Relax and Enjoy!

Accessibility Tools of the Trade

Scotty — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:37:43 +0000

So you want to make your application accessible, but constantly turning on Voiceover and checking through your application to see if it is set up right is getting annoying. What you really need are some tools to help you look at and check your application’s accessibility and tell you where you are going wrong. Apple provides two such tools and in this instalment of his Accessible Mac Martin Pilkington gives a brief overview of them both.

All Late Night Cocoa Podcast Episodes Are Now Free

Scotty — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:11:38 +0000

As part of the changes being made here at MDN all of the episodes of the Late Night Cocoa Podcast that were previously PREMIUM CONTENT are now FREE. They can be downloaded from the individual show page. Each promo episode has been replaced on the Free and Promo feed with the full episode.

All Mac Software Business Podcast Episodes Are Now Free

Scotty — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:09:15 +0000

As part of the changes being made here at MDN all of the episodes of the Mac Software Business Podcast that were previously PREMIUM CONTENT are now FREE.

Atlanta Cocoaheads Videos now online

Scotty — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:29:18 +0000

The Atlanta chapter of CocoaHeads has begun recording its lectures, beginning with a lecture on the text system by Aaron Hillegass of the Big Nerd Ranch. The video can be found at http://vimeo.com/4793853 or viewed in this post