Archive for March, 2008

Blogs of OpenCoffee People wot I barely know.

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

As proof you can work in the same building as someone and for the same company and yet not know them or their blog, I present Gareth and Conor. Hunky Doray ~/home/conor/ramblings I know them both via OpenCoffee Belfast as it happens.

A light went on somewhere…

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

After each section of the name, there is a colon, which is actually considered part of the name itself and then a parameter. The type of the parameter is given in parentheses, followed by the parameter name. After reading this short section, seriously I felt a light switch on in my ...

XCode is hurting my patience

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

So how am I meant to deal with the light blue blobs. I can't 'edit' that text in any sensible fashion when what I really want to do is remove the space just after the * character. I end up just typing the whole thing which removes the point of ...

Apple makes it clear…

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

For the hard of thinking.... According to iLounge, Apple today sent out a mass e-mail with helpful development links and a more detailed message regarding their status. “We have many more requests than we can serve during this initial beta period,” explains the follow-up e-mail, “so we must limit the Program at ...

so who applied?

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Yep, rejected here too. It’s cool, I didn’t know what I wanted to build yet anyway. From here Why would anyone apply who didn't have an idea of what they wanted to do?

Webcomics - how about you format for screen?

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

The format of webcomics is still the same as paper comics. Makes reading them a pain on handheld devices. PeeJ? Do something about it , willya? You're bound to know these guys...

Re: iPhone Developer Access

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

I love being right. :) Like I was here Apple says (emphasis mine) Dear Registered iPhone Developer, Thank you for expressing interest in the iPhone Developer Program. We have received your enrollment request. As this time, the iPhone Developer Program is available to a limited number of developers and we plan to expand during ...

Been denied iPhone developer access?

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Chill the fuck out According to TUAW, there are thousands of angry developers (online, select, premier, solo, corporate) who have been denied early access to Firmware 2.0 and the App Store and, more importantly, ability to load apps onto the iPhone. Is anyone really surprised? Only yesterday, Macrumors reported that someone had hacked ...

more on co-working

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Back in 2006 I seriously investigated the possibility of setting up a co-working facility in Belfast. At the time I was pretty much asset-free :) I had a working, profitable business but not enough capital to undertake something of this magnitude. We were looking at a 3 storey building within ...

co-working

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

OpenCoffee Belfast It's kinda refreshing to see more than just me being interested in new ways of working. David is working on a CoWorking business plan, Andy spends his days camping out in a coffee shop. Belfast needs co-working facilities. Like, tomorrow. (and yeah, we showed off some iPhone game stuff which the guys ...