A Good Talk Show: Episode 1
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Alex Arena was kind enough to have me on the first episode of A Good Talk Show.
We mainly talked about Nothing Magical, Cheddar, and all of the stuff it takes to run a company. Give it a listen if you get a minute.
Testing Retina Graphics with ResolutionTab
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There is a great app called ResolutionTab on the Mac App Store that lets you toggle Retina graphics. Makes it great for testing if you don't have access to one of the new amazing Retina MacBook Pros. Highly recommend.
Developer ID, Mountain Lion, and the Keychain
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Recently, I released a Cheddar for Mac beta. Since it's a beta I'm distributing on the Cheddar website, I'm signing it with Developer ID. Basically, if you're running Mountain Lion with the default settings and try to open an app that isn't signed with Developer ID or downloaded from the Mac App Store, it won't let you open it.
I'm all for Developer ID. I'm really glad Apple spent the time to make it. There is one problem though. If you are using Mountain Lion, it's totally broken. You can't reliably use the Keychain if you build with Mountain Lion. Writes work alright, but every read gives a –25293 ("Authorization/Authentication failed.").
I have read lots on this topic in the two days I spent trying to solve this. Most of them said use 10.7 or 10.8.1. Since I was already on 10.8, I tried 10.8.1, but it don't work for me. I tried the release of Xcode and the latest developer preview. Both didn't work on 10.8 and 10.8.1. Finally, I resorted to installing 10.7 on an external hard drive and booting from that, and that worked!
The East Wing
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Tim Smith was gracious enough to have me on The East Wing. We talked about App.net silliness, Cheddar, and bunch of other stuff. It was a really good time.
App.net is Dreaming Small
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If you haven't heard, there is this new social network called App.net. I don't like it. Here's why.
The name is terrible. "App" feels so technical. "App.net" is even worse. Now I'm thinking of Microsoft or that they couldn't get the domain they really wanted. I think naming it something that only appeals to such a small crowd is very short-sighted. Right off the bat, I have little faith in them just by the name.
Granted Cheddar isn't the best name for my product. It's not technical, but who doesn't like cheese.