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.
Founders Talk - Part 2
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Adam Stacoviak was kind enough to have me on Founders Talk again!
We talked a lot about Cheddar, running a business, and some other recently exciting things.
Give it a listen. Also be sure to listen to part 1 first if you haven't heard it.
One Thousand Dollars an Hour
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Update: I've since adjusted my rate to $300/hr since I wanted to start taking clients. This crazy was designed to prevent getting work unless it was going to pay super well while I focused on other things.
Recently, I updated my hire page with my new rate: $1000/hr. Lots of people on Twitter have been going on and on about how this is ridiculous or how awesome they think this is.
If you think it's too high, don't hire me. Simple as that.