Some SSToolkit Additions
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Over the weekend, I messed around and added some stuff to SSToolkit. The most useable thing I added was a simple badge view and cell that wraps it for shows simple badges like Mail.app in iOS. Here's a screenshot:
Hopefully someone will find that useful. I also switched to LLVM 1.6 and increased the warning level to be more strict. Lately I've been a big fan of stricter warnings. I feel like I'm writing better code when it makes me check types, etc.
Shapes App
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My friend, @iTod, just released a great application called Shapes.
It's a really great tool for sketching quick stuff. I've really been enjoying it lately. For me, it's great for drawing quick ideas.
Miracles Happen
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So I know we all joked that Duke Nukem Forever and Tweetie 2 would never come out.
It's pretty nuts that you can download Tweetie 2 (now called Twitter for Mac) and pre-order Duke Nukem Forever. I almost don't believe it myself.
I’m Moving to San Francisco
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I've been looking for a real job for awhile now. After going back to freelancing again, I decided I really hate freelancing. Dealing with clients, lining up work, handling money, contracts, etc. All of that stuff sucks. I just want to write code and make cool stuff. Dealing with all of that junk is not fun.
I have flown out to San Francisco for a few interviews and done tons of phone interviews as well. I had a pretty sweet interview at Apple for the iChat engineering team (even though I didn't get the job). Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive walked right by me while I was eating lunch at Cafe Macs (which is awesome by the way). It was epic.
I accepted an iOS engineering position at Scribd.
Why Crazy Column Designs Are Bad
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So maybe you've seen #newtwitter, this post on TechCrunch about Facebook with columns, or Twitter for iPad. They all have crazy column layouts. Twitter for iPad is super impressive. I have mad respect for them. The way the columns stack and scroll is really, really impressive.
Anyway, crazy multi-columns layouts are bad. Think of the average user.
If you think about it, the average person that uses Facebook is significantly less technical than anyone who reads my blog. They are the kind of people that freak out when Facebook changes their design and have to re-learn how to do their crap. This is who I'm talking about. It helps to picture the average user as my mom.