'MacVoices' looks at at new books by Jeff Carlson
Posted by Dennis SellersOn the new MacVoices, author Jeff Carlson talks about his two latest books, Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide and Photoshop Elements 8 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide, as well as his upcoming book, Canon PowerShot G10 / G11: From Snapshots to Great Shots, all from Peachpit....
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'MacVoices' looks at Canon PowerShot G10/G11
Posted by Dennis SellersOn the new MacVoices, Jeff Carlson discusses his new book, “Canon PowerShot G10/G11: From Snapshots to Great Shots.”
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MacNotables #949: Ted Landau Once Again Takes Control of the iPhone
The wait is over. iPhone expert Ted Landau has finished revising his Take Control of iPhone OS 3, and talks about why the new title reflects both a narrowing and a broadening of his take on the iPhone, and why he isn't always in favor of book title changes. Ted's book is designed for the “one step beyond the basic user,” but will also benefit the new iPhone owner as well. Coming from Ted, you would expect troubleshooting information, and you would be right. Ted delivers some advice for new iPhone owners on syncing, networking and MobileMe that will benefit even third-generation iPhone owners. Why you might not want to use automatic sync, common issues that crop up and what to do with them, why the iPhone's lack of Flash support doesn't matter, and more are all part of the discussion. Links: Chuck Joiner on Twitter The MacVoices Group Subscribe to MacNotables in iTunes MacLevelTen, The Mac Media Group Ted Landau on Twitter Take Control Books Take Control of iPhone OS 3 Take Control of Your iPhone Apps by Jeff Carlson MacVoices #9117: Jeff Carlson Takes Control of Your iPhone Apps
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'MacVoices' looks at taking control of your iPhone apps
Posted by Dennis SellersOn the new MacVoices, Jeff Carlson, author of Take Control book: Take Control of Your iPhone Apps explains why there's a need for a detailed examination of the apps that come built in to the iPhone, and how you can benefit from getting to know them better.
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MacNotables #1021: Adam and Tonya Engst Explain eBook Formats, Outline Safari 5 Features and Ask For Help with a Family Dispute
Adam and Tonya Engst of TidBITS and Take Control Books are the perfect couple to help make sense of the pros and cons of the various ebook formats. The Mac Power Couple first give us an update on their Take Control books, how they are available, the best way to read them, and what some of the plans are for the future. The differences between PDF and ePub formats for ebooks are subtle, but both distinct and important; Adam and Tonya explain those differences, and which is best for what type of books. Adam delivers a summary of the new features of Safari 5 along with his thoughts on each, and then we ask MacNotables listeners to help settle an Engst family dispute over new hardware. Be sure to listen and vote your conscience. MacNotables is sponsored by SmileOnMyMac. Links: Chuck Joiner on Twitter The MacVoices Group Subscribe to MacNotables in iTunes Tonya Engst on Twitter Adam Engst on Twitter TidBITS Take Control books Take Control of iPad Basics by Tonya Engst Take Control of Media on Your iPad by Jeff Carlson Take Control of Working with Your iPad by Joe Kissell Take Control of iPad Networking & Security by Glenn Fleishman Reading Take Control Ebooks on an iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch) by Tonya Engst Take Control of Mail on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch by Joe Kissell GoodReader Lite for iPhone in the iTunes Store GoodReader for iPhone in the iTunes Store GoodReader for iPad in the iTunes Store MacVoices #1078: Yuri Selukof of Good.iWare Outlines The Long List of The Capabilities of GoodReader for iPhone and iPad Air Sharing HD app Apple Extends Safari 5 with Reader, HTML5, Performance by Adam Engst on TidBITS Readability Readable 1Password by Agile Web Solutions Fluid Prism
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'MacVoices' looks at controlling media on an iPad
Posted by Dennis SellersOn the new MacVoices, “Take Control of Media on Your iPad” author Jeff Carlson discusses what is and isn't optimal in listening to your iTunes library on your iPad, some playlist tricks that are far from obvious, and what he hopes to see corrected soon.
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MacNotables #1007: Adam and Tonya Engst and Andy Ihnatko Examine the iPad In Depth
In the second of a two-part discussion with Adam Engst, Tonya Engst and Andy Ihnatko, the panel cover how the Kindle has helped the publishing industry, and why the iPad may represent an opportunity to fix the mistakes of the past. The compelling price points of the iPad, to 3G or not to 3G, how the AT&T connectivity plan stacks up against the MiFi, and who the iPad is appropriate for are all put under the microscope. The panel also discusses their Macworld 2010 sessions and activities. Find out who will be wearing the purple sneakers in San Francisco. Adam Engst Tonya Engst Andy Ihnatko Chuck Joiner MacNotables #1006: Adam and Tonya Engst and Andy Ihnatko Review the Amazon/Macmillan Skirmish and Discuss the iPad (Part 1) MacNotables is sponsored by SmileOnMyMac. Links: Chuck Joiner on Twitter The MacVoices Group Subscribe to MacNotables in iTunes MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group Tonya Engst on Twitter Adam Engst on Twitter Andy Ihnatko on Twitter TidBITS Take Control books Andy Ihnatko's column at The Chicago Sun-Times DropBox He Wants To Kill Your Newspaper: An Interview With Webcomics Magnate Scott Kurtz – Andy Ihnatko's session at Macworld 2010 The Year with No Media – Andy Ihnatko's session at Macworld 2010 Email Client Showdown – Adam Engst's session at Macworld 2010 Photo Tour of Apple's iPad Introduction by Jeff Carlson and Glenn Fleishman on TidBITS Netter's Dinner at Macworld 2010
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'MacVoices' looks at the 'Snow Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide'
Posted by Dennis SellersOn the new MacVoices, Maria Langer, author of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide, talks about how her book differs from other choices out there, and how her approach to writing and editing contribute to that difference.
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'MacVoices' looking at recording with GarageBand
Posted by Dennis SellersOn the new MacVoices, Jeff Tolbert—who has updated his Take Control companion books, Take Control of Recording with GarageBand '09 and Take Control of Making Music with GarageBand '09—talks about the books and their subjects.
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43 iPhone Development Resources
Programming for the iPhone is still pretty new. It might be a bit tougher to find iPhone developer resources but we found a bunch that will get you through building any iPhone app you might be starting on. Check out our list of our favorite developer books, blogs, podcasts, screencasts, open-source libraries, communities, forums, conferences, training, and more! Books Beginning iPhone Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK This is the go-to book for beginning iPhone developers by Jeff Lamarche and Dave Mark. It takes you from downloading the SDK to creating your very own apps. The official page and support site: http://iphonedevbook.com/ Programming in Objective-C 2.0 This is the book to get if you're just starting out programming. It assumes you have no prior programming knowledge before picking it up. It's highly recommended for people who don't know any programming and want to learn Objective-C. Not a lot of iPhone specific stuff in this one, but a lot of this knowledge will carry over when you do want to create iPhone apps. Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X This book assumes you know a bit of C/C++ and it's a really good book for getting started with Apple's developer frameworks. There isn't a lot of iPhone specific stuff in this book but a lot of what you learn carries over into iPhone development. Pragmatic Programmers iPhone SDK Development This book is in beta still so you can only get the PDF. It was originally scheduled to be released by now, but they are updating it to include iPhone SDK 3.0. It's still worth it to get the PDF. I've went through it and it is fantastic. The book is now set to be released in September. The iPhone Developer's Cookbook: Building Applications with the iPhone SDK This book is full of code snippets that will help a lot of people with common tasks that Apple's iPhone SDK doesn't provide. There are some code blunders in this book, but luckily they've fixed the code and put it up here. They also have movies at this site that demonstrate what each mini-project does. iPhone in Action: Introduction to Web and SDK Development The iPhone in Action book covers both native and web programming in step-by-step tutorials. It's a complete primer to iPhone development. Blogs Mobile Orchard The best iPhone developer blog I've seen. It's written by Dan Grigsby and Ari Braginsky. I recommend you start with the top posts on the right sidebar and go through all the archives. Pretty much all of the articles are gold. iCodeBlog This blog has some of the best iPhone app building tutorials on the web. They have newbie tutorials as well as multi-part advanced tutorials ranging from Hello World to game development. The “ToDo List Using SQLite” tutorial series is a good start for a new developer to learn a breadth of concepts. iPhone Development Central The meat of this site is the video tutorials. The videos are separated into different levels of complexity. Good site for audio/visual learners. Dr. Touch Dr. Touch gives us a mix of specific programming solutions as well his experiences with the App Store and his sales. The recipes section of his blog have really useful code snippets to help you build your app. iPhone Development Jeff Lamarche is also the author of Beginning iPhone Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK. He keeps his blog updated constantly with cutting edge code and even a guide to surviving WWDC. Keyvisuals iPhone Development This blog isn't updated as often as some of the others, but the articles that do come out are really useful. My favorite recent one is How to Detect Network Availability. 71squared 71squared has some great iPhone game development tutorial collections. It is updated quite often and anyone interested in iPhone game development should check it out. How to Make iPhone Apps It's a fusion of iPhone app marketing and coding. Most of the site is focused on marketing your app. iPhone SDK Articles This blog isn't updated that much these days but the articles are still useful. It's 100 percent dedicated to code tutorials. 148apps.biz Jeff Scott writes about various iPhone app marketing tips and analytics. The blog is focused on the business side of iPhone apps. It's fairly new and looks very promising. iPhone developer:tips A how-to focused blog run by John Muchow. The posts are put together in nice bite-size pieces. PrEV Bill Dudney is an author/screencaster with the Pragmatic Programmers family. The books and screencasts he makes are good for beginners but a lot of the stuff on his blog address more complicated coding issues and bugs in the SDK. Podcasts/Screencasts Stanford iPhone Application Programming Course Stanford open-sourced their lecture, slides, and course material to the world. It's available for free in iTunes. Watch the presentation by Loren Brichter of Tweetie fame when you get a chance. Mobile Orchard Podcast Awesome podcast series with iPhone app developers and their successes (and struggles) running iPhone app businesses. They always have A-list guests. Pragmatic Programmer's Screencast Series If you're more of a video learner, start with the Coding in Objective-C 2.0 and Becoming Productive in Xcode screencasts. Follow that with the 5-part Writing Your First iPhone Application screencast. If you really want to get fancy with transitions and animations, check out the Creating a Compelling User Interface with Core Animation screencast. Objective-C for Rubyists Peepcode is usually known for their Ruby resources but they have a great screencast that teaches you about Objective-C. It's edited by Scott Stevenson of great Objective-C resource, CocoaDevCentral. The App Show Great conversations about everything realated to iPhone apps. The podcasts are about an hour or so long. iPhone Alley The iPhone Alley Podcast is a weekly roundtable with different iPhone app media peeps and creators. Each episode is very entertaining. Schenk Studios This site has some great video tutorials and a lot of them too. He's made 25 of them including a sneak peek at some new 3.0 features. Open-Source Libraries Joe Hewitt's Three20 Open-Source Objective-C library Three20 is a collection of iPhone UI classes, like a photo viewer, and general utilities, like an HTTP disk cache. Three20 is derived from the Facebook iPhone app, which is one of the most downloaded iPhone apps ever. Bullet Physics Engine Bullet is a free, professional 3D game multiphysics library used in some popular games in the App Store. Cocos2d Framework Cocos2d for the iPhone is a framework for building 2D games for the iPhone and iPod touch. There's a great community around this open-source engine so there's plenty of support to help you get your iPhone game out there. Matt Legend Gemmell – Cocoa Source Code Matt Gemmell has some great code out there for the community including MGTwitterEngine, the Twitter API used in iPhone apps Birdhouse and Twitteriffic. Appsamuck An open-source collection of 31 mini-iPhone app projects to get you up and running fast. Communities/Forums iPhone Dev SDK The greatest iPhone developer community on the internet. Chris Stewart's site boasts nearly 6,000 registered users. The forums are very active. You'll find yourself visiting this site at least once a day. Stack Overflow Stack Overflow is a collaboratively edited question and answer site for programmers — regardless of platform or language. Every question asked on the site will almost always get a correct answer. MacRumors Forums for iPhone Programming Great community of developers on this forum. They even include some nice guides for getting started with iPhone development. Conferences/Training Apple Worldwide Developers Conference WWDC is Apple's official developer conference. All the cutting edge programming topics are taught here. The 2009 one runs from June 8-12. WWDC is the Mac daddy of all iPhone conferences. Get it? Mac daddy? I'm here all night folks. 360|iDev 360|iDev is the premiere iPhone, iPod touch developer conference in the world. The next one will be a 4-day event and will take place September 27 to 30, 2009 in Denver, CO. They have a call for papers right now if you want to make a debut as a conference speaker. Pragmatic Studio's iPhone Development Course Here you will learn how to build iPhone applications from experienced iPhone developers Bill Dudney and Daniel Steinberg in this 4-day training course. The next one runs August 4-7, 2009 in Reston, VA. iPhoneDevCamp iPhoneDevCamp is the brainchild of Raven and Dom. The event format is “unconference” or Barcamp-style, featuring content from the participants themselves. There are satellite events held all over the country. The next one is this August. Game Developers Conference This conference is for all game developers and there's an increasing number of mobile app game developers. If you're a game developer or want to be one, this is the one game developer conference to go to. StackOverflow DevDays This is more of a general developer conference, not just iPhone developers. The beauty of this conference is that it's in multiple locations and dates and it only costs $99. Plus you get to hang out with Joel Spolsky. Other Collections Of Resources Apple's Official iPhone Dev Resources The Apple engineers give us a lot of information to get started with app development. There are a lot of resources that Apple provides including documentation, how-tos, videos, code samples, and forums. iPhone Flow This site is updated daily with the best iPhone developer links on the web. It's driven by the community submissions and all the links are top-quality here. The site is maintained by the Mobile Orchard crew. XCake iPhone Dev Resources MattJ's collection of iPhone developer resources. A lot of good stuff here including our very own Create A Drum App tutorial. The Flying Jalapeno Lives Great list of iPhone development blogs written by Corey. Those are my favorites. I'm not a human Google so I may have missed some gems. What are your favorite iPhone developer resources?
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'MacVoices' looks at Photoshop World
Posted by Dennis SellersOn the new MacVoices Jeff Gamet, who attended Photoshop World, and talks about one of the year's most important graphics and design conferences.