Written by 
WWDC is right around the corner! This post isn’t intended to be a prediction, as much as what I hope unfolds. As Betrand Serlet, a former Apple engineer discussed in this 90 second video clip, Apple often ships features iteratively. Projects start off private, only to be used internally, often times for a year or […]
Can I use clay to shampoo my hair? Joneen says…I have a question about rhassoul clay. I’ve heard great things about using it as a shampoo. My concern, though, is mineral buildup. This is one of the results of hard water that has a negative impact on hair, and something I am currently experiencing and […]
Do anti-aging patches really work? Julia asks…Can micro needle patches really work to deliver anti-aging ingredients like hyaluronic acid? Coincidentally I just read a study about a new technology for lightening age spots that involves, get this, Dissolving Micro Needles. This research was published by a Korean team in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology and here’s […]
Ignores commenting on another static vs. dynamic dispatch article because people won’t accept Swift is a hybrid not plain static. — Joe Fabisevich 🐶🐳™ (@mergesort) May 24, 2016 Guess that didn’t last long. There’s a conversation happening in the iOS community at the moment, static vs. dynamic programming. On one side we have many people […]
Should we be worried about aluminum in deodorants? Erin asks…Should we be worried about aluminum in deodorants? First of all don’t get confused between anti-perspirant and deodorants. Anti-perspirants contain aluminum salts that help plug your pores so you don’t sweat as much. Deodorants do not contain aluminum and they don’t stop you from sweating. They […]
At the original iPhone announcement, we saw Steve Jobs on stage with Google’s then CEO Eric Schmidt, showing off Google’s amazing Maps. Built for the iPhone, it was something we’d never seen before. Apple’s incredible phone and revolutionary software combined with Google’s terrific web services and data coming together for one amazing product. With regards […]
We have some entertaining news to share with you today. We have recently registered with the SEC and are now considered Registered Investment Advisors. Did we do this so that we can have cooler business cards? No. Did we do this because our back office was lacking in purpose? Heck no. We had to, per […]
Last weekend, thousands of Instagrammers from all over the world got together forWorldwide InstaMeet 11, one of Instagram’s community-organized, real-world meetups.#WWIM11 was our largest and most geographically diverse InstaMeet ever — thousands of Instagrammers from Muscat to Bushwick shared over 100k photos. With over 300 million people around the world using Instagram every month, 65% […]
I was enlightened by a friend. It seems I am always “the history guy” and my friend said I cant live without this. It’s TRUE.What got me into history, was sitting on my granddad’s knee, and having him tell me accounts of his dad that fought in WWI for the RFA, and his time in […]
Just use NSDate, right? The obvious choice for handling dates in iOS and OS X apps is NSDate. It’s obvious, right? It’s got “date” right in its name, doesn’t it? And that’s the thing about NSDate. It’s mis-named. It almost says so right in the docs: NSDate objects encapsulate a single point in time, independent […]