Jonathan Saggau's Blog

I'm giving two talks this time! One on using open source UI that closely resembles those of Apple's private API and another on Augmented Reality with Jonathan Blocksom. This will make it three in a row for me speaking at this conference and it's gonna be awesome again. Clear your calendar for April 11-14 and head on over to 360idev.com and register.

o There are fewer than 20 early (Cheap) tickets left for 360|iDev. Register now, save $100 and get the same awesome content for a little less coin. Act fast, these last tickets won't last. When they're gone, the regular price of $599 kicks in.

o We've got some awesome keynoters lined up (Mike Lee and David Whatley to name two), they'll be worth the price of admission alone!

o Don't miss sessions from community leaders like Marcus Zarra, Brent Simmons, Joe Pezzillo, and Henry Balanon to name a few. You're not going to find this many awesome speakers under one roof anywhere!

o Don't miss the parties! Get your room at the Marriott San Jose (bit.ly/360idevhotel) before they're gone! The parties WILL be there after we leave Ebay!

o Check out the Schedule, subscribe in iCal to stay up to date!! http://360idev.com/schedule

Posted by jonmarimba at 04:35 PM | Permalink

I have never walked into a book store and been able to pick up a book with my name on it. Pretty soon, though... There is lots of awesomeness in this book and 1/12 of it is from me.

Posted by jonmarimba at 06:55 PM | Permalink

Thanks to all who attended my talk at 360idev. I think it went rather well and I am grateful to all who attended; the audience makes the talk. Here are the slides and the sample code as promised. Please read the readme file.

I'll also take some time on the plane home tomorrow night to make versions of this sample code without blocks for those who like to kick it old school. I'll post those here as soon as I can.

UPDATE: I've changed the last example to remove the blocks requirement for those who wish to avoid them. Same download location here as before.

Note: Be aware that the slides are on a pretty slow internet connection.

Posted by jonmarimba at 12:20 AM | Permalink | TrackBacks (0)

I am speaking at 360iDev again! Last time in San Diego was a blast. These guys are really good at putting on a conference where everybody talks to everybody else. It's all about the after parties, man. Rock Band, which I'm terrible at despite (because of?) music degrees, is great for bringing peeps together.

I'll be talking about making your iPhone application seem fast even when it's maybe kind of not so fast under the covers. But wait, there's more (Ron Popeil is my hero). Besides the expected boatload of awesome speakers and lots of iPhone nerds being in attendance at the actual conference, Mobile Orchard and Noel Llopis are doing a 2 day OpenGL ES class just before the conference. If you're not going to C4 (two conferences back - to back!) like I am, you should totally get the combo discount and go to the class and then the conference. Register here. The price goes up by a hundred clams tomorrow night!

Posted by jonmarimba at 02:33 PM | Permalink

If you have to make a certificate request for a new client or "Team," avoid making your name the same as your current certificate. If you have more than one "iPhone Developer: Jonathan Saggau" on your keychain, Xcode doesn't know which to use for code signing. I used to swap certs in the keychain when switching between clients, but that proved confusing. Better to use "Jonathan Saggau (BigCO inc)" or some such when making your cert request. What you'll see when you do that is a pseudo-random string appendage to your name that allows certificates from different companies or "Teams" to coexist. While I'm not sure if this is just a change on Apple's part (maybe they always add the pseudo-random string now; I dunno) or if the (BigCO inc) string brings the magic. What I do know is that I no longer have to rejigger my keychain every time I want to build an app for client X after working on the app for client Y.

Posted by jonmarimba at 07:29 PM | Permalink

This reminds me of my favorite final exam question from University. Paraphrased: Trace the calcium in your teeth from the big bang to the end of the universe. I took some cool classes.

Posted by jonmarimba at 04:17 PM | Permalink

Daniel Lyons appears to have resurrected fake Steve. Perhaps it's the new liver, maybe it's the new book. Either way... He's back, bitches.

Posted by jonmarimba at 12:07 PM | Permalink