Just finished “Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike” and it’s great: well written and refreshingly honest. Even if you’re not into business books, I believe this one is worth your time. Bill Gates could not have said it better in his book review: “Shoe Dog, Phil Knight’s memoir about creating Nike, is a […]
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Blogging about developing an app: Denarius
Roughly two years ago I started blogging about the challenges of developing a new Mac app. I decided to do so after reading Brent Simmons great series on Vesper development. I thought it was a great way to 1. structure my thoughts and 2. help the community. It’s been one of the most fun times I’ve […]
App Store Businees Models
Great article on making a living out of the App Store from David Smith. Recommended read. Marc
Surviving in the App Store
Great article on the challenges of a small company in the App Store. Must read: http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/2/11140928/app-store-economy-apple-android-pixite-bankruptcy Marc
3 Steps to fetch in Core Data (Swift)
1. Get the managed context: let managedObjectContext = (NSApplication.sharedApplication().delegate as! AppDelegate).managedObjectContext! //Change AppDelegate for the name of the class of your Application Delegate 2. Set a variable to store the data: var contentsOfTransactionFetchRequest = [] 3. Fetch the data you need let fetchRequest = NSFetchRequest(entityName: “Whatever”) […]
Stick with it – Dan Counsell
I was going through the web when I found a great article from Dan Counsell called “Stick with it”. Recommended read. Actually I’ve subscribed to the entire series. Here’s a quote: […]Many people fail because they lose interest after a few months, they flit around and get bored when their project or business is not […]