Posts Tagged: iphone

Nerdyness / Programming — No Comments
27
Jan 10

It’s A Good Day To Be A Software Developer

I was just reading this article posted on CNET news Apple’s tablet: It’s all about developers and thought to myself, it’s a great day to be a software developer.  This quote from the article got me exceptionally excited.

“Never have developers mattered more. As Apple readies its tablet announcement party for later Wednesday morning, the big question remaining is whether developers will join, or whether they’ll join Google’s Android and Chrome initiatives.”

With the release of all of these new devices, developers have just gotten much more marketable.  It’s amazing how our worth skyrockets with every new Apple, Google, or Microsoft event.  Never before have software developers had so many opportunities to be successful.

There are now over 100K applications in the iTunes App Store with over half of them being paid.  That means, Apple is making money for upwards of 50,000 software developers!

I for one, love being a software developer and am very excited for what the future holds for us.

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11
Nov 09

iPhone In Action Book – Free Chapter Downloads

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iPhone In Action 2nd Edition

Manning Publishing has started their MEAP (Manning Early Access Program) for the book I am working on.  What this means for you is FREE DOWNLOADS.  There is currently only one chapter available, but there will be more as the book progresses.

The chapter currently available is about audio recording and playback.  It goes into detail about the AVAudio frameworks as well as the MPMediaPlayer.

So be sure to check it out and feedback on the chapter is GREATLY appreciated.

Link to MEAP

Nerdyness / Twitter — 16 Comments
15
Oct 09

Tutorial – Tweetpress Integration With Tweetie

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Tweetpress now supports the hugely popular iPhone Twitter client Tweetie.  Here are the steps to set up TweetPress and Tweetie.

Configure TweetPress

  1. Set you blog permissions.  As of version 2.0.2, Tweetpress requires that your wp-content directory is 777 during install. This is because Tweetpress needs to make a folder to store your images in.  Once this folder is made, you can set the wp-content permissions back to 755.  Just make sure the Tweetpress directory remains 777 (as well as the sub directory). If you change it back, Tweetpress might yell at you but it will still work as long as wp-content/tweetpress is writable (777).  I hope to change this in the future.
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  2. Download and install the TweetPress plugin on your WordPress site.
  3. Configure TweetPress.  In your WordPress admin, navigate to Settings -> Tweetpress.
    1. Select a page from the drop down for your gallery to appear on.  If you don’t select a page, Tweetpress will try to use your homepage. You may want to create a separate “Gallery” page for the plugin to go on. Note, the “Posting Requires a WordPress account” checkbox is not applicable for Tweetie.
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    2. Add your Twitter username
    3. Add your Twitter password
    4. Click “Save Twitter settings”
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Configure Tweetie

  1. Open your Tweetie settings
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  2. Tap Image Service
  3. Tap Custom…
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  4. In the Image Service API Endpoint type in the URL to the homepage of your blog.  Note, this is NOT your gallery page.  Also, and this is REALLY IMPORTANT.  If WordPress is installed in a sub-directory (ie http://brandontreb.com/blog), you need to include the /index.php at the end.  This is a weird WordPress issue.  So, as an example, if wordpress is installed at http://brandontreb.com/blog, I would want to enter http://brandontreb.com/blog/index.php.
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  5. Tap Save
  6. Upload photos as usual and forget about Twitpic!

Troubleshooting

1. The most common issues are related to file permissions.  If you are having a problem, check to make sure that the tweetpress directory has been created inside your wp-content folder.  If not, try manually creating a folder named tweetpress inside of wp-content. Set its file permissions to 777.  Then, create a folder inside of the tweetpress folder. Name it thumbs. Make sure its file permissions are set to 777.

2. Another problem could be that WordPress is having trouble with the upload.  Try adding /index.php to your web address in the Tweetie custom image settings.  Again, this is very important if WordPress is installed in a directory that is not the root.

3. Uninstall and reinstall.  Sounds dumb, but this is always a good step when troubleshooting plugin issues.

4. Make sure you are up-to-date on your Tweetpress and WordPress installations.

So, one thing I want to mention.  WordPress is a very large application with many different configuration options.  I have tried to cover all types of installations with TweetPress. If Tweetpress is not working for you, don’t bug Loren, send me an email at brandontreb [at] gmail [dot] com.  Include the following information:

  • If WP is installed in the root directory or a sub-directory
  • The URL rewrite settings your are using (if any). this is also known as your permalink structure.
  • The location of your blog and gallery page (so I can check it out)
  • Any other info you think might be helpful

You can also ping me on Twitter.

Thanks for checking out Tweetpress and please send me all of your suggestions for features.  While I won’t get to all of them, I will certainly add the one’s that are most requested.  So feel free to send me any and all suggestions.

Nerdyness — 3 Comments
6
Oct 09

TweetPress Now Supported By Twittelator Pro

For many of you this is old new. But since it’s latest release, Twittelator Pro has supported TweetPress as one of the options for Photo Posting. Here are the steps to configure Twittelator Pro:

  1. First, make sure you have TweetPress installed on your WordPress blog by following the installation instructions here
  2. Tap the Settings tab
  3. Select WordPress from the dropdown under Choose Photo Service
  4. Tap Other Services (you should see the WordPress logo) and then tap Tweetpress for iPhone
  5. Enter in your WordPress credentials
    1. Site Link: The URL of the hompage of your wordpress blog
    2. Username – your wordpress username
    3. Password – your wordpress password

  6. Tap Done

You should now be good to go. Any time you choose to post a photo to your Twitter stream, it will use your TweetPress plugin on your WordPress blog. Please let me know if you encounter any issues or have suggestions for Tweetpress.

I have been in contact with developers of other popular Twitter clients and hope to get Tweetpress integrated in them soon.

Nerdyness — No Comments
25
Mar 09

WordPress For iPhone Gets A Much Needed Update

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A few days ago, the popular blogging tool WordPress released a much needed update to their iPhone application. The main features included in the update were:

  • Landscape mode for writing posts – This is a huge one.  It was a total pain in the butt writing blog posts with the vertical keyboard
  • Page Editing/Creation – Meh… How often do you do this?
  • Comment Moderation – Very excited about this feature.  I love being able to check out comments quickly without loading my entire blog.
  • Photo resizing – Very cool option. Makes photo uploads go much quicker.

If you have both an iPhone AND a WordPress blog (your own host or WordPress.com), I would highly suggest downloading the WordPress iPhone app for blogging on the go.

Hopefully, having the landscape keyboard mode will motivate me to blog more often.

Click here to download the WordPress application for the iPhone

Code / Nerdyness — 2 Comments
19
Mar 09

Part 3 of iPhone Game Programming Tutorial Posted On iCodeBlog

It’s been a while, but I finally posted part 3 of the iPhone Game Programming tutorial series on iCodeblog.com.  The focus of this tutorial was to create a splash page for your game that fades into your game’s main view.

I chose to create this tutorial after seeing many games that just jump right in to the main game play.  A splash page makes the game feel more “professional” as well as gives the developer a chance to brand the app by displaying a company logo or something to that extent.

Hopefully, I will be able to get part 4 up in a timely fashion to teach developers how to incorporate sounds into their games.

So, go ahead and check out part 3 of the iPhone Game Programming Tutorial Series.

Nerdyness — 4 Comments
23
Feb 09

Buzzword Is Now In The App Store

Well, after anxiously waiting for the past 6 days (feels like forever) I have finally gotten that magical email from Apple stating that my “application is ready for sale”.  The application of course referring to a game I created called Buzzword.

Buzzword is essentially a clone of the popular party game CatchPhrase ported on to the iPhone. Click Here for all the details on Buzzword.

I am asking a huge favor to anyone that wants to participate.  I will give you a free copy of Buzzword (wow saves you a whole buck) if you would kindly write a review of it on your blog or website.  If you are interested, either post a comment in this post, contact me, or hit me up on Twitter.

Click on the image below to download Buzzword now.

Download Buzzword In The App Store

Nerdyness — 6 Comments
18
Feb 09

New iPhone Game Programming Tutorial Post On iCodeBlog

Well, it had taken me a while to slot in the time, but I finally finished part 2 of the iPhone Game Programming series iTennis on iCodeBlog.com . The game is shaping up to be pretty cool and I am really enjoying teaching about game programming.  

I think that game programming is perfect for teaching people how to program a certain language.  This is because games generally encompasses many aspects of programming (interface, logic, math, animation, AI, etc…).  The only problem is, they take forever to code/teach.  Here are the links for the iPhone Game Programming Tutorials Series:

Be sure to check them out. Let me know what you think. Also, hit me up if you have tutorial suggestions.