When you attach a link to share on Facebook, you’re typically presented with up to nine thumbnails pulled from img tags on that site. In many cases, one of these thumbnails will work fine, but sometimes the images aren’t ideal or the site owner wants a specific image to show up. Fortunately, there’s a simple tag you can add to solve this problem. Setting An Image For Facebook Link Sharing continued »
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Why I Am Not Getting A 27″ iMac (Yet)
Published on November 19th, 2009
The new quad-core 27″ iMac certainly sounds (and looks) amazing. I’ve been debating heavily whether I should get one because I am doing a lot more with photos and realizing how inaccurate my current laptop’s screen and my desktop’s two 19″ screens are. I use a 24″ iMac at work, and it’s definitely a good machine, so I was pretty excited reading about the 27″ version.
Unfortunately, I found out a few issues that have convinced me to hold off. The biggest issue is that Apple seems to cover their products in a ridiculous gloss coating. It looks great until you realize your monitor is behaving more like a mirror than like a screen. I had that issue with my previous laptop, feeling excited about how amazing the screen looked until I tried using it with a decent amount of natural light. Clearly, many of the expected users are going to be photographers, videographers, graphic designers, and others who need excellent color quality and thus prefer natural light. I see this problem on the 24″ iMac I use at work, and reviews suggest it is even worse on the 27″ version. This reason alone makes me hesitate. Why I Am Not Getting A 27″ iMac (Yet) continued »
Using The Delicious API With Yahoo Accounts
Published on October 27th, 2009
On October 19th, Delicious announced that they began support of Yahoo IDs. Unfortunately, that blog post did not mention how this affects using the Delicious API. At the time of writing this, there is no mention at all in the Delicious API docs either. Using The Delicious API With Yahoo Accounts continued »
The CBS News iPhone App
Published on October 20th, 2009
At the end of last week, the iPhone application I have been working on was released. It’s the free CBS News application for the iPhone (iTunes link), and it’s the best type of application from a developer standpoint: an application to be proud of. I developed the code that processes the APIs we ingest, and I also created the web views that display the data. Fortunately, that means I didn’t have to create the Objective-C that ties it all together (not that there’s anything wrong with Objective-C). The CBS News iPhone App continued »
Mobile Phones And Customer Loyalty
Published on October 3rd, 2009
I have an existing two-year contract with ATT that expires in roughly seven months. The phone that I have is an LG Shine, which is a great phone (assuming all you want to do with a phone is make phone calls) and was inexpensive. Since I develop applications for various smart phones, I thought it’d be a good idea to get one, with my default choice being an iPhone 3GS. I checked the ATT site to find that the 16GB version of the iPhone would be $200 for a new customer. And for me, a customer who has been with ATT since… well, I guess not that long. I used to be a Cingular customer since 2003 (and was with Sprint before that). Anyway, for me the iPhone is $400. Mobile Phones And Customer Loyalty continued »