03/8 2011

Using ANT to Compile a Flex Mobile Project for iOS

It’s 3am. You have a sexy Flex mobile project that takes full advantage of the Hero SDK and its Spark mobile components. You’re dying to deploy to iPhone and iPad but unfortunately, you either have to build your app using Adobe’s iPhone packager via theREAD MORE

Posted in Apple, General, OSX
07/6 2010

PHP Documentation Tips

Recently had to run PhpDocumentor on a project only to be faced with broken documentation after bringing all class files into compliance with proper comments. At first I thought I was missing a config flag for the command-line but, it turns out that the PhpDocumentor-1.4.3 ZIPREAD MORE

Posted in Adobe, AIR, Apple, Flash, Flex, iPhone, OSX
06/13 2010

Running Android on an iPhone 3G

Ran across this video from the iDroid team @ linuxoniphone.blogspot.com that demonstrates an iPhone 3G dual-booting iOS and Android. The demo covers several typical usage scenarios like web browsing, music playback, SMS and making phone calls. Looks stable enough for me to turn my 3Gs intoREAD MORE

Posted in Apple, General, OSX
05/27 2010

Upgrading Memory on a Macbook Pro 15-inch 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7

This happens to be pretty straight-forward even though Apple recommends you let an Apple Certified Technician (ACT) perform the upgrade. If you happen to do it yourself, you’ll need the following:

  1. an 8GB memory upgrade kit
  2. Official D-I-Y Instructions
  3. Open work area
  4. Screwdriver (the Husky HD-74501 works perfectly)

With all theREAD MORE

05/6 2010

Apple vs. Adobe – Hero’s Perspective

After reading Steve Job’s dismissive stance on Adobe’s Flash technology, I felt compelled to add my two cents on the subject by penning my own letter to Steve.

Dear Steve,

After reviewing your recent comments regarding Flash and the recent amendments to the Apple Developer TOS,READ MORE

Posted in Apple, General, OSX
03/22 2010

Cannot load 32-bit SWT libraries on 64-bit JVM

If you get this error running Flash Builder or Eclipse on OSX Snow Leopard, it’s because there’s a mismatch between the libraries bundled with the plugin involved and the JVM of the OS. To fix, do one of the following:

1. For Eclipse, go to EclipseREAD MORE

Posted in Apple, General, OSX
03/21 2010

Squeeze the Most Out of Your Mac with Automator Workflows

One of the cool things I enjoy about developing on a Mac is the amount of usefulness I can eek out of my machine. And, with Automator, I can do just that. The name alone indicates its purpose so all one has to do isREAD MORE

Posted in Adobe, Apple, Flex, General, OSX
03/1 2010

Upgrading Flash Builder

Whether you’re upgrading because you’re using BETA versions that change rather frequently or upgrading to the next major release, you don’t want to lose all your hard work invested in configuring your setup. Here’s how I handle it and hopefully it’s useful to you. IfREAD MORE

Posted in Apple, OSX
01/17 2010

GitX Tweaks: Commit View

So, after thinking about my most recent updates, I decided I wanted to change the way that the commit view looks but just slightly. This is my 1st pass on some things I’d like to have available via the toolbar.

Would also like to tweak theREAD MORE

Posted in Apple, General, OSX, OSX Server
12/4 2009

GitX: A git GUI for OSX

GitX is a git GUI made for OSX. It was created by Pieter de Bie and is a really solid tool for working with git on OSX. I’ve been using it for about 9 months now. I liked it so much when I first began using itREAD MORE

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