June 2009
6 posts
iPhone Survival Guide
I’m a first generation iPhone veteran and iPhone developer, and these are my hard-earned tips for you new 3GS users.
Keyboard Tips
Moving the cursor: hold your finger then drag the cursor to move it. You’ll get a magnifying glass effect so you can see it more clearly
Copy and paste: hold the cursor similar to the above, then release it. A pop up menu will display copy and...
Introduction to Git Part 2: Branches
This is the second part of Ric’s Introduction to Git series. Last time, he covered the basics; this time he’ll explain how to use branches and tags. This article was originally published on Ric’s Blog.
Branches
How Branches Work
In git everything is treated like a branch, so they’re quick and easy to create and manage. Branching doesn’t involve copying the files into a new...
Introduction to Git
This article is by Quite Useful contributor Ric Roberts.
I’ve been using the version control system, git (along with GitHub) for a couple of months now, for my open source projects: grrid.js and Taskit. At Swirrl, we recently decided to take the plunge to start using git for our main code repository.
With this series of blog posts, I hope to ease the transition from subversion (or sourcesafe,...
Review: MinuteBase
MinuteBase is a web application designed for planning meetings and writing up minutes. It helps focus meetings with an agenda, and provides lots of ways of collecting notes and other related information.
Each meeting can have several attendees, and they can be added as users to your MinuteBase account. This makes MinuteBase a good tool for communicating agendas before meetings to help keep...
Review: Ringer
Ringer is a small Mac app made by Pixel Research Labs that helps you create ring tones for iPhones. It’ll read any unprotected audio or video file.
It automatically adds a quick fade in and out, so tracks will sound right without much effort. You can change the length of the snippet you want, and add a gap between rings. Ringer automatically detects the volume too, so quiet or loud...
Review: Figure Out When
Figureoutwhen.com is a tiny service for organising dates. It works like this:
Enter a title for an event
Click the dates you’re not available
Send the link to friends you want to invite
They click the dates when they aren’t available
Everyone can see when they’re not free, thus allowing you to figure out when to schedule an event.
It’s an incredibly simple tool,...