The Mac Developer Network Show Episode 05

The MDN Show Episode 05
Released: 25th July 2009

Welcome to the MDN Show episode 5. In the week where we both finally sort out our audio we bring you a look at how to use mailing lists as an educational tool and to get help as well as taking our normal trip to The World According to Gemmell. So sit back, relax and enjoy!

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The MDN Show

The Mac Developer Network Show (The MDN Show) is a one stop show for Mac, iPhone and iPad Software Developers. Enfolding, embracing and including some classic Mac developer podcasts such as Late Night Cocoa, The Mac Developer Roundtable, The Mac Software Business Podcast, Developer Lives and CocoaFusion as well as adding features such as news, views, reviews and the now infamous World According Gemmell in an easy to listen to magazine style format.

Show Notes

Boys Talk

Mindless waffle from your loveable hosts

Late Night Cocoa

Scotty talks with Uli Kusterer about how to make the most of Mac developer focussed mailing lists.
Where can I find mailing lists?

http://lists.apple.com -> Cocoa-Dev (not ObjC-Dev), Bonjour-Dev, Mac-OpenGL...

http://yahoogroups.com -> Mac-GUI-Dev

http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-dev

Google Groups comp.sys.mac.programmer etc. -- Usenet!

Links
Asking Smart Questions

Sponsor Segment

Thanks to our show sponsor RemObjects Software

The World According To Gemmell

Matt Legend Gemmell gives us advice on making our software functionality fit in a real world UI using your software omnipotence.
Mat has also started his own podcast called "Coffee Times" check it out in iTunes

Special Guests

Name: Uli Kusterer
Website : Masters of The Void
Blog: Uli's Blog
Twitter: @uliwitness

Ulrich Kusterer is a software engineer at a well known Macintosh TV tuner hardware/software company in Munich, Germany. He's been creating and releasing software for the Macintosh since the 1990s, and is a popular presenter of classes, presentations, and screen cast tutorials.

Guests Show Host

Name: Matt Legend Gemmell
Company: Instinctive Code
Blog: Matt's blog
Twitter: @mattgemmell

Matt Legend Gemmell (yes, really – and it’s Matt, not Matthew) is a freelance Mac OS X and iPhone developer based in Edinburgh in the UK. Matt has been developing for Mac OS X since 10.0 Developer Preview 4 in late 2000. Matt is a prolific contributor to the Cocoa open source community and focuses primarily on intuitive interaction and interface design. Matt has source code in use in more than 60 third-party applications (that he knows of; likely many, many more). Matt hosts the incredibly popular "World According To Gemmell" segment of The MDN Show

Show Hosts

Name: Steve (Scotty) Scott
Company : mamooba
Blog: Scotty's blog
Twitter: @macdevnet

Steve "Scotty" Scott is the founder of The Mac Developer Network, co-organizer of NSConference and developer of TrackTime.

Name: John Fox
Company : MemoryMiner
Blog: Johns's blog
Twitter: @djembe

John is the developer of MemoryMiner and a recognized pioneer in the field of networked digital asset management.

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