The MDN Show Episode 10
Released: 12th October 2009

Web app tools, CoreData on the iPhone, user accessibility, app design….. What more could you possible want from a Mac Developer podcast! Marcus Zarra brings us up to date with Core Data on the iPhone, Martin Pilkington takes us through keyboard navigation and we once again dive into the world of Matt Gemmell. Plus there’s even something for our Bulgarian friends. Your hosts Scotty and John once again bring their unique humor and style to the show, as they guide us through a plethora of invaluable tips and tricks.

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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.

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Show Notes

Boys Talk

John and Scotty discuss the realities of being a developer, the pros & cons of Interface Builder and Bindings, plus Atlas presented at The Future of Web Apps conference with a Public Beta released on Novemeber 15th. Along with their current projects and NSConference.
Links Video link for Atlas Presentation, presented by Francisco Tolmasky at The Future of Web Apps conference in London, October 2009.

Sponsor Segment

Thanks to our show sponsor Invasive Code

Late Night Cocoa Touch

Scotty welcomes back Marcus Zarra as they talk through Core Data on the iPhone.

The Accessible Mac

This time Martin navigates you through the in’s and out’s of your keyboard.

The World According To Gemmell

Matt Che GemmellAnother invaluable segment from Matt Gemmell that you just can’t afford to miss. From deep inside his world, Matt looks at designing apps according to your user’s actual goals, rather than the tasks they have to perform.

Sponsor Segment

Thanks to our show sponsor RemObjects Software

Special Guest

Name: Marcus Zarra
Company : Zarra Studios
Blog: Cocoa is my Girlfriend
Twitter: @mzarra

Marcus S. Zarra is the owner of Zarra Studios LLC and the creator of seSales and iWeb Buddy as well as being a co-author of "Cocoa Is My Girlfriend", a wildly popular blog covering all aspects of Cocoa development. Marcus has been developing software since the mid-1980s and has written software in all of the major technological fields. Marcus has been using Core Data since its original release in OS X 10.4 Tiger and has released numerous applications and papers covering all of the topics of Core Data.

 

Guests Show Hosts

Name: Martin Pilkington
Company : MCubed Software
Blog: Martin's blog
Twitter: @pilky

Martin Pilkington is the person behind M Cubed Software, the creators of Minim, Lighthouse Keeper and Code Collector Pro. When he isn't developing software he is being musical or studying for his degree. Martin's has taken a great interest in application accessibility after taking a brief glance at Apple's documentation one evening and realising how much can be done to improve applications with only a little work. Since then he has started a push to make the Mac the most accessible platform.

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.

 

Show Statistics & Information

Running Time: 1 hr 14 mins mins
Download Size: 70MB
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