The MDN Show Episode 28
Released: 20th July 2010

As well as the usual banter between John and Scotty they listen to Paul Howson describe his journey from RealBasic to MacRuby and Marcus Zarra introduces his open source Core Data syncing project called ZSync

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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 Sponsors

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Show Notes

Boys Talk

The boys talk about what's been going on , John reveals he could be writing a book and mentions an article he recently wrote on Article on Localizing Cappuccino Applications

Sponsor Segment

Thanks to our show sponsor Invasive Code

Late Night Cocoa - From Real Basic to MacRuby

Scotty spends time talking with Paul Howson about how he made the move from Real Basic to MacRuby

Sponsor Segment

Thanks to our show sponsor RemObjects Software

Boys Talk

John and Scotty talk about this shows comments and correspondence and John reveals he has been sent Calcuccino: A nice scientific calculator for iPhone of particular interest to programmers
Scotty asks for iTunes comments
Scotty talks about moving MDN video file distribution to a Content Delivery Network
and Scotty announces the release of the Videos from NSConference MINI

Sponsor Segment

Thanks to our show sponsor Widget Press

Late Night Cocoa

Scotty Talks with Marcus Zarra about his open source ZSync Project designed to sync Core Data stores between the desktop and the iPhone/iPad
You can download Marcus' NSConference session on ZSync for FREE here

Sponsor Segment

Thanks to our show sponsor Macoscope with their product Code Pilot

Boys Talk

John and Scotty pick Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware (Pragmatic Programmers) as the book he's going to give away this week, he encourages people to sign up to the MDN Mailing List and get a free copy if Matt Gemmell's Designing and Developing Custom Controls Video from NSConference 2009.
John announces San Francisco NSLunch and the boys announce that the MDN Show taking a summer break

Special Guests

Name: Paul Howson
Company : The Design Group

Paul Howson is a design and publishing specialist with over 20 years experience in graphic design, typesetting, publishing and information systems. He graduated as an Electrical Engineer from Monash University in 1975, and since then has pursued a career in graphic design, and computer programming.

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.

 

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 34 mins mins
Download Size: 45MB
Download: The MDN Show Episode 028
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