Code Optional Part of the Project Announcements series. I realized today I didn’t post anything here announcing Code Optional. I launched this podcast in July with my friends Andrew and Kevin, two of the sharpest developers I know. We aim to discuss all sorts of topics around development, design, and shipping …
CDZLinkOpenManager Part of the Project Announcements series. Update: the software described in this post is no longer maintained. While developing BuyVM Manager, I built a little framework that allows your app’s users to select a default browser, and open links from your app in that browser. It’s now on …
CDZPinger Part of the Project Announcements series. Update: the software described in this post is no longer maintained. While writing BuyVM Manager, I was disappointed to find there was no good, easy-to-use ICMP ping library for iOS projects. Apple provides a SimplePing code sample that you can adapt into your codebase, …
The Twitter Busyness Average Part of the Project Announcements series. Update: the project described in this post no longer works due to Twitter API changes. At some point last week, I realized that I could measure roughly how busy I was based on the inverse of the frequency of my posts to Twitter. Based …
Find open CAEN computers using your phone Part of the Project Announcements series. Update: the service described in this post is no longer available. Any University of Michigan engineering student is familiar with the process of finding an open CAEN (UM's engineering computer network) computer in the library or other engineering buildings - you walk …
University of Michigan Google Calendar Part of the Project Announcements series. Update: the calendar described in this post is no longer maintained. I have created a public Google Calendar which mirrors the University of Michigan's academic calendar. The page for the project, including details on using the calendar, is here: UM Academic Calendar. …