Flash Professional CS5 = Native iPhone Programming?

Written by Michael Swengel on October 23, 2009

The iPhone OS and the App Store have been an excellent platform for programmers of all sizes to design and code applications for delivery to customers. Unfortunately, writing applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch requires a working knowledge of Apple's developer tools and the Objective-C programming language. The Objective-C programming language is the foundation of Apple's Mac OS X and the ...

Way to go, Apple Store…

Written by Michael Swengel on October 17, 2009

After taking my MacBook Pro in for a hard drive and optical drive replacement on the 10th, I was rather curious how the repair was going. Tuesday, October 13th, I called the Apple Store for a status update. I very nicely asked about the repair. The tech said they had not had a chance to get to it yet. Since it was only the second business day of the week, that's understandable. There were other...

A Sick Mac

Written by Michael Swengel on October 14, 2009

I have finally given in. My MacBook Pro is sick. It's hard drive had been clicking quite a bit. To some degree it's normal for a hard drive to click, but when it's constant and loud, you know something is up. Ironically, I confirmed the hard drive was bad when I attempted to create a small partition for Fedora Linux. I wanted to try out Fefora 11 since I have not used the distro since version 9...

Graphics for Sale!

Written by Michael Swengel on October 13, 2009

I have made some of my graphic design work available for purchase through GraphicRiver.net - an Envato marketplace. GraphicRiver is a marketplace where graphics authors can get together to collaborate and buyers can go to find the perfect files for their projects. Hopefully, one or more of my items will be useful for you! Check out my portfolio here! http://graphicriver.net/user/True...