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F.lux (or something similar) is one of those things that should come pre-configured with each operating system. I find it indispensable for coding at night (and I use Photoshop qui…

And even shorter, just @100.5 if what you have is a literal. The parentheses are needed if you're boxing a value, e.g.: @(price + 100.5) In detail: http://clang.llvm.org/docs/Objec…

Like! Much as I love ObjC, reducing verbosity via better syntax can go a long way to making code more readable. For example, I ended up putting together some defines like this afte…

What about thinking of icons as visual anchors -- something to quickly "catch" your eye as you're looking for an operation? What if it doesn't matter what picture the icon has, as …

Ah, wow, that sounds lousy. Sorry it didn't work out for you. Didn't see this with either of two of mine. Buying Dell (as opposed to a no-name brand) should ensure a higher-quality…

If you're not tied to Apple, with my Air I use a Dell U2713HM -- an excellent display of the same size and without the annoying glass screen. Also plugs into the Thunderbolt port.

The new picker looks nicer aesthetically, no doubt. But each time when setting an alarm, I find that I have to mentally focus to figure out which number is currently selected. Simi…

Learning Photoshop mechanics and UX concepts isn't sufficient, IMO. One can be proficient in $DRAWING_TOOL and still unable to compose something that looks good. As much as I appre…