Sunday, June 7, 2020

USB-C has not been the success that was anticipated.

USB-C has not been the success that was anticipated.

Conflicting proprietary standards and lack of consumer educations have left the situation a mess.

https://www.androidauthority.com/state-of-usb-c-870996/

Saturday, June 6, 2020

Before CGI, we had the king of Stop Motion Animation, Ray Harryhausen.

Before CGI, we had the king of Stop Motion Animation, Ray Harryhausen.

The actual models he created have been restored, and will on display in Scotland soon (post virus).

https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/ray-harryhausen/

Wouldn't it be fantastic if someone were to 3D scan the original models for anyone to use?

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art details: https://www.nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/ray-harryhausen-titan-cinema

Friday, June 5, 2020

Nearly released Swift AWS Lambda Runtime is designed to help Swift developers build serverless functions.

Nearly released Swift AWS Lambda Runtime is designed to help Swift developers build serverless functions.

Working with Amazon Web Services, this new open-source swift library extends your applications into the cloud.


Thursday, June 4, 2020

CES, the biggest US electronics show, is not canceled for 2021, but you can attend online or in person.

CES, the biggest US electronics show, is not canceled for 2021, but you can attend online or in person.

This may be the wave of the future, events that allow physical attendance, but designed for virtual also.


Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Sean Allen gives a review of shape.so, with their 4300+ icons for iOS use.

Sean Allen gives a review of shape.so, with their 4300+ icons for iOS use.

Sean Allen puts up 3 videos a week on Swift/iOS development, including tutorials, VLOG, reviews & interviews. All are very professionally done. I especially like his code snippet section.



Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Tom Scott admits to his personal worst programming mistake ever (hint: don’t edit non-backed up data).

Tom Scott admits to his personal worst programming mistake ever (hint: don’t edit non-backed up data).

In the process, he also gives a great back history of the Undo feature, and ways to implement it.


Monday, June 1, 2020

“Swift with Shani” is an ongoing YouTube VLog on everything from programming with Swift.

“Swift with Shani” is an ongoing YouTube VLog on everything from programming with Swift.

Shani River’s most recent videos deal with becoming an Indie App developer, both tech and business issues.