Saturday, November 6, 2021

Saturday Tech Humor

Programmer Romantic Advice: “I don’t see women as Objects, I consider each to be in a Class of their own.”


After I told this to my brother, he said, “I am looking for one with a good Inheritance”.


Friday, November 5, 2021

Youtube videos for Swift developers are getting better! Thanks to iOS Academy for this one.

Youtube videos for Swift developers are getting better! Thanks to iOS Academy for this one.

The Reflection API can do some pretty amazing things, once you understand it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GAXGwWdq8g


Thursday, November 4, 2021

Ryerson University created a game “to introduce those new to web accessibility to potential barriers on the Web that may prevent some people from accessing content”.

Ryerson University created a game “to introduce those new to web accessibility to potential barriers on the Web that may prevent some people from accessing content”.


It is an excellent example of using games to teach UI concepts.


https://de.ryerson.ca/games/accessibility/


The reward for the game: https://de.ryerson.ca/games/accessibility/_/accessibility_guidelines.pdf


Wednesday, November 3, 2021

People don’t click on “click here”, so how should UI display hyperlinks?

People don’t click on “click here”, so how should UI display hyperlinks?


Cynthia Marinakos explains 3 ways “to write helpful hyperlink text”.


https://uxdesign.cc/the-problem-with-click-here-and-learn-more-links-d01a0eba5cbd


Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Why can’t math be made interesting like this video on curves?

Why can’t math be made interesting like this video on curves?

Among other bits, Zach Star gives us one of the best explanations of Bezier curves and editing them on a computer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3izFMB91K_Q


Monday, November 1, 2021

A recap of the Oculus’s Connect 2021 AR/VR event.

A recap of the Oculus’s Connect 2021 AR/VR event.


A review of the Developer State of the Union keynote for the Metaverse, as well as links to other talks.


https://developer.oculus.com/blog/connect-2021-developer-state-of-the-union-developing-for-the-metaverse/


Jonathan Levin, author and Apple internals expert, has compiled a database of documented & undocumented Apple Entitlements.

Jonathan Levin, author and Apple internals expert, has compiled a database of documented & undocumented Apple Entitlements.


This is a great tool when exploring the black hole of Entitlements.


http://newosxbook.com/ent.jl