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Simply The Best Office Setup

Daniel Kivatinos — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:05:57 +0000

This is the setup I use and recommend to everyone.

Macbook Pro 13 Inch
+
Logitech M505
+
The Official Skype Freetalk Everyman Headset
+
iPhone 4
+
iPad

You can’t go wrong.

Mac, iPad, iPhone, iOS Development

Daniel Kivatinos — Mon, 17 May 2010 15:08:26 +0000

First things first, run these commands on a lion machine:
–SEE ALL LION FOLDERS–
chflags nohidden ~/Library/
chflags nohidden /Library/

–SHOW ALL FILES IN FINDER WINDOW–
write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool true
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE

–SHOW — Hard Drive not visible Mac OSx0–
If you open the Terminal (located in Applications/Utilities) and run ls /Volumes

One thing everyone should be able to have, is a link to Xcode, Interface Builder and the mac simulator.
This is where they all are:
/Developer/Applications/Xcode.app /Developer/Applications/Interface Builder.app /Developer/Applications/Instruments.app /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/Applications

First things first, get this xcode class from Stanford called iPhone Application Programming (Spring 2009) in iTunes U.

There are some other amazing iPhone/iPad courses from Stanford, you can find them here:
http://itunes.stanford.edu/.
Check out iPhone Application Development (Winter 2010).

Some great fast commands for Xcode development are:

Great step by step on the process of putting your app in the app store.

Switch between code:
[option key] 1 [option key] 2

Indenting code:
[option key] ] [option key] [

Switching code:
[option key] [command key] [up key]

Some great plugins are:

iPhone Enterprise Information

Any good videos I find on Objective C Programming for the iPhone and iPad I’ll post up here.

This guy has some great vids:
Tutorial 1
Tutorial 2
Tutorial 3
Tutorial 4
Tutorial 5

A great example split view controller:
MGSplitViewController for iPad

Sending an executable:

If you want to zip up your executable for an app you will:
[your name]/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/4.2/Applications/[folders to delete]

Clear out everything in this folder.
Build and Run your project.
In simulator close all open apps, even the ones running in the background.
Go back into [your name]/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/4.2/Applications/[zip up the folder created]
Zip up your project and that is it!
Put into any other computer as an executable.

Building a splash screen.
iPad splash screens.

Info on IBAction and IBOutlet
IBAction for methods
IBOutlet for objects or instance variables

App review code

Software for OS X

Daniel Kivatinos — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:47:31 +0000

After using OS X for a few weeks now I am learning what the best software out there is for it.

Below is some of the good free software for OS X:

Microsoft RPD Viewer

Paid Software:

Adobe CS4 Master Collection
Camtasia
Microsoft Office 2008
RealVNC Enterprise

Some other random but I found useful information:

The iPad

Daniel Kivatinos — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:16:59 +0000

The Apple Tablet iPad Video, check it out!:

A great article to read about the iPad.

iPhone, iPod Touch Software, Config and Applications

Daniel Kivatinos — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:04:16 +0000

Before doing anything I would recommend that you sync your iphone with google contacts and calender, this is how you would do this:
Google Sync: Set Up Your iPhone or iPod Touch

The best windows software for accessing your iphone is i-funbox, try it, it’s free! (I use it to remove videos from cycorder, just going to the directory: root/var/Media/videos)

Comparison of iPod Managers…there is more then just iTunes!

Below is the list of iPhone applications I have tested out on an iPhone, I recommend most of the programs listed.

Please note that if you want to install some of the jail broken apps below, please go check out this youtube video first: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDDEN3zfQOg.

Web Searching Tools

News

Newsstand – Great for RSS feeds
NYTimes – New York Times

Weather
Weatherbug – Great for weather

Maps
Google Earth – Great google map software
iTrans NYC – Great if you live in NYC

Find a Store, Bar…
YPmoble – Yellow Pages
Yelp – Reviews of merchants close to you
FF Finder – If you need fast food…fast
Urbanspoon – Resturant reviews
Where – Need a starbucks? Look here
SloshSpot – Need to grab a drink? Look here

TV & Video
What’s On? – A tv guide
MxTube – Download and play youtube videos anytime(from Cydia) *
cycorder – Record video (from Cydia) *

Sleeping Tools
Night Stand – Clock plugin
Clock 3D – Clock plugin
Ambiance – Helps me relax, best relaxing noise around
White Noise – Helps me relax

Management Tools
Mint.com – Money managment, everyone should use this
Todo – Time managment
Weightbot – Weight manager
FastFoodCal – Calorie counter

Social
LinkedIn – Networking with profesionals
Facebook – Networking with friends
Tweetie – Networking Twitter application, this is one of my favs
BeejiveIM – Instant messaging, there may be better ones out there
WordPress – Blogging with wordpress

Calculators
Tip – Tip calculator
CheckPlease – Tip calculator

Buying Stuff
eBay
Amazon.com
Deliveries – Track a delivery

Networking Tools
WinAdmin – Remote desktop
iSSH – Secure terminal
Terminal (from Cydia) *
OpenSSH (from Cydia) *
modem (from Cydia) *

Radio
WonderRadio – iPhone radio, this is the best one out of all of them, if you get one this one is it
Tuner – iPhone radio, this one is just ok
Radio – iPhone radio
AOLRadio – iPhone radio
Stitcher – iPhone radio
Pandora – iPhone music
Last.fm – iPhone music
finetune – iPhone music

Music Tools
Shazam – iPhone music determiner
Remote – Play your iTunes from your iPhone

Games
Fieldrunners – Game
Zombies – Game
Centipede – Game
psx4iphone – Play playstation games (from Cydia) *
NES – Play any NES games(from Cydia) *
Macman (from Cydia) *

Fun, Not Really Useful
iChoose – Flip a coin
Koi Pond – Koi fish
Spawn – Cool Screensaver like game
Dice – Role dice
Alpha Tips – Dating help for men

Math
PCalc – Alternate calculator
GraphCalc
Quick Graph
MissingCalc
Triangulator
Math Tricks

Additional Tools
Spanish – Learn spanish
Spell Check – Spell check anything
Txtpedia – Need to know what something means in txting speak, this is where to go
Clinometer – Leveler for construction
Flashlight – Flashlight if you need one
Gas Cubby – Ok tool for car, I don’t recommend it to most people
Conversions – Good for conversions
mSecure – Password manager
Intelliscreen – One of my favs this lets you config your locked screen with information like weather (from Cydia) *

Recorders
HappyTalk – Recorder
Voxie – Recorder
SpeakEasy – Recorder

Install & Backup Programs
AppBackup – Backup iPhone data (from Cydia) *
AptBackup – Backup iPhone data (from Cydia) *
Cydia – Installer for hacked programs, look on youtube for how to install, VERY IMPORTANT *
Installer – Installer for hacked programs, look on youtube for how to install *

* Cydia is a jail broken app installer that you get when you jail break your phone.

There are a ton of apps that I haven’t listed, the list keeps growing and growing!