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• WWDC – 2016 – Music Played Pre-Sessions June 20, 2016
  Here is a list of tracks I managed to “Shazam” from WWDC2016 that were played while we waited for the sessions to start. If you have any to add let me know via twitter @flexicoder. Wow – Beck Mother & Father – Broods Gold On The Ceiling – The Black Keys Ready For The Floor […] […]
• iOS 24 Hour date format October 9, 2013
  If you are using NSDateFormatter to send dates back to a server be VERY careful.  Specifying a date format string as follows… @”yyyy-MM-dd’T'HH:mm:ss” and the time for example is currently  09/10/2013  14:00:00, if the user has set their clock to be a 12-hour clock, instead of the default 24-hour clock. You will get a string […] […]
• Freelancing – Work Sources January 9, 2013
  Now that I’ve started thinking more about my life as a freelancer I’ve been looking at where my work comes from and what sort of skills I’m being asked to use. The following is a simple breakdown of that data from Jul 09 to Dec 12. But first a brief bit of history… I’ve been […] […]
• Contract or Freelance – PROS/CONS January 2, 2013
  Here are my small nuggets of wisdom regarding contract/freelance (as I see them) Contracting – PROS It should be relatively easy to find a contract if you have a good skill set, look at jobserve.com or cwjobs.co.uk – the rates do vary quite a bit Once you have a contract its guaranteed income for the […] […]
• WWDC 2012 Songs June 16, 2012
  Here is a list of the songs that I heard in between sessions at the WWDC No You Girls – Franz Ferdinand – Houdini – Foster The People – Someone Great – LCD Soundsystem – 11th Dimension – Julian Casablancas – Man On Fire – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – My Doorbell – […] […]
• WWDC 2012 – Post Mortem June 16, 2012
  WWDC As always at the WWDC there is a lot going on and a lot of information to try to digest to make the trip worthwhile. But this year there also appeared to be a lot more attendees than the last 2 times I’ve been, which lead to a lot of queuing! It took a […] […]