When I first started developing for Palm I was a bit skeptical of the framework because it seemed thrown together and needed a lot of polish. The most annoying part was (and is) the lack of accurate documentation. Yes, I said accurate. Palm’s Developer website doesn’t offer complete documentation on everything, and even less of [...]
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First webOS app is in catalog
I wrote a small tester webOS app for Palm Pre a while back and submitted it to Palm to be in the App Catalog. I didn’t even notice until today, but evidently my app, gChords Free, was published in the app catalog a few days ago. So far it’s managing pretty good reviews.
Blu-ray possibly coming to iTunes (Mac?)
Several weeks ago Apple seeded out the iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 4 and iTunes 8.2 Pre-release to the developers enrolled in their iPhone developer program. The release had varying minor to major changes to both the iPhone and iTunes but one poster on the MacRumors forum found something pretty interesting in the About iTunes window.
Setting up aggregate devices in OS X 10.4+
I’ve mentioned on this blog before that I’ve experimented with using Guitar Rig to produce guitar tones through my MacBook. Setting up such a rig is pretty straightforward but I ran into an interesting problem when it came to routing sound from the input jack on my laptop to the Guitar Rig application. With some research and tinkering, I found a solution that works perfectly. If you can’t figure out how to get your guitar input into Guitar Rig, this tutorial is for you.
Guide: Recording Electric Guitar on Mac (Analog)
As someone who’s started learning guitar recently, switching over from piano, an obvious question came to mind: how do I record guitar into my Mac? Specifically, electric guitars. After doing some research I found several ways of doing this, each with advantages and disadvantages you should consider. This article will cover the Analog method of [...]
Banjo playing on a server near you
The comprehensive Django blogging solution that Bruce Kroeze and gang have been working on, Banjo, has been released in Beta on Banjo’s website here. Even in the short time I’ve been watching Banjo’s progress I’ve seen it come a long way, and I don’t see it slowing down any time soon. Watch out, Wordpress.