rectanglicle

the personal website of ash m. white

18
Mar
2010

An Open Letter to Smashing Magazine: Stop Being Assholes

Filed under: Rants

I had to laugh a little at the irony of your recent tweet about mainstream design blogging. The article does hit the nail on the head, though. There's way too much noise on the Internet these days. And you're not helping it at all. But you could be.

07
Mar
2010

iPhone OS: Perform Network Activity Immediately After Loading A View

Filed under: iPhone, Objective-c

I just spent a good hour trying to diagnose a problem related to the view lifecycle in the iPhone OS, so I thought I'd share the solution here. My problem was in trying to grab some data from the network immediately after loading a view from a UITabBar.

I am a software developer and designer in Athens, Georgia. I'm passionate about web development, graphic design, and web standards. I am currently enrolled in the University of Georgia Master of Internet Technology program. More...

@ashwhite

@gwakie I use NetNewsWire for RSS (syncs with Reader, but with a much better interface). Can't help you with Wave.

about 1 day ago

Working with JDBC. Surprisingly, I don't want to murder it this time.

about 2 days ago

@peachmactweet Got any of the new trackpads yet? =P

about 2 days ago

Web Inspector > Firebug. There, I said it.

about 3 days ago

@notasausage Athens is amazing. There's a bunch of great houses for sale here.

about 6 days ago