"Featured" Category

TipCounter 1.0 Now Available

 

TipCounter is finally available for sale in iTunes for iPhone & iPod Touch!  Catering specifically to bartenders & servers, TipCounter makes it a breeze to keep track of your tips during shifts and see just how much money you’re bringing home. Tip Counter is the easiest way to keep track of tips from any job. [...]

Introducing PharosPHP – PHP Development Framework

 

I’d like to introduce my first open source project, entitled PharosPHP.  PharosPHP is a lightweight Object-Oriented framework aimed at providing common and useful functionality to developers, in order to create powerful and flexible applications quickly. Overview I create custom web applications for a living and found myself needing a common toolset across projects.  I looked [...]

Interview with Cinder iPhone Developer Patrick Burleson

 

I recently wrote about BitBQ’s acquisition of LittleSnapper for iPhone, now Cinder, that was originally developed by Realmac software.  Being a very light LittleSnapper user myself, I was interested in who had taken interest in the application and wanted to get to know Patrick just a little better. He agreed to answer some questions I put together, [...]

MacHeist NanoBundle 2

 

MacHeist is know for giving consumers a great deal on awesome Mac software.  The NanoBundle 2 is a collection of 7 great Mac applications, valued at over $260 separately, for just $19.95! Now’s your chance to get great Mac applications, such as: MacJournal ($39.95) MacJournal is the perfect app for you if you do any [...]

That’s What She Said Jokes – Now Available!

 

Enjoy the world’s best joke on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Browse both user submitted and featured scenarios focusing on That’s What She Said! Get involved by submitting your own That’s What She Said funnies and commenting and rating hilarious entries submitted by others just like you! Be sure to check out all the features [...]

Introducing the Apple iPad

 

Today Apple introduced the newest product, the Apple iPad.  The age of the Apple tablet has arrived. 9.7″ multi-touch display and 0.5″ thick. 10 hour battery life. Apple designed and produced A4 processor.  16, 32 or 64GB of flash memory.  Wifi. Bluetooth. Runs most existing iPhone and iPod Touch applications. 3G service provided via AT&T [...]

Add Application to Dock – Cocoa NSApplication Category

 

The need to quickly add my application to a user’s Dock arose while working on a project for a client a few months back.  I was intrigued by the code (first encounter with NSAppleScript as the big one) and took some time to sit down and refine what I had originally pieced together into something [...]

4 Years Online – New Site

 

4 years – almost. The first iteration of the site debuted in December 2005.  The www.macfanatic.net domain was purchased and running in March 2006.  Sometime that summer I moved from Rapidweaver to WordPress, if I remember correctly.  The site design, quality, and features have all undergone numerous changes over the years.  For a few years [...]

Matt-Brewer.com

 

I just launched a new site, www.matt-brewer.com for my personal freelance and presence on the web. I’d welcome any critique of the design!

Snow Leopard Review

 

I thought I would highlight what I found to be the most interesting points from the Snow Leopard Ars Technica review, for those who couldn’t make it through the 23 page review and provide a few thoughts on the OS overall. Read after the break for a list of UI and usability changes as well [...]