23 NOV 2012
Surviving Core Data Just like me, other people got all exited when Apple announced some extra support for Core Data with nested contexs, but they also found out it was not ready yet for deployment. Now, that seems a lot of false hopes from Apple, specially when following their recommendations you just get slow and buggy code. This new nested context functionality has a deeper annoyance for C++ and Qt programmers because they expose one of our Cocoa...

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19 SEP 2012
The importance of being obsessed with UX and graphical design It is time to confess my most loved Apple feature, which by the way, I think is a great example to show the importance of good UX design. This could also throw some light on the mistery about Apple fanboys getting hook up on such expensive toys. Here is a screenshot of my home folder. The labels are in German but it is still easy to understand what's all about my favorite Mac feature. Notice...

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01 FEB 2012
You Are The Evil One Last weekend shopping with a friend in the supermarket I had a revelation right in front of the meat section about how hard is being a fair person. The following dinner was such a bloody discussion about the stupid belief of people in fairytales, unicorns or that politicians and banks are the most evil forces of this world. Our fight just started because of some stupid chicken breast. While I was looking at the prices...

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22 NOV 2011
Your Credit or Your Life During the last months I've been exposing myself more to the entrepreneur world. I am not sure if this is one reason for which more people is asking me about becoming a freelancer or building a new startup. Todays post is not only for all of you wannabe independent out there, it also applies to anyone concerned about how money affect life. If you are planning to take the lead of your career you will...

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