FoggyNoggin Software, makers of Cool Mac Apps

The good folks at 148Apps have posted an interview with yours truly for their “App Store Insider” podcast. Apparently, I’m something of a blabbermouth, because they had to split the thing into 2 parts!
Thanks to Tom Hesser for inviting me to be on the show. It was a blast!

I’ve been working a bit on Desktopple Pro. It doesn’t matter how thorough or how long the test, Beta Tests can’t catch everything. So whenever there’s a release, you’re always going to have a lingering bug or two. And today, I’ve been squashing those bugs.
I had just done a build, tried to load the Desktopple [...]

For those aspiring developers out there, Scott Stevenson has posted Part II of his introduction to Cocoa series (if you missed, Part I is here).
Scott does a fantastic job of presenting complex concepts in easy-to-understand ways, and if you are interested in getting started in Mac/Cocoa programming, I recommend his tutorials without hesitation. In fact, [...]

As mentioned in a previous post, there’s a memory issue where Desktopple Pro appears to consume too much RAM.
As promised, I’ve been working to solve this, and it seems that the problem lies within the Desktopple Preferences. Basically, if you lauch Desktopple Pro and don’t open Upon further digging, the source of the memory usage [...]

Apple and “resolution independence” are a hot topic right now. The talk has focused mainly the merits of vector-based art versus rasterized bitmaps. I don’t know enough about either to jump into the fray, so I won’t even try. What I do know is that developers will end up using both vectors and bitmaps whether [...]

Well, bought the ticket today, as well as made hotel reservations. This will be my second WWDC, and I’m really looking forward to it. It’s certainly not cheap, but it’s definitely worth it. I can’t wait!

The other day I needed to take a screenshot, but my desktop, as usual, was full of files. So I had to move them all off before I could take the screenshot. Unfortunately, this is a common occurrence. Like any good programmer, I decided to figure out a way to make it easy. So, I [...]

I’ve officially released Cookie Assassin 1.0, which helps you manage your cookies, regardless of which application created them. I’ve got a lot of features planned for this one, so stay tuned!