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The Newsletter for Creative Indies

02/28/2019

The Curse of the Sacred Band Aid Pile

Why is the quick fix so seductive? What happens when we get too involve in them? This week I talk about the real costs and the culture it creates.

7 min
10/10/2017

“Am I a Fraud?” The Plague of Impostor Syndrome, and What to Do About It

In the middle of trying to get five projects done, I’ve been hearing a lot about Imposter Syndrome. A week or two ago came an article on LinkedIn about Impostor Syndrome in programming. Ever since I’ve seen an article pop up here or there. I’ve known this all too well for […]

11 min
09/18/2017

Urges in a Bookstore

Last week I was on vacation. During that time I’ve walked through a big bookstore: The Tattered Cover on Colfax Avenue, Denver Colorado. Ten or fifteen years ago, perusing the shelves of my nearest Borders Books, I would have had a very different reaction than the one I was having there. […]

4 min
01/31/2017

Goodbye, for now…and Thanks

Goodbye for now, and thank you.

3 min
01/16/2017

What I Learned at LinkedIn While Recording, Round Two

Some of the things I learned while recording at Lynda.com/LinkedIn Learning last week. Also my plans for 2017 books and web lessons.

7 min
12/19/2016

Happy holidays, Parse a String to a Double.

Hello all. This week, I’m writing on the website about converting strings into doubles. For some cases this is easy, but if the string is a time or a fraction, it’s not so simple. We’ll look at how to parse these strings into Doubles. You’ll find a Swift Playground file […]

5 min
12/05/2016

#36 – How Your Project is Like the Best Sandwich I Ever Had

Hello folks! I’ll start again with the business stuff then work into my commentary for the week. If you didn’t se it yet, I did post last week about the new Update Frames button in Xcode 8.1. I’m trying to finish four Lynda.com courses at the same time, so I’ll […]

9 min
11/28/2016

#35 What I Learned in the Old Soviet Union

Hello All, Just a little bit of business this week and then on to some thoughts for the week. This week’s post is inspired by correspondence I’ve had with Denny, one of the subscribers to this list. It’s the basics of using gestures in your own applications, where I’ll cover taps, […]

8 min
11/21/2016

#34 Why I Switched Mail Lists

Hello Folks, I’m going to start with some follow-up from last week. Last Monday seems almost a century ago, though it was only seven days. I was upset and very depressed last week. I was also honest, a little more honest than some on this list wanted. In retrospect the […]

9 min
11/07/2016

#33:A Banana Bunch of New Releases

Hello all, As promised, This will be a longer one. A lot going on here, Some of which you already know. We have a lot of book news, and I can finally tell you about the Lynda.com course. First the tip of the week. With Practical Autolayout now released, I’m […]

7 min

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