The iNexus

Over the past several months I’ve worked with DeliciousSafari on Bookmarks Pro 2.0 for iPhone OS 3.0+ to add built-in search, an embedded browser, and a handy contacts’ URL list. This update has been submitted to Apple and is queued up for review currently. Personally I can’t imagine my iPhone without it; Bookmarks Pro has been an invaluable part of keeping interesting and important links in sync between all of my machines, devices, and the cloud.

Compare Folders 3.3 is wrapping up testing and will be released in the next week or so. This release focused on addressing some major crashes, performance, and polish as I’ve previously discussed.

Now that those projects are wrapped up DriveGauge 4 is going to be my primary programming focus. I’ve got some ambitious (but certainly attainable) plans to upgrade its engine and work on the polish I expect in the finished product. I have people reminding me (quite frequently) that they are eagerly awaiting DG, even in beta form, so it’s never forgotten.

To coincide with DG 4’s release I’ve been working on a new site and it too is coming along nicely; yesterday I finished a Python script that extracted all the content out of the current site to make it easier to review and add to the new system. There’s still that part of the process, as well as updating the content and some necessities (like store integration.) Overall I’m really looking forward to the results here, there’s a lot of potential in using a full fledged CSM like Drupal.

2009 is shaping up to be an excellent year for Infinite Nexus, keep checking in!

By now I hoped to have DriveGauge 4 ready for release, but I got a bit distracted by the shiny new device and programming environment from Apple. Recently my friends at DeliciousSafari released an update to their iPhone/iPod Touch delicious client, Bookmarks. I’m proud to say I worked with them on polishing the look and feel throughout the app for consistency with (mobile) OS X and added the ‘Shake to Refresh’ feature.

If you use bookmarks with any frequency I recommend checking out both their iPhone and Safari clients which make it a breeze to access your bookmarks anywhere.

As I mentioned in a previous post, my life and schedule have changed a bit. As such, I’m taking a little different turn with how I approach my iNexus projects. This isn’t earth-shaking, world changing news but more a gentle right turn onto a differently curving path going to the same destination (yes, it’s a heavy metaphor, but it’s what I had offhand.)

The most noticeable, and first, change is that I’m losing the ‘pedal to the metal’ attitude I’ve had in favor of a more thorough and qualitative approach. What this translates to product/programming wise is that I’m pursuing an idea that’s sat in the back of my head for a while: INKit.framework.

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I read a link on TUAW to a post by a Handbrake developer about his view of what open source development is and isn’t. My shorthand response: never attempt to speak for an entire movement, it tends to come back quickly.
Disclaimer: By and large I agree with TUAW’s framing of the topic and do not hold them at fault, and my apologies for the title inferring this.

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Last week I had the honor of sitting down for an interview with Scotty from Late Night Cocoa and now Episode 8: Xcode Projects, is up for your audible consumption (although I had the unenviable task of following the inimitable Daniel Jalkut and preceding esteemed author Aaron Hillegass.)

I can’t really say I like listening to myself any more than most of my friends, but hopefully you’ll find it enjoyable In these 45 odd minutes (I guess I’m a bit chatty too) learn a bit about what’s going on inside Xcode projects, how to generate UML-style class diagrams, visualize predicates, and more!

I really enjoyed working with Scotty and have been an avid listener since Late Night Cocoa went live; if you like coding in Cocoa it’s a great resource in a handy format.