Posts tagged with ‘Mac’

• Where I’ll be at WWDC 2024

  June 10, 2024

  I’ll be doing a few things this week at WWDC24 and wanted to pass along my schedule. Hope to see you at one or more of these happenings!

• LIVE near WWDC 2023 Update: Livestream and More!

  June 1, 2023

  
  With less than a week until LIVE near WWDC 2023, we’ve been gearing up for an evening of music, laughter and fun that we think folks are going to really enjoy.

• LIVE near WWDC Returns For 2023!

  May 16, 2023

  SOLD OUT!

  Tickets for LIVE near WWDC 2023 are now sold out. Thank you to everyone who purchased a ticket—we're looking forward to seeing you.

  But everyone is welcome to join in our livestream event! Details below.

  There are still two ways you can join us LIVE near WWDC 2023:

  Join the Waitlist

  After talking with the venue, we will be able to accommodate a few more attendees!
  Click through to join the waitlist and you will be notified of ticket availability in order of joining.

• No LIVE near WWDC show for 2022

  June 5, 2022

  Before WWDC22 gets started tomorrow, I wanted to announce that there will be no LIVE near WWDC show for 2022.

• Where I’ll be at WWDC 2021

  June 7, 2021

  I’ll be doing a few things this week at WWDC 2021 and wanted to pass along my schedule. Hope to see you at one or more of these happenings!

• Where I’ll be at WWDC 2019

  May 31, 2019

  I’ll be doing a few things next week at WWDC 2019 and wanted to pass along my schedule. Hope to see you at one or more of these happenings!

• Where I’ll be at WWDC 2018

  June 2, 2018

  I’ll be doing a few things next week at WWDC and wanted to pass along my schedule. Hope to see you at one or more of these happenings!

• New Xcode Build System and BuildSettingExtractor

  June 13, 2017

  Last week at WWDC 2017, Apple announced a new build system for Xcode, with an opt-in preview in Xcode 9. The new system is written in Swift and promises to be a significant advance in a number of areas including performance and dependency management. The new system is built on top of the open source llbuild project and lays the foundation for integrating the Xcode build system with the Swift Package Manager.

• Where I’ll be at WWDC 2015

  June 3, 2015

  I’ll be doing a few things next week at WWDC and wanted to pass along my schedule. Hope to see you at one or more of these happenings!

• NSConference 7: A Look Back

  March 24, 2015

  Last fall, I received an email that read, “I would like to invite you to be a speaker at NSConference 7”.

• Learning More About Xcode Build Settings with BuildSettingExtractor

  February 8, 2015

  Last week I posted about BuildSettingExtractor, a utility that makes it easy to pull the build settings out of an Xcode project file and into xcconfig build configuration files. (The post also mentions some xcconfig file benefits with links to ‘how to’ information. Read the earlier post here.)

• Generating Xcode Build Configuration Files with BuildSettingExtractor (xcodeproj → xcconfig)

  January 31, 2015

  The most recent NSScreencast covered using build configuration files to specify build settings in Xcode. (Episode #154)

• Introducing Backtrace

  October 14, 2014

  We are beyond thrilled to announce the release of Backtrace, the debut album from James Dempsey and the Breakpoints.

• Breakpoints in Vegas — Album Preview Jam

  September 23, 2014

  Last Friday night, just a stone’s throw away from where Frank Sinatra and The Rat Pack performed their legendary shows, James Dempsey and the Breakpoints made their Las Vegas debut. The jam featured songs from the upcoming album Backtrace.

• An Eclectic Breakpoint Jam in Columbus

  August 14, 2014

  The 2014 Fall Tour kicked off at CocoaConf Columbus with the most eclectic collection of instruments ever assembled for a Breakpoint Jam.

• Breakpoints Recap WWDC 2014

  June 11, 2014

  There was no WWDC ticket for me this year, but it was still a very enjoyable and busy week for James Dempsey and the Breakpoints. Here are some of the highlights from last week in San Francisco.

• Close Enough To Taste It

  May 23, 2014

  This week I reached a milestone that means a great deal to me.

• WWDC After Dark

  May 13, 2014

  When James Dempsey and the Breakpoints play live near WWDC, sometimes things progress beyond the sweet sounds of nerdy, nerdy music.

• James Dempsey and the Breakpoints, LIVE near WWDC 2014, Wed 6/4!

  April 29, 2014

  James Dempsey and the Breakpoints will be performing Live Near WWDC 2014 on Wednesday, June 4th at 7:00 PM.

• Life Without WWDC

  April 18, 2014

  [Update: This post was written in 2014 — but holds true for WWDC 2015. As for me, I didn’t try to get a ticket this year.

• March of the Breakpoints — ‘Goto Fail’, Chicago, DC

  April 9, 2014

  March was a busy month for James Dempsey and the Breakpoints, with a brand new song and video (ripped from the headlines!) and Breakpoint Jams at CocoaConf Chicago and Washington DC.

• Breakpoint Jam Atlanta—Virtual Fireworks and iPhone Slide Guitar

  December 18, 2013

  The fall tour of the Breakpoint Jam wrapped up at CocoaConf Atlanta with some memorable moments including some iPhone slide guitar and a newly-minted Breakpoint.

• Breakpoint Jam Boston — Fall Tour Continues

  November 13, 2013

  On an October evening conveniently situated between World Series games, the fall _Breakpoint Jam _tour continued at CocoaConf Boston.

• Breakpoint Jam Columbus — Fall Tour Begins

  October 4, 2013

  The fall Breakpoint Jam tour kicked off last week at CocoaConf Columbus.

• Breakpoints Live Near WWDC 2013, Wed 6/12! Save the date!

  May 28, 2013

  Update Jun 9, 2013: Daniel Pasco will be joining the Breakpoints on trumpet and guitar!

• Breakpoint Jam Dallas

  April 10, 2013

  The spring tour continued in Dallas with our second Breakpoint Jam. There was a mix of ‘conditional breakpoints’ old and new joining in to play a set of James Dempsey and the Breakpoints songs for the crowd.

• Chicago Breakpoint Jam Recap

  March 14, 2013

  Last Friday night at CocoaConf Chicago, we had a lot of fun at the first Breakpoint Jam. Thank you to those who stepped up as ‘conditional breakpoints’ for the evening to play a set of James Dempsey and the Breakpoints songs for the crowd.

• Introducing the Breakpoint Jam at CocoaConf Chicago

  March 2, 2013

  Next week at CocoaConf Chicago, we are doing something new that we’re calling a Breakpoint Jam.

• Moving to new Objective-C literals

  July 30, 2012

  Last week, I moved one of my projects over to use the new Objective-C literals for NSNumber, NSArray and NSDictionary as well as the new syntax for boxing expressions into NSNumber and NSString objects.  Here are a few comments on how it went.

• Is the end near for System Preferences?

  April 18, 2012

  One of these things seems out of place. Can you spot it?

• Recording at The Annex

  April 3, 2012

  In the coming weeks, James Dempsey and the Breakpoints will be recording our first album at The Annex in Menlo Park, a Silicon Valley studio with a long and storied 35-year history.  As we get ready to do so, I wanted to describe the setting and share a little bit about why I find this place particularly special for the project ahead.