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Features

  • The Daily Shoot
    by James Duncan Davidson
    Duncan talks about The Daily Shoot, his and Mike Clark’s clever idea that is motivating hundreds of photographers to work at their craft every day.
  • Against SEMAT
    by Jorge Aranda
    You say you want a revolution? We’d all love to see the plan.
  • Touching the Core
    by Marcus Zarra
    Marcus walks you through using the NSFetchedResultsController, a powerful new class in the Core Data API that can make your iPhone, iPod Touch, and Mac apps significantly richer.
  • Much Ado About Nothing
    by Paolo Perrotta
    Paolo plumbs the depths of nothingness to show the power of metaprogramming in Ruby.

Departments

  • Up Front
    by Michael Swaine
    Welcome to the first issue of PragPub for 2010.
  • Choice Bits
    Tweets, posts, and chatter on programming and life.
  • Get a Life
    by Daniel Steinberg
    A different sort of log for the new year.
  • The Working Geek
    by Andy Lester
    Andy suggests some ways to make 2010 better in his monthly look at the working life of a techie.
  • Swaine’s World
    by Michael Swaine
    How I took off the cowboy hat and stepped away from the keyboard.
  • The Quiz
    by Michael Swaine
    A monthly diversion at least peripherally related to programming.
  • Calendar
    by Jackie Carter
    Author sightings, partner events, and other notable happenings.
  • Shady Illuminations
    by John Shade
    The man with the camera really is trying to capture your soul.

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