Thomas thomaswhyyou

Don't add code cruft. Avoid parentheses around conditions in if-statements or with the return keyword. Don't add semicolons except where syntactically demanded in statements or to separate statements on the same line.
Don't use ALL_CAPS; use camelCase
Don't fight type inference. Use enumeration prefixes, self-references, and class names (with constructors) only when necessary or to clarify coding intent.
Don't use var when let is appropriate, especially for properties. The compiler better optimizes let statements for items whose values will not change during their lifetime. For example, Apple writes, "It is good practice to create immutable collections in all cases where the collection does not need to change. Doing so enables the Swift compiler to optimize the performance of the collections you create."
Don't use classes when structs will do. Use class

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

	Only a few considerations when making book suggestions:
	* No fiction;
	* Any book/topic that you are interested in reading; AND
	* At minimum tangentially related/instructive to the work you do everyday.
	(Preferably in the "maker" context, for the lack of better term.
	i.e. Product/design/development/management/startup/marketing/etc.)

	The goal is to read and learn together, whatever the topic is; get better everyday, collectively.

	:)

	#!/bin/sh

	sudo apt-get remove --purge vim vim-runtime vim-gnome vim-tiny vim-common vim-gui-common
	sudo apt-get install liblua5.1-dev luajit libluajit-5.1 python-dev ruby-dev libperl-dev mercurial libncurses5-dev libgnome2-dev libgnomeui-dev libgtk2.0-dev libatk1.0-dev libbonoboui2-dev libcairo2-dev libx11-dev libxpm-dev libxt-dev

	sudo mkdir /usr/include/lua5.1/include
	sudo ln -s /usr/include/luajit-2.0 /usr/include/lua5.1/include

	cd ~
	hg clone https://code.google.com/p/vim/

	" ================ Vundle Config ======================
	set nocompatible
	filetype off

	" set the runtime path to include Vundle and initialize
	set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
	call vundle#begin()
	Plugin 'gmarik/Vundle.vim'

	Plugin 'altercation/vim-colors-solarized'

	2012-12-27 12:27:35.942 DayTwentyFour[20082:c07] initWithCoder
	2012-12-27 12:27:35.947 DayTwentyFour[20082:c07] loadView
	2012-12-27 12:27:35.949 DayTwentyFour[20082:c07] viewDidLoad
	2012-12-27 12:27:35.949 DayTwentyFour[20082:c07] viewWillAppear
	2012-12-27 12:27:35.952 DayTwentyFour[20082:c07] viewWillLayoutSubviews
	2012-12-27 12:27:35.952 DayTwentyFour[20082:c07] viewDidLayoutSubviews
	2012-12-27 12:27:35.956 DayTwentyFour[20082:c07] viewDidAppear

	#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

	@interface UIView (StringTagAdditions)
	@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *stringTag;
	@end

	.code {background-color:#f8f8f8;}
	/Manually copied & pasted from http://docs.readthedocs.org/en/latest//
	.code .hll{background-color:#ffc;margin:0 -12px;padding:0 12px;display:block}
	.code .c{color:#998;font-style:italic}
	.code .err{color:#a61717;background-color:#e3d2d2}
	.code .k{font-weight:bold}
	.code .o{font-weight:bold}
	.code .cm{color:#998;font-style:italic}
	.code .cp{color:#999;font-weight:bold}
	.code .c1{color:#998;font-style:italic}