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mombrea

mombrea

Member since: October 2012

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Software engineer, founder of Cypress North, technology enthusiast.

Areas of Interest: Cloud Computing, Hardware, Mobile, Networking, Software, Virtualization, Software, Programming

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  • mombrea mombrea wrote Quick Tip to help transition an iOS design to iOS 7
    LIke it or not, iOS 7 is here and it’s not going anywhere. The next time you open a pre iOS 7 app in the new Xcode 5, you’re going to be prompted to upgrade the project for iOS 7. The major difference is obviously the new UI style, and chances are some components of your app are not going to transition smoothly between iOS 6 (or less) and iOS 7. Here is a quick tip to help you on your journey.

    3 days 8 hours ago

  • mombrea mombrea wrote Is buying a next-gen console irresponsible?
    I’ve been into video games my entire life. I’ve saved up and purchased just about every console platform and generation since the original NES. I currently own a PS3 and Xbox 360 but both are collecting dust now that I’m over thirty years old, married, baby and career laden. I want a reason to buy a nex-gen console this year but so far I can’t find that reason.

    6 days 3 hours ago

  • mombrea mombrea likes Android OS as an embedded platform
    Today, embedded systems are so common that you’d have a hard time looking in any direction without seeing a device which contains one - if you know where to look. Lately, a movement toward embedded as a platform is creating new opportunities by leveraging the Android OS.

    1 week 3 days ago

  • mombrea mombrea wrote Android OS as an embedded platform
    Today, embedded systems are so common that you’d have a hard time looking in any direction without seeing a device which contains one - if you know where to look. Lately, a movement toward embedded as a platform is creating new opportunities by leveraging the Android OS.

    1 week 4 days ago

  • mombrea mombrea likes Could the Microsoft Surface Pro 2 be your only device?
    Today Microsoft held an event to announce and showcase the Surface 2 tablet and accessories. While there are several flashy new items like the thinner, back lit Type Cover 2 and the dedicated DJ type cover - the real potential of the new device comes in the form of business productivity enhancements.

    1 week 6 days ago

  • mombrea mombrea wrote Could the Microsoft Surface Pro 2 be your only device?
    Today Microsoft held an event to announce and showcase the Surface 2 tablet and accessories. While there are several flashy new items like the thinner, back lit Type Cover 2 and the dedicated DJ type cover - the real potential of the new device comes in the form of business productivity enhancements.

    1 week 6 days ago

  • mombrea mombrea wrote iOS7 redesign hysteria
    It’s as predictable as it is ridiculous. Whenever a popular product undergoes a drastic redesign, users and nonusers alike come out of the woodwork to declare the death of the entire company. In a shocking surprise to nobody, Wednesday’s release of iOS7 prompted overreactions across the web.

    2 weeks 3 days ago

  • mombrea mombrea likes How to parse URL's, hash tags, and more from a tweet
    Tweets come with all kinds of actionable elements inside them these days. Shortened URL’s, #hashtags, @replies, and the actual message body. When you’re consuming a list of tweets, it’s important to be able to parse out these elements from the plain text so that they can be made into hyperlinks and directed at the proper location.

    2 weeks 4 days ago

  • mombrea mombrea wrote How to parse URL's, hash tags, and more from a tweet
    Tweets come with all kinds of actionable elements inside them these days. Shortened URL’s, #hashtags, @replies, and the actual message body. When you’re consuming a list of tweets, it’s important to be able to parse out these elements from the plain text so that they can be made into hyperlinks and directed at the proper location.

    2 weeks 5 days ago

  • mombrea mombrea wrote Use your cell phone as a WiFi VOIP phone
    Does your home or office use a VOIP based phone system? Wouldn’t it be great if you could use your cell phone as a VOIP phone instead of running back and forth to your desk whenever the phone rings? It turns out that this can be a reality quite easily, provided you can wrangle the proper details from your IT folks.

    3 weeks 5 days ago

  • mombrea mombrea wrote Apple steps up their app store reviewing speed
    App review times for both new and updated apps have been a major pain point for developers targeting the iOS/OSX platforms. With review times reaching upwards of 20 days, the consequences of submitting an app with a major flaw are serious. Lately however, review times have been down right speedy.

    4 weeks 4 days ago

  • mombrea mombrea likes 3 ways to pimp your BASH console
    If you spend a lot of time around a linux console, you’re familiar with the vast color emptiness that is BASH. The default color scheme and text layouts for BASH can be pretty lame. Luckily the terminal is pretty customizable and you can do some modding to improve the experience.

    5 weeks 3 days ago

  • mombrea mombrea wrote 3 ways to pimp your BASH console
    If you spend a lot of time around a linux console, you’re familiar with the vast color emptiness that is BASH. The default color scheme and text layouts for BASH can be pretty lame. Luckily the terminal is pretty customizable and you can do some modding to improve the experience.

    5 weeks 4 days ago

  • mombrea mombrea wrote Creating a Twitter proxy for mobile developement
    It’s been several months now since Twitter switched over to version 1.1 of the Twitter API. Headaches were expected, and headaches are being had. A primary cause of these headaches is the move to enforce OAuth for every API request, but a second culprit - rate limiting - is responsible for drastic restructuring of existing code.

    6 weeks 5 days ago

  • mombrea mombrea likes Amazon introduces web apps to its Android app store
    Amazon’s foray into the App Store marketplace recently gained a new feature which could help boost its offerings. They are now making HTML5 Web Apps first class citizens by placing them right next to other Android Apps in their App Store.

    7 weeks 4 days ago

  • mombrea mombrea wrote Amazon introduces web apps to its Android app store
    Amazon’s foray into the App Store marketplace recently gained a new feature which could help boost its offerings. They are now making HTML5 Web Apps first class citizens by placing them right next to other Android Apps in their App Store.

    7 weeks 5 days ago

  • mombrea mombrea likes Mobile app development: The important distinction of quality over quantity
    Capitalism is a strange animal. Its practice is interpreted differently from person to person, company to company, and generation to generation. The goal of course is always the same - to make a profit - but the path to profits is what defines you as a person or entity.

    8 weeks 4 days ago

  • mombrea mombrea wrote The important distinction of quality over quantity
    Capitalism is a strange animal. Its practice is interpreted differently from person to person, company to company, and generation to generation. The goal of course is always the same - to make a profit - but the path to profits is what defines you as a person or entity.

    8 weeks 5 days ago

  • mombrea mombrea likes iOS app provisioning during member center outage
    While most of the services related to the Apple Developer Portal outage have been restored, there is still one component left dark on the live status page that can cause you some problems. Xcode Automatic Configuration.

    9 weeks 3 days ago

  • mombrea mombrea wrote iOS app provisioning during member center outage
    While most of the services related to the Apple Developer Portal outage have been restored, there is still one component left dark on the live status page that can cause you some problems. Xcode Automatic Configuration.

    9 weeks 4 days ago

  • mombrea mombrea wrote Apple Developer Portal down for 8th straight day
    As you may have seen or heard, the Apple Developer Portal has been down for over a week now after a reported security breach. This has been causing a significant headaches for the iOS developer community, and the most frustrating part is that there is no timeline for restoration.

    10 weeks 2 days ago

  • mombrea mombrea likes How to build a WordPress plugin administration section
    In the last post I showed you how to get started building a WordPress plugin from scratch. Now I’d like to show you how to add administrative features to the back end of WordPress so that your plugin can be managed using the standard user interface.

    10 weeks 4 days ago

  • mombrea mombrea wrote How to build a WordPress plugin administration section
    In the last post I showed you how to get started building a WordPress plugin from scratch. Now I’d like to show you how to add administrative features to the back end of WordPress so that your plugin can be managed using the standard user interface.

    10 weeks 5 days ago

  • mombrea mombrea wrote How to build a WordPress plugin for beginners
    WordPress is the most popular blogging and CMS platform out there today. Part of what has made it so successful is its ability to be extended via plugins to perform any function you desire. Developing a plugin framework is really difficult, but WordPress has one of the best solutions I’ve seen to date. So how do you go about taking advantage of it and building your own plugin?

    11 weeks 4 days ago

  • mombrea mombrea wrote How to build a rack mounted server from scratch - Part 2
    A few months ago I embarked on a journey to build an enterprise grade, rack mount server from scratch for our business. The project was a success on all accounts and we’re happily running a slew of virtual machines on the box today. That’s not to say I wouldn’t make some changes on the next build, which it so happens is being completed as we speak.

    12 weeks 2 days ago

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