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Just thought I’d put out a quick word on an open-source gem I’m planning on using in my upcoming product, Changes.app. ConnectionKit is a publishing framework which supports HTTP, FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, .Mac (more WebDAV I think), and Amazon S3. From spelunking through the code, it appears to be well written and easy to integrate [...]

I’ve been making good progress on Changes.app. I’m finishing up the directory comparison view and moving on to the line-by-line comparison.
Originally, I thought I’d make the line-by-line file comparison work like the one in FileMerge.app.

However, I liked the way that Beyond Compare 2 allows the user’s eyes to track horizontally across the window to the [...]

Jordan Langille (of OneToad Design) has designed an awesome icon for Changes.app. I’d highly recommend him to anyone looking for application icon design for OS X.
Check out his portfolio here.
The new icon will debut when Changes.app is released.

I’ve started working on a new app in my very scarce spare time. It’s a bit of a secret right now, but here are some hints:

The app’s working name is “Changes”.
It’s for Cocoa.
Leopard-only of course.
An app that is widely-used in Windows but has no direct competitor on the Mac
Will scream on multi-proc machines.

Still trying to [...]

So, I’ll put it out there… is there any interest in starting a Greater Phoenix Cocoaheads group? After I finish my MS (the universal caveat), I really want to start up a chapter. Comment or ping me at (ibaird) at (gmail) dot (com) if you are interested in this.
Here’s an article that explains what it [...]

Congratulations to Arclite (from the super-awesome #macsb channel gang) on his release of “Pencils Down 3″, an innovative test creation solution for OS X. He’s a super dude and I wish him the best of luck in this endeavor.
Pencils Down 3 by Elgebar Studios

I’m wondering what the best way of implementing a Cocoa-based SOAP client is. Apple’s support for Web Services seems rather skimpy and gSOAP, while it would work, is a non-optimal way of gluing together SOAP services and Objective-C code. Does anyone have an interesting solution for this?
I know that the Phanfare guys have a solution [...]