Author: Vic

Tracking Privacy Policies

I’ve been working on a hobby project to track privacy policies during my weekends for a while now and I’m beginning to get some results. I know it’s a dry topic and that not everyone is concerned about privacy… but for those that are concerned, then you understand that we’ve entered an era where anything… Continue reading Tracking Privacy Policies

Apple Broadband Tuner 1.0 for High Speed FiOS Connections

If you’re running a wired FiOS connection greater than 35Mbps up/down on your Mac and your not getting the speed that you’re expecting then take a look at the Apple Broadband Tuner. I recently upgraded my bandwidth but noticed that I was not receiving my contractual download speed. Once the larger buffers were set up… Continue reading Apple Broadband Tuner 1.0 for High Speed FiOS Connections

Incredible Outtakes From Microsoft Downfall Article

These are some outtakes from an online Vanity Fair article titled “Microsoft’s Downfall: Inside the Executive E-mails and Cannibalistic Culture That Felled a Tech Giant”.   Today, a single Apple product—the iPhone—generates more revenue than all of Microsoft’s wares combined.   a program that forces every unit to declare a certain percentage of employees as… Continue reading Incredible Outtakes From Microsoft Downfall Article

Handling The UISwitch ValueChanged Event To Determine State In MonoTouch

Posting this to help anyone that was stuck trying to determine why the UISwitch State value always returned 0. The mistake I was making when handling the ValueChanged Event was this (my IBOutlet is switchPrivateOnOff): switchPrivateOnOff.ValueChanged += delegate { switchPublicWarning.Text = string.Empty; switchPublicWarning.Text = switchPrivateOnOff.State.ToString();   // attempt to dump toggle value to UILabel };… Continue reading Handling The UISwitch ValueChanged Event To Determine State In MonoTouch

Handle UIToolBarButtonItem Clicked Event in MonoTouch

The UIToolBar and the UIToolBarButtonItem add a nice professional look to an app. Hooking the click event of the Bar Button Item can easily accomplished. The full MonoDevelop Solution for this sample can be downloaded at the bottom of this blog post. Add a UIToolBar to your .xib from Interface Builder. Your screen should look… Continue reading Handle UIToolBarButtonItem Clicked Event in MonoTouch

Post UISearchBar Values to RESTful API from MonoTouch

In my previous blog post comments Chris asked for some Source Code so I’ve put together a sample using the UISearchBar. The App has 2 View Controllers and 2 zibs. HomeScreen.cs | HomeScreen.xib SearchResults.cs | SearchResults.xib You can download the entire MonoDevelop Solution here: UISearchBarSample MonoDevelop Solution What Does It Do? UISearchBarSample accepts a zip code,… Continue reading Post UISearchBar Values to RESTful API from MonoTouch

UISearchBar BackButton Adventures

In my previous post I wrote about persisting a UISearchBar value so it would be available when pushing the user a new View Controller to display the Search Results. My app has a simple SearchResults UIViewController where some UILabels are populated with various result attributes. Interestingly, the UILabel(s) and other controls maintain their original result… Continue reading UISearchBar BackButton Adventures