Comments on: The Most Dedicated (or insane) Apple Programmers! http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/17/the-most-dedicated-or-insane-apple-programmers/ 365 Days Of My Experience With Apple As A Switcher Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:51:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: DBL http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/17/the-most-dedicated-or-insane-apple-programmers/#comment-803 DBL Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:41:29 +0000 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/17/the-most-dedicated-or-insane-apple-programmers/#comment-803 This is a common story at Apple and has happened several times over the decades. This is a common story at Apple and has happened several times over the decades.

]]> By: alexr http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/17/the-most-dedicated-or-insane-apple-programmers/#comment-804 alexr Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:43:34 +0000 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/17/the-most-dedicated-or-insane-apple-programmers/#comment-804 Common story? Several times? I think not. I was there for this one. Common story? Several times? I think not.

I was there for this one.

]]> By: Dawg http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/17/the-most-dedicated-or-insane-apple-programmers/#comment-807 Dawg Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:46:02 +0000 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/17/the-most-dedicated-or-insane-apple-programmers/#comment-807 Macsucks? olol Macsucks? olol

]]> By: Mathew http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/17/the-most-dedicated-or-insane-apple-programmers/#comment-808 Mathew Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:10:06 +0000 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/17/the-most-dedicated-or-insane-apple-programmers/#comment-808 Cool video.. Google tech talks are quite cool. I should delve into them more often. Thanks for the link :) Cool video.. Google tech talks are quite cool. I should delve into them more often.

Thanks for the link :)

]]> By: Nick Young http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/17/the-most-dedicated-or-insane-apple-programmers/#comment-812 Nick Young Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:41:32 +0000 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/17/the-most-dedicated-or-insane-apple-programmers/#comment-812 No problem :) alexr, do you remember anything about Ron and Greg's adventures that isn't in the video or writeup? No problem :)

alexr, do you remember anything about Ron and Greg’s adventures that isn’t in the video or writeup?

]]> By: alexr http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/17/the-most-dedicated-or-insane-apple-programmers/#comment-813 alexr Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:09:36 +0000 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/17/the-most-dedicated-or-insane-apple-programmers/#comment-813 Plenty. :-) Ron and Greg also did an interview for "This American Life." I recorded some for that episode, but they ended up not using my commentary. That first night that Mike Neil and I were assisting Ron with porting his code to PPC, there was a moment when we realized that instead of moving a gray crosshairs around during a drag of the 2D graph, we could probably just recompute the entire graph and move it in realtime. That was a special moment. Ron later did a really stellar talk at WWDC about the UI possibilities offered by the increased performance in the jump from 68K to PPC. I also recall my extreme disappointment that Apple's HIG folks later awarded a Design Award to "You Don't Know Jack" over Graphing Calculator. YDNJ didn't have _any_ Mac UI and looked identical on other platforms. Perhaps the HIG folks didn't truly appreciate live dragging a variable across to the other side of the equals sign. Plenty. :-)

Ron and Greg also did an interview for “This American Life.” I recorded some for that episode, but they ended up not using my commentary.

That first night that Mike Neil and I were assisting Ron with porting his code to PPC, there was a moment when we realized that instead of moving a gray crosshairs around during a drag of the 2D graph, we could probably just recompute the entire graph and move it in realtime. That was a special moment. Ron later did a really stellar talk at WWDC about the UI possibilities offered by the increased performance in the jump from 68K to PPC.

I also recall my extreme disappointment that Apple’s HIG folks later awarded a Design Award to “You Don’t Know Jack” over Graphing Calculator. YDNJ didn’t have _any_ Mac UI and looked identical on other platforms. Perhaps the HIG folks didn’t truly appreciate live dragging a variable across to the other side of the equals sign.

]]> By: Nick Young http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/17/the-most-dedicated-or-insane-apple-programmers/#comment-815 Nick Young Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:56:50 +0000 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/17/the-most-dedicated-or-insane-apple-programmers/#comment-815 Ohhhh awesome, you were one of the guys who witnessed the monitor catching fire eh? I imagine that the change in performance between the 68k and PPC was mind blowing. I find it awesome that the other developers and engineers at Apple took the time to help Ron and Greg, especially in your case using your personal time at night to help them is really cool. I'm sure there were others that did the same for them. Without people like you they would probably still be hiding out in the Apple Offices with beards down to their feet. Oh, I found a link to the <a href="http://thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1071" rel="nofollow">This American Life bit</a> off the pacifict website. Ohhhh awesome, you were one of the guys who witnessed the monitor catching fire eh? I imagine that the change in performance between the 68k and PPC was mind blowing.

I find it awesome that the other developers and engineers at Apple took the time to help Ron and Greg, especially in your case using your personal time at night to help them is really cool. I’m sure there were others that did the same for them. Without people like you they would probably still be hiding out in the Apple Offices with beards down to their feet.

Oh, I found a link to the This American Life bit off the pacifict website.

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