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Facebook Home for iOS
Ever had an impulse to re-create something cool right after you see it? I get that a lot, especially with cool designs in mobile apps. Occasionally, that impulse keeps chewing at me from the inside...
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Building Facebook Home for iOS (1) – Data Layer
Project Repos - github.com/kenshin03/Home-For-iOS Project Page – corgitoergosum.net/facebook-home-for-ios/ To kick off this new write-up series, I would like to begin by talking about the app’s...
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Building Facebook Home for iOS (2) – Cover Feed
Project Repos - github.com/kenshin03/Home-For-iOS Project Page – corgitoergosum.net/facebook-home-for-ios/ With the app’s groundwork laid I jumped straight into building the Cover Feed UI. Cover Feed...
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Building Facebook Home for iOS (3) – Menu and App Launcher
Project Repos - github.com/kenshin03/Home-For-iOS Project Page – corgitoergosum.net/facebook-home-for-ios/ Home’s playful menu design really sets itself apart from the Jellybean lock screens and...
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Building Facebook Home for iOS (4) – Notifications
Project Repos - github.com/kenshin03/Home-For-iOS Project Page – corgitoergosum.net/facebook-home-for-ios/ It turned out that not much can be done for Notifications. I thought the Realtime Updates API...
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Fun with private APIs
About a months ago the design lead on the team asked if it was possible to make the iPhone more “alive” by giving it a heart beat – i.e. vibrate in a pulse pattern. The idea was intriguing, and...
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iOS Coding Conventions
Even for someone who thinks code, like art, is a form of expression and should reflect the characters of its creator, there is no denying that coding convention is a necessary evil for effective...
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iOS Coding Conventions – a refactoring case study
Edit: Interestingly enough, a few days after publishing this post, the team at @rwenderlich released their own objective-c style guide. Their guide does a great job combining elements from other...
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Good enough isn’t: Replicating the Secret iOS App Text View
Background Among the new wave of communication and social apps to hit the Appstore lately, Secret has piqued my interest most. Anyone who has the guts to embrace and advocate anonymity at the age of...
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Thoughts on Jony Ive biography by Leander Kahney
Two years in, just when I thought it was time for the public to move past Steve and learn to show more appreciation towards the team behind Apple’s products, a biography on Jony Ive came about. I...
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