03/09/2010

No Repository Type Git in Xcode 4 Developer Preview? Here is the solution!

29/06/2010 By Ralf 1 Comment

Besides all the iOS 4.0 hype and the fantastic new iPhone, what really made my day is the forthcoming new version of Apple’s IDE: Xcode 4.

After all, WWDC is a Developer Conference. Innovating the essentials tools we all work with daily, is as big a part of what we should have come to expect, as new SDKs and updated operating systems. Unfortunately, I cannot post any details about Xcode 4, nor any screenshots, as the current preview is still under NDA.

A key feature, that has been leaked elsewhere, is Git (and GitHub) support. I heavily use Git as a Source Code Management solution, both in my company and for my private projects.

I was literally blown away by the level of support for Git, that Apple demoed during WWDC.

No wonder, that huge disappointment hit me, when I tried to clone my first Git repo with the Xcode 4 Developer Preview and did not find the “Git” repository type in the UI. The only type offered was Subversion.

Turns out, there’s a simple solution: Xcode 4 expects the git command line tool to be available in /usr/bin. A quick which git on my console revealed, that my git binary instead resided in /usr/local/git/bin/git.

After creating a symlink in /usr/bin pointing to /usr/local/git/bin/git and restarting Xcode 4, everythink worked perfect!

The full command: sudo ln -s /usr/local/git/bin/git /usr/bin/git

A couple of observations: Connecting to GitHub did not work via the native git protocol, so I had to paste in the https URI to the repo. Same with ssh key based authentication, which did not work. I had to use my GitHub registered email address (username did not work) and password.

Besides this, working with a GitHub hosted git repository from within Xcode 4 just got really fantastic!

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Filed Under: All Things Apple, Development Tagged With: git, github, xcode 4

MLOVE 2010: It’s all about the people

25/06/2010 By Ralf 5 Comments

Over the past couple of days, I’ve been extremely lucky to attend the MLOVE ConFestival.

There’s much one can say about this outstanding, extraordinary event and I likely will. Later, once I had a chance to digest all the good stuff.

For now, there’s one common theme, that crosses my mind again and again, when thinking about MLOVE: It’s all about the people.

When Peter Giblin and Harald Neidhardt set out on their journey to create the MLOVE concept, there was one key driving factor: Putting the people back into the center of everything. Many, if not all, business events and conferences are grouped around the central concept of an audience and speakers. Two distinct roles. Some who listen. Some who talk.

While “a great chance to network” is on every agenda these days, I never quite experienced it as intense, as enriching as during the MLOVE days. Both, for work and for my personal life.

MLOVE has been truly interdisciplinary, crazy, funny, encouraging, motivating, eye-opening and passionate for me.

With the youngest participant aged 15 (Jerome Nadel’s son) up to the 31.5 years old :-) UNICEF Chairman Oliver Rothschild the diversity and genuinely multi-cultural view points couldn’t get any better for, I’d say, any discussion.

Yes, we discussed mobility. After all, that’s why it’s called MLOVE. But mobility in a much broader sense than on any other industry event I’ve yet been attending. How can we bring power and education to the developing countries? Is education the key to most privacy concerns? Can noise be valuable? What’s the overall role and responsibility of the geeks?

The way the event has been structured and executed put the participants in the center of it all.

The notion of audience vs. speaker has only been there during a few (outstanding) keynotes – thanks Shaherose, Nicholas, Jonathan, Aape, Jerome and everybody else. But most of the interaction happened between us. The first day’s Open Space was just fabulous. And Jonathan MacDonald’s moderation unparalleled.

What’s the most important learning from MLOVE for me? It’s to do everything, to surround yourself with great people.

Whether it’s your private life or professionally. Try to incorporate different perspectives into everything you do. Seek for masters in their respective disciplines. Hire the ones, who are even better than you and greatly stimulate thinking out-of-the-box.

Do not accept the status quo. Never.

I’ve started to create the ultimate MLOVE 2010 attendees twitter list. You can follow the MLOVE attendees here. If you’ve been there and are not yet on the list, do let me know, please.

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Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: mlove

One of my favorite games for the iPhone, now available for free!

17/06/2010 By Ralf 1 Comment

Just a heads up that The App Dojo, an iPhone developer buddy of mine, will reduce the price for one of my favorite iPhone games to exactly zero very soon.

If you’re like me an like the puzzle genre mixed with some action, go checkout SIZZ (iTunes Link). It should be free by the time this post sees the light.

Here’s a quick how-to-play/making off:


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Filed Under: Apps, Featured Tagged With: App Store, sizz

The Bees Awards: First International Social Media Award Show, San Francisco November 9th, 2010

02/06/2010 By Ralf 3 Comments

I’m proud to serve as a Jury member for the initial iteration of The Bees Awards, the first International Social Media Award Show.

One-fifth of the planet’s population is active on social media platforms. The Bees Awards will showcase how companies make the best use of new communication tools. This prestigious event will be held in San Francisco on November 9th, 2010.

“Social media is a growing phenomenon that calls for new communication and marketing expertise,” said Bastien Beauchamp, Founder of The Bees Awards. “Contrary to advertising, social media is “real” – it involves real people, real conversations, real products, real companies and real brands. Marketing legends David Ogilvy and Bill Bernbach advocated the necessity of being in constant contact with the consumer’s reality. The Bees Awards will recognize those who have most expertly married this original spirit with today’s technology to create social media that transcends all marketing that’s come before it.”

The Deadline for Entry Submissions is October 1st, 2010.

1st International Social Media Award Show for Communication and Marketing Professionals – The Bees Awards from BeesAwards on Vimeo.

Nominees will be announced October 21st, 2010 at 7pm PST on the Bees Awards website at http://www.beesawards.com and via Twitter (@beesawards #beesawards). The Awards Gala will take place in San Francisco on November 9th, 2010. It will be streamed live at http://www.beesawards.com and via Twitter (@beesawards #beesawards).

The Bees Awards seek to  fill the gap in current marketing awards competitions by focusing solely on recognizing excellence in social media across multiple platforms. The Bees Awards team has established three key criteria:

  1. The Bees Awards are for communications and marketing professionals including: public relations and advertising agencies, advertisers, consultants, freelancers, students, business managers, and entrepreneurs.  People who pay or are paid to leverage social media tools to accomplish a corporate purpose may enter. No other social media awards exist for social media marketing practitioners.
  2. The Bees Awards are  the first social media award show with representation from an international jury panel. Social media has no boundaries, but every country has its own expertise and practices.  The Bees Awards goal is to incorporate this ever-changing global knowledge base in its selection/judging process.
  3. The Bees Awards will be awarded for delivering excellence in the various categories as judged by a jury of expert practitioners. It is not about being famous; it’s about executing impressive communications that are recognized by the jury to stimulate and challenge the industry. The jury has the responsibility to be the guardians of emerging media brilliance  and to help give  direction to the industry.

Looking very much forward to fantastic submissions and a great event in November!

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