The Catalyst version of DA Umbrella just reached its first tiny milestone: all my project tasks now live in the app.
Screenshot showing a simple list of tasks for [DA CamCal](/camcal
Language breakdown of all my personal projects as of 2019-12-27:
- 66.9% C#
- 17.8% JavaScript
- 4.3% ShaderLab
- 3.2% Objective-C
- 3.0% Swift
- 1.6% Go
My ambitious 2020 goal: Swift goes to #1.
P.S. SwiftUI ain't gonna help much with this goal 😂
A Pivot Point of dA Umbrella
The current admin console part of DA Umbrella is a web app built with reactjs. While it works fine when I am on my Mac, I find more often when I want an iOS to do a quick task. More importantly, those quick tasks would be much easier if the app supports share extensions or Shortcuts.
I finally took the action to start the new project in Xcode. Here is a screenshot of the hello world version:
∞ European Mac Pros Are Assembled in China
Joe Rossignol, writing for MacRumors:
As suspected, it appears the new Mac Pro is only assembled in Texas for orders placed in the United States, Canada, and other countries in the Americas. French blog MacGeneration has confirmed that a new Mac Pro delivered to a customer in France today has fine print indicating it was assembled in China.
∞ Figma's Year in Numbers
tl;dr:
- Most popular non-grey color: #009688
- Most popular font: Montserrat
- Most popular frame: 🖥 1440x1024
- Most collaborated countries: 🇺🇸 and 🇷🇺
dA CamCal 3
A new version of DA CamCal is now available. Release notes:
- NEW: Added a "Rate the app" button. I will never interrupt you for ratings.
- NEW: Added a "Send Feedback" button.
- NEW: Added a "Share to a Friend" button.
- NEW: Added a brief about section.
Happy long exposure photographing
-- Dolee ^_^
dA CamCal 2
A new version of DA CamCal is now available. Release notes:
- NEW: Added ND filter ratings up to 20 stops.
- NEW: Added an option to use different ND filter notations.
- NEW: Added an option to force staying on light or dark mode.
- Fixed an issue where last used settings may not be saved in some situations.
Happy long exposure photographing
-- Dolee ^_^
Playing a previously console/PC only game on my MacBook in my bed with a game controller.
Only possible because of Stadia.
💯
dA CamCal Is Now Available
DA CamCal is an intuitive app to calculate long exposure time when using ND filters.
Features:
- Up to 16 ND stops
- Built-in timer when exposure is greater than 5 seconds
- Light and dark appearances
- iPad multi tasking support
- No ads, no tracking, no funny business
And if you are a fellow iOS dev, it's 100% written in SwiftUI.
Purchase the app here and happy long exposure photographing ^_^
ABC Song Variants
Jason Kottke's post on the alternate ABC song got my attention:
An alternate version of the ABC song that slows down the LMNOP part is currently going viral because of a tweet by Noah Garfinkel: “They changed the ABC song to clarify the LMNOP part, and it is life ruining.”
My first reaction was: thank you! I always find the ABC song I'm hearing from my daughter's toys are strange and hard to follow. So I completely agree with them:
About the slow l,m,n,o,p: I teach young learners of English as a foreign language, and have found this way the most effective for teaching the letters.
Here is the original video by Matt Richelson:
However, this is not the one I learned either. The version I learned slowed down the same LMN part, but it also has a different grouping: OPQ, RST, UVW, XYZ, plus a different ending. I find it even easier for non native speakers. Here is a video of this version:
I couldn't find out where this version original comes from. The subtitle of the above videos says it's French music. But searched the French version of ABC song, it's the same as the one in the U.S. It's not U.K. either.