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MacTech 2011: What keeps Aaron Hillegass up at night

by Mike Schramm (Nov 4th, 2011)

Big Nerd Ranch founder Aaron Hillegass took the stage at this week's MacTech Conference 2011, and his talk was labeled, simply, "Going Mobile." That's a big topic, so after going through a few reasons why business and individuals might be for and against making mobile apps (all pretty standard ...

Voices that Matter iPhone: Aaron Hillegass and Joe Conway on the lifecycle of an iPhone app

by Mike Schramm (Apr 25th, 2010)

Aaron Hillegass and Joe Conway of Big Nerd Ranch kicked off the Voices that Matter iPhone conference in Seattle this weekend with an overview keynote detailing the lifecycle of an iPhone app from a developer's point of view. The two are trainers and consultants for developers working on iPhone apps, ...

TUAW at Big Nerd Ranch: Aaron Hillegass

by Brett Terpstra (Feb 7th, 2010)

More coverage of TUAW's inside look at developer boot camp. See below for notes & disclaimer. On my last day at Big Nerd Ranch, I got a chance to sit down with with the biggest nerd at the ranch, Aaron Hillegass, and talk about nerds, NextStep, the iPad and more. Aaron has a unique vantage point ...

TUAW at Big Nerd Ranch: now taking (app) requests!

by Brett Terpstra (Feb 3rd, 2010)

More coverage of TUAW's inside look at developer boot camp. See below for notes & disclaimer. It's Wednesday at Big Nerd Ranch. I'll get to meet a few of the personalities behind the ranch today, as well as meet up with some blogger friends from Atlanta. Victor is even going to stop by ... it's ...

TUAW at Big Nerd Ranch: cabin tour

by Brett Terpstra (Feb 3rd, 2010)

More coverage of TUAW's inside look at developer boot camp. See below for notes & disclaimer. This is a quick video I shot on Sunday. It's a quick tour of my cabin, just to show you what the lodging and amenities at the Big Nerd Ranch look like. Participants don't spend a lot of time in their ...

TUAW at Big Nerd Ranch: meet Joe Conway

by Brett Terpstra (Feb 2nd, 2010)

More coverage of TUAW's inside look at developer boot camp. See below for notes & disclaimer. It's Tuesday at Big Nerd Ranch, and we're deep into writing simple apps for our iPhones. Once Mark Fenoglio had finished teaching us some fundamentals of C and Objective-C, Joe Conway took over as ...

TUAW at Big Nerd Ranch: Mark Fenoglio

by Brett Terpstra (Jan 31st, 2010)

More coverage of TUAW's inside look at developer boot camp. See below for notes & disclaimer. I'm on my second day at Big Nerd Ranch, settling in and getting some blogging done between 3-hour lectures on Objective-C fundamentals. I sat down with our first instructor, Mark Fenoglio, last night to ...

TUAW's headed to Big Nerd Ranch!

by Brett Terpstra (Jan 29th, 2010)

I'm writing this at the Minneapolis airport, waiting to board a plane to head for Atlanta. You see, back in 2009 we got a call from Big Nerd Ranch asking if we could send a blogger for a week, have him take part in the computer programming classes they offer there and report back on the 'developer ...

Get your TUAW discount to the Voices That Matter: iPhone Developers Conference

by Steven Sande (Aug 5th, 2009)

Addison-Wesley Professional, the publishers of many books on both Mac and iPhone development, is hosting the Voices That Matter: iPhone Developer's Conference October 17 and 18th in Boston. TUAW wants to make sure that the budding iPhone devs in our readership are able to attend the conference, so ...

PagePacker puts microbooks in easy reach

by Michael Rose (Jan 8th, 2007)

Back in June, we told you about a downloadable "My Mac Won't Start!" quickguide in the PocketMod format, a teensy little 8-page book you can create, print and fold yourself. Even though nothing's cooler than info-origami, the Flash-based PocketMod creation tool was a little too clunky for Aaron ...

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