Hacker Musings

Game on

geoff@sublimeintervention.com (Geoff Norton) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:09:00 -0500

I've been silent about my next move for a while, but I'm happy to announce that I've gotten a US work visa. I'll be picking up my family in late september and moving to the Bay Area to join Sony Computer Entertainment of America on the Playstation team. I can't talk about what I'll be doing, but I'm very excited :)

So long and thanks for all the fish

geoff@sublimeintervention.com (Geoff Norton) — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:38:00 -0500

It's with a very heavy heart that I need to announce I won't be joining Xamarin. Working on Mono for the past 7 years has been one of the most intensly rewarding experiences of my life, and I'm extremely sad that I will not be moving forward with them. All of the hackers there are some of the brightest and best that I've ever had the luxury of working with. I wish all the guys at Xamarin the best of luck with their future, and I am confident they'll bring Mono to the next level.

I'd like to thank Miguel for all of the amazing fun times we've had over the years, and providing me a home to hack on Mono, its been a pretty wild ride.

What's next for me? I'm not entirely sure yet. I'm going to spend some time with my family, and probably go fishing. As always, I am reachable by email and twitter if anyone is looking to contact me. Happy hacking!

MonoTouch, Interface Builder and Xcode4 -- Oh my!

geoff@sublimeintervention.com (Geoff Norton) — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:18:00 -0500

The MonoTouch support for Xcode4's new integrated Interface Builder is coming soon, however a lot of people seem confused as to what they can do in the mean time. Thankfully there is a trivial solution for people who wish to install Xcode4 and still have a working Interface Builder integraion.

1. Install Xcode4 to /Developer
2. Install Xcode3 to /Xcode3
3. Find any .xib on your HDD in Finder and Right Click->Get Info it.
4. In the "Open With" section, change the drop down to "Interface Builder" and click "Change All..."
5. Profit

Stay tuned for new about our full Xcode4 integration coming in the next couple weeks.

Charity

geoff@sublimeintervention.com (Geoff Norton) — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 01:09:00 -0500

Over the last few months I have been doing some technical review for a few books. Normally publishers pay for this work, but I have decided to direct my proceeds to charity. That being said, it has to be a registered charity in the United States, and as a Canadian I do not get a lot of exposure to smaller, efficient US charities.

I've been doing some thinking, and I'd like to direct the funds to a charity that focuses on technology, perhaps technology education. Ideally applying this focus on developing nations.

If you have any suggestions please drop me a comment or a note by e-mail

Suggestions?

Hello world.

geoff@sublimeintervention.com (Geoff Norton) — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:19:00 -0500

Its been a while, but its time to give this blog another revival.