Author Archives: Serban

OpenCV 360iDev 2011 Slides

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Serban

Thanks again to those of you that came out to my Intro to OpenCV talk at 360idev.com 2011.  I don’t generally put much text on my slides (or notes for that matter), but there are images, code snippets, and links of interest. … Continue reading →

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Visualizing Music with FMOD and OpenGL

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Serban

Hey Folks! As promised, here are my slides and demo code for my recent 360iDev (Austin 2010) talk.  It’s a walkthrough of how to setup and use the FMOD (fmod.org) audio engine on iOS.  It also shows how to do … Continue reading →

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360iDev: Introduction to 2d Game Programming Using cocos2d

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Serban

I was extremely pleased with the number of people that showed up to my 360iDev talk on cocos2d.  You can download the slides below.  I’m not a big fan of packing slides full of text and I’m not sure how … Continue reading →

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WWDC: A First-Timer's Thoughts

Posted on June 27, 2009 by Serban

WWDC 2009 ended about two weeks ago and I thought I’d take a moment to share some of my thoughts with you.  If you’ve been to WWDC, I doubt you’ll find much here that you haven’t personally experienced.  It’s okay … Continue reading →

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Targeting iPhone 2.x on Snow Leopard with Xcode 3.2

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Serban

A few of my fellow WWDC 2009 attendees and I drank a little too much of the Apple Kool-Aid and installed Snow Leopard and Xcode 3.2 over our existing Leopard installations.  Unfortunately, iPhone 2.x SDKs were no longer available.

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Judge Scrabby Finally Approved and Released

Posted on May 30, 2009 by Serban

Scrabble fiends rejoice!  It took about three weeks longer than it really should have (details here), but Judge Scrabby, my Scrabble word challenger, is finally in the App Store. For those of you wondering how I managed to get such … Continue reading →

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Ridiculous App Store Rejection

Posted on May 15, 2009 by Serban

I recently submitted Judge Scrabby, a companion application to Scrabby (an anagram and Scrabble word finder), to Apple’s App Store.  The application is very simple and, in my humble opinion, does one thing extremely well.  Judge Scrabby simply tells you … Continue reading →

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Quick Jump From Finder to Terminal

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Serban

Every now and then I find myself in the Finder and really wishing that I was at the Terminal’s command prompt within that Finder directory.  Here’s a short screencast discussing the “open .” command to easily take you from Terminal … Continue reading →

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Scrabby Release

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Serban

Scrabby, the Scrabble word finder, is now available on the iTunes App Store. Pick up a copy.  It’s free for a limited time or forever. I haven’t made up my mind yet, so take advantage of my vacillation and get … Continue reading →

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