Nerd Journal

My name is jiggabits. I am learning how to do stuff on the Internet. And when I'm not, I'm making music.

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Optimizing your email for mobile devices with the @media query - Campaign Monitor

The latest from the Campaign Monitor blog.

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Moving all my 'Nerd Journal' posts to jiggabits.tumblr.com

... To document all my work in one place.  All 'nerd journal' notes will be tagged as such.  I'll keep this alive for future reference, though.

Visit jiggabits.tumblr.com

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A tool for looking up a user's numeric Instagram ID.

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.htaccess is a configuration file for use on web servers running the Apache Web Server software. When a .htaccess file is placed in a directory which is in turn 'loaded via the Apache Web Server', then the .htaccess file is detected and executed by the Apache Web Server software. These .htaccess files can be used to alter the configuration of the Apache Web Server software to enable/disable additional functionality and features that the Apache Web Server software has to off...

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produces key: value, key: value array

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Intro to Objective-C

Here are a few key ideas about Objective-C that I've become expose

.h - public .m - private

Examples of instantiating: PlayViewController *nameOfController

@property (nonatomic, strong) Class *Object

@end

Command - Click takes you to where a class is defined

Console.log: NSLog('string here', parameter);

call an obeject's method: [objectName sayHello]

Defining a method: - (void)  sayHello: (NSString *)name

Calling a public method: [objectName sayHello:@"MichaelJackson"]

Why do you say (void)? If you do nothing with the returned stuff

self is almost like this %@ - append/concatenate stuff

Define a delegate in interface files

@interface PianoViewController()<PianoViewControllerDelegate> {} 

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Take business classes. Thicken your skin. Develop your own unique style as if you were creating a language, with all the nouns and verbs and adjectives and gerunds and articles and participles and conjunctions. Don’t undervalue yourself. If you aren’t good with people, find an agent. If you aren’t…