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		<title>9 Helpful Cocoa Developer Resources</title>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Cocoa Objective C Apple Developer" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXNIN0uNtmg/SxhnfswlLXI/AAAAAAAAFZI/_XlkFhK3D9A/s400/Hot-Cocoa.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="320" /></p>
<p>When you get stuck on that programming nightmare, wouldn&#8217;t it be nice to simply turn to your kind next door neighbor that happens to develop wonderful apps like you and has 10+ years of Objective C programming knowledge that retired just a year ago from Apple Inc. Well since we all don&#8217;t have that privilege, we have to turn to the web for help and there is no better way to get help on an issue than from multiple peers in the field without leaving your seat.</p>
<p>So let&#8217;s check out some helpful sources for Cocoa developers!<span id="more-215"></span></p>
<p><strong>#1 &#8211; Linked In Groups</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img class="aligncenter" title="LinkedIn" src="http://thesjsucareercenter.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/linkedin-logo.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /><br />
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<p>Of course this is not just any old Linked In group -  these particular groups are made just to help Cocoa developers out when in a pickle. The plus is, it&#8217;s great to network with your peers and talk about other things besides code&#8230;if only we had a life beyond code *sigh*.</p>
<p>Links: <a title="iPhone Developers LinkedIn Group" href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=72283&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr">iPhoneDevelopers</a> &amp; <a title="Cocoa Touch Dev LinkedIn" href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=110586&amp;trk=anetsrch_name&amp;goback=%2Egdr_1276849220548_1">Cocoa and Cocoa Touch Developers</a> &amp; <a title="Cocoa  Touch Technical LinkedIn" href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1278217&amp;trk=anetsrch_name&amp;goback=%2Egdr_1276849220548_1">Cocoa Touch Technical Discussion</a></p>
<p><strong>#2 &#8211; CocoaDev</strong></p>
<p>CocoaDev.com is basically a wiki community by and for Mac OSX developers. It&#8217;s a good resource to find examples and solutions based on specific Cocoa documentation.</p>
<p><strong>Link:</strong> <strong><a title="CocoaDev.com" href="http://www.CocoaDev.com"><strong>CocoaDev.com</strong></a></strong></p>
<p><strong>#3 &#8211; Stack Overflow</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img class="aligncenter" title="StackOverflow.com" src="http://webjackalope.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/stackoverflow.png" alt="" width="240" height="158" /><br />
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<p>It&#8217;s not Cocoa specific, but when you run into an issue which you probably will, you can get your answers to your specific code issues from your fellow developers around the world. I like Stack Overflow because I typically get ACCURATE answers pretty quickly, plus the different views and point of views truly help.</p>
<p><strong>Link:</strong> <a title="Stack Overflow" href="http://www.stackoverflow.com">Stackoverflow.com</a></p>
<p><strong>4 -#MacDev</strong></p>
<p>This is the IRC channel dedicated to Macintosh development, loaded with a couple hundred people willing and ready to solve your programming <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">nightmare</span> issue. On the EFNet IRC network, when you don&#8217;t have time or don&#8217;t feel like waiting for answers that are usually solved within forums, it&#8217;s super helpful to chat in real time with other Cocoa developers.</p>
<p><strong>Link:</strong> <a href="http://www.devintosh.com/">http://www.devintosh.com/</a></p>
<p><strong>#5 -Mac OS X Reference Library</strong></p>
<p>This may be a no-brainer, but this is the reference for everything iPhone, Mac, and iPad &#8211; anything Apple related period. This is where you will find documentation, tutorials, sample code and more. Hey, even the long time developer needs to reference the basics sometimes and this is the place to do it.</p>
<p>Link: <a title="Mac Reference Library" href="http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/navigation/index.html">Mac OS X Reference Library</a></p>
<p><strong>#6 &#8211; Apple &#8211; or course silly</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img class="aligncenter" title="Apple Inc." src="http://www.sos-software.com/de/images/manu/500px-apple_computer_logosvg.png" alt="" width="300" height="333" /><br />
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<p>Again, this may seem like a no-brainer but it absolutely baffles me how often I forget to use this resource . Assuming you are a registered iPhone or Mac developer this is the place where you will find the latest OS downloads, links to documentation, official Apple developer forums , development tools, and much more.</p>
<p>Also remember, when you pay for an Apple developer account you can get Apple tech support that allows you to send your issues directly to the Apple dev team themselves. As a note, please reserve this for your most desperate times as you are charged for each request.</p>
<p>Make sure to enter iPhone DevCenter, Mac Dev Center, and Safari  Center.</p>
<p><strong>Link: </strong><a title="Apple Developer" href="http://developer.apple.com">http://developer.apple.com</a><strong><br />
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<p><strong># 7 &#8211; </strong><a title="Mac-Developer-Network" href="http://www.Mac-Developer-Network.com"><strong>Mac-Developer-Network</strong></a></p>
<p>Here you will find the MDN show podcast as well as training and tutorials for Mac, iPhone, and iPad developers. I love this source as I enjoy listening to Steve Scott and John Fox each week share their wisdom, groans, and pure silliness with the rest of the dev community. You  guys should totally tune in.<strong><br />
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<p><strong>Link: </strong><a title="Mac-Developer-Network" href="http://www.mac-developer-network.com/">Mac-Developer-Network</a></p>
<p><strong>#8 -FaceBook</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img class="aligncenter" title="Facebook" src="http://cfcc.edu/blogs/bookstore/files/2009/09/facebook.jpg" alt="" width="280" height="210" /><br />
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<p>Yes, FaceBook is helpful beyond reading the not-so-helpful anecdotes of your friends and viewing their drunk weekend photos, you can actually get help from your fellow dev friends. There is one particular group on here that I&#8217;ve been checking out (and for some reason haven&#8217;t joined &#8211; please don&#8217;t ask why) for a while appropriately named Cocoaheads, join and participate in all the fun. Also, you can find other Cocoa groups with a simple FaceBook search, who knew.</p>
<p>Link: <a title="Cocoa Heads FaceBook Group" href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=2412913816&amp;v=wall">CocoaHeads FaceBook Group</a></p>
<p><strong>#9 &#8211; Yahoo Groups</strong></p>
<p>You may not use Yahoo for your search these days, but they have a great group here for developers on any programming level &#8211; CocoaHeads NYC (no you don&#8217;t have to reside in New York city to join). It&#8217;s only about 130 members currently , but seriously how many people do you need to answer one question. Plus, it&#8217;s seems super active so this can help.</p>
<p><strong>Link:</strong> <a title="CocoaHeads - NYC" href="http://tech.dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/CocoaHeads-NYC/?v=1&amp;t=directory&amp;ch=web&amp;pub=groups&amp;sec=dir&amp;slk=7">CocoaHeads NYC</a></p>
<p><em><strong>BONUS:</strong></em></p>
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<p>This resource will not help you in a bind (sorry guys), but it has a plethora of outbound links that will. Tons of resources, documentation, and great reads fit for the absolute rookie to the Cocoa pro, check it out!</p>
<p>Link: <a title="Cocoa Dev Central" href="http://www.cocoadevcentral.com/">http://www.cocoadevcentral.com/</a></p>
<p>Do you guys have a favorite helpful resource or community I didn&#8217;t mention? Please let us all know &#8211; we all can use as much help as we can get.</p>
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		<title>SimpleLeap&#8217;s Flashcard Scholarship Made the News</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>As you might know, <a title="Mac,iPhone,iPod Touch Apps" href="http://www.simpleleap.com">SimpleLeap Software</a> started a scholarship for students that simply recorded themselves getting rid of their paper flashcards and boy is the <a title="Flashcard Scholarship - Win $500 from SimpleLeap to destroy your flashcards" href="http://www.flashcardscholarship.com">Flashcard Scholarship</a> getting a lot of attention. We really didn&#8217;t know that many students would want to participate but we were clearly WRONG!</p>
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<p>Check out the short vid featuring the Flashcard Scholarship on the local Jacksonville, FL news. Make sure you enter or remind your friends and family to enter the scholarship as the deadline is slowly approaching.</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft" title="Contact Manger for Mac" src="http://a3.twimg.com/profile_background_images/98599689/Rolodex512.png" alt="" width="229" height="229" /></p>
<p>I have been working on our new app for months and it&#8217;s getting close to the time to share some info with you guys. <a title="Apps for the Mac Contact Manager &amp; Study App" href="http://www.simpleleap.com">Our</a> new app is <a title="Mac Contact Manager" href="http://www.mondayapp.com">Monday and it&#8217;s a contact manager for the Mac</a>.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m so excited to be sharing this because we have been planning this app out for several months, even before we started actually developing and designing the app &#8211; so needless to say this app was a process.<span id="more-198"></span></p>
<p>Anywho, we are a couple of months away from releasing the app for sale to the public and just wanted to offer the opportunity for some to participate in our private beta session.</p>
<p>We are not sharing too many details about the app or it&#8217;s functionality, but let me just say <em>from the most bias</em> point of view, it&#8217;s going to be great and something I think a lot of Mac users have been looking for.</p>
<p>To sign up for the opportunity to become a <a title="Contact Manager for the Mac" href="http://www.mondayapp.com">beta tester, please sign up here</a>. FYI&#8230;We were originally only looking for 10 people to participate during the private beta testing period, but we  have received such an overwhelming response to our beta testing opportunity that we have kind of expanded this.</p>
<p>Just sign up and you will be emailed a short survey with more details. After you complete the survey, we will choose the participants of the beta testing period around June 15th and get back to those who were selected.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ars Technica has decided to hold their own design awards for Mac applications.]]></description>
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<p>Well we&#8217;ve all heard by now that Apple has left out the Mac folk from this year&#8217;s Apple Design Awards festivities. There is even a shallow Mac-based theme for the various session for WWDC &#8217;10. But have no fear, it looks like Ars Technica may be stepping up to the plate.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" title="Ars Technical Design Awards" src="http://static.arstechnica.com/assets/2010/05/awards_apple_intro-thumb-640xauto-13834.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="111" /></p>
<p>Ars Technica has decided to <a href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/05/2010-ars-design-awards-nominations.ars">hold their own design awards</a> for Mac applications. This is very interesting as it may finally open the gate to more awards Mac developers can receive besides waiting to see what Apple decides <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">what not </span>to do. Either way, hurry up and <a href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/05/2010-ars-design-awards-nominations.ars">submit your nominations</a> as they&#8217;re taking submissions until May 21st (TOMORROW !!!). My biased opinion hopes <a href="http://www.simpleleap.com">Cram</a> can pull out something. <img src='http://nullagenda.com/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've compiled a list of the 20 things that we bring back complete late 90's and early 2000's nostalgia if we saw or heard them today. This is part 1.]]></description>
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<p>Only when you look back do you realize how far we have come. Sounds like a cheesy re-tweeted quote, but it&#8217;s a simple fact. I was talking with my business partner <a title="Ashli Norton on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/ashlinorton">Ashli</a> and we were laughing about the things that are just flat out old news, how soooo high tech they sounded when were in the late 1990&#8242;s and early 2000&#8242;s. If you still use these things, say these things &#8211; take the gentle nudge as a hint to let it go. <span id="more-178"></span>These are definitely in no order just as they occurred to us:</p>
<p><strong>#1  &#8211; &#8220;Can I just call you collect?&#8221;</strong></p>
<p>Ok, so if you&#8217;ve heard this one recently, I&#8217;m assuming bail money soon followed. Do you remember all the crazy competition and commercials featuring Carrot Top. If you don&#8217;t remember them, check the video.</p>
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<p><strong>#2 &#8211; &#8220;Dude&#8230;you&#8217;re getting a Dell&#8221;</strong></p>
<p>I mean really, if your grandma still uses this oh so cool year late 1999 &#8211; 2000 line, it&#8217;s definitely time to find her a new replacement joke. Even the guy who was the star of the commercial (Ben Curtis) has moved on with an off-broadway show titled, &#8220;<a title="Dude Your Getting a Dell" href="http://www.bencurtisentertainment.com/">Dude Your Going to Hell&#8221;</a></p>
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<p><strong>#3 &#8211; &#8220;You&#8217;ve got mail&#8221;</strong></p>
<p>That&#8217;s right, that righteous reminder of you getting your important <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">spam</span> email. Don&#8217;t you miss your favorite email reminder and AOL&#8217;s disc with free minutes at the front of every retail kiosk, well for old time sake &#8211; here you go.</p>
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<p><strong>#4 &#8211; THE Windows TADA</strong></p>
<p>THE Window&#8217;s TADA sound for Windows 95 you can never forget -  Apple fan, Windows fan, whatever&#8230;you heard this and it&#8217;s just so classic.</p>
<p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="640" height="385" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/G47o44m4J2U&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="385" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/G47o44m4J2U&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p>
<p>Now, if you still hear this on someone&#8217;s computer, stop what you are doing and give them your computer, it&#8217;s an emergency.</p>
<p><strong>#5 &#8211; Download Accelerators</strong></p>
<p>God knows I only had 56k for a minute and of course I tried to download every piece of media (we will leave media at that) , so the only solution for this was the infamous &#8220;Download Accelerator&#8221; that did absolutely nothing to help, but you could at least pause your downloads this way. LOL&#8230;Oh the memories. Believe it or not, they still have these &#8211; <a title="Download accelerators" href="http://www.google.com/search?q=download+accelerator+win+amp&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;rlz=1R1GGGL_en___US359">check it out for yourself!</a></p>
<p><strong>#6 &#8211; Beanie Babies (circa 1998)</strong></p>
<p><strong></strong><img class="aligncenter" title="Beanie Babies" src="http://www.areavoices.com/attic/images/beanie1_1.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></p>
<p>Yes, Beanie Babies! Remember all of the riots in stores that carried them and the rushes to get one. People were desperate to just get something stuffed with beans in it. Even McDonald&#8217;s gave them away at a time. Go look in your closet or the attic, you know you still have them,  just waiting for the day for them to appreciate in value! HA!</p>
<p><strong>#7 &#8211; The Window&#8217;s 98 Intro Music</strong></p>
<p>When I found this online, I wanted to tear this brought back so many memories, don&#8217;t think you know what music I&#8217;m talking about&#8230;Ok, here&#8217;s a reminder!</p>
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<p><strong>#8 &#8211; Visit AOL Keyword&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>The only keywords used now are in search engines, but remember when you watched a commercial by your favorite retailer and they wanted you to visit their &#8220;website&#8221; by typing in their KEYWORD, not a bad idea, but could you imagine the fight over keywords today. WOW!</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" title="AOL keywords" src="http://www.mymac.com/img/features/aol-window.jpg" alt="" width="525" height="328" /></p>
<p><strong>#9 &#8211; Ohhhh&#8230;This has Anti-Skip Protection</strong></p>
<p>You were sooo tech savvy and up to date when you had a CD player, especially a Sony Discman with &#8220;ANTI-SKIP&#8221; protection. I mean come on when you ride on the bus with your <em><strong>CD player</strong></em>, do you really want your <strong><em>CD</em></strong> to skip, that&#8217;s only for the non-cool cats. Oh, the things the iPod killed, lol.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Discman" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/barthez4/discman.jpg" alt="" width="323" height="360" /></p>
<p><strong>#10 &#8211; &#8220;Pass the TV Guide&#8221;</strong></p>
<p>Ya, we had a printed book with the TV show listings in there. Not saying these don&#8217;t still exist, but when was the time you used a printed TV Guide!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="tv guide" src="http://www.chuckthomas.com/stl-tvgu.jpg" alt="" width="408" height="299" /></p>
<p>So I&#8217;ve shared  some of our favorites, what are the old things you just haven&#8217;t seen or heard in decades? I want to hear some funny ones.</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft" title="Scholarships" src="http://www.awes.nic.in/Scholarships/scholarship.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="191" />Do you intend on going to college soon and every TRADITIONAL scholarship  you look into you quickly realize you don&#8217;t qualify for. It&#8217;s ok, we  have scoured the internet and have made sure to find at least one  scholarship for everyone. There are so many weird and unusual  scholarships out there that you can be assured to find one to fit your  situation.<br />
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Do  you think you can answer a question? See you just did, The Answers.com  Scholarship would be ideal for you.</p>
<p><strong>#1 &#8211; The Answers.com  Scholarship </strong><br />
Answers.com</p>
<p>Website: <a href="http://scholarship.answers.com/" target="_blank">http://scholarship.answers.com</a></p>
<p>The Answers.com Scholarship is unique in that you can demonstrate your  knowledge on ANY subject (from Lego blocks to Romanian history!) to  become eligible for the scholarship. Applicants provide quality,  original answers to 50 questions of their own choosing online at  Answers.com and then submit their application to enter. A panel of  educators and education volunteers then review the answers and select  the applicants who posted the best answers to receive one of the 13  scholarships.</p>
<p>Scholarship Amount: One $5,000 scholarship, two  $2,500 scholarships, and ten $1,000 scholarships</p>
<p>Who  Scholarship is for: Students in the  USA/UK/Canada/Australia/India/Ireland/New Zealand who will be enrolling  in undergraduate classes during the 2010-2011 school year. Deadline  March 31, 2010<br />
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Feeling  destructive? Got some flashcards? Then the Flashcard Scholarship could  be all yours.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft" title="flashcard scholarship 2010" src="http://www.flashcardscholarship.com/flashcardSchMain.png" alt="" width="239" height="192" /></p>
<p><strong>#2 &#8211; Flashcard Scholarship 2010</strong><br />
SimpleLeap  Software</p>
<p>Get a scholarship to stop studying the old-fashioned  way &amp; destroy your paper flashcards. Make a video of yourself  destroying your flashcards, submit it to YouTube and get your friends to  view and rate your video. It&#8217;s that straightforward.</p>
<p>Website: <a id="oczx" title="http://www.flashcardscholarship.com" href="http://www.flashcardscholarship.com/">http://www.flashcardscholarship.com</a></p>
<p>Scholarship  Amount: One $500 scholarship to use for anything related to school</p>
<p>Who  Scholarship is for: Any High school or college student (yes even grad  school students are welcome). It can be part time, full time, home  school, online, whatever, but you must be an actively enrolled student  in someone&#8217;s high school, college or university at the time of your  application.</p>
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<p>Would  you consider yourself an average student? Do you attend Ball State  University? Good you too can get a scholarship!</p>
<p><strong>#3 &#8211; Letterman  Telecommunications Scholarship</strong><br />
Ball State University</p>
<p>Website: <a id="whfq" title="http://cms.bsu.edu/Academics/CollegesandDepartments/Telecommunications/ScholarshipsandFinancialAid/Scholarships.aspx" href="http://cms.bsu.edu/Academics/CollegesandDepartments/Telecommunications/ScholarshipsandFinancialAid/Scholarships.aspx">http://cms.bsu.edu/Academics/CollegesandDepartments/Telecommunications/ScholarshipsandFinancialAid/Scholarships.aspx</a></p>
<p>For  full-time students who are first-quarter juniors through first-quarter  seniors, who are majors or minors in telecommunications. B) Grades are  not a criterion or condition for eligibility or consideration. C)  Applicants must have reasonable expectation of becoming a professional  in the telecommunications industry. D) Except for the first scholarship,  each scholarship is to be awarded on the basis of a creative endeavor.  This may be in the form of a written project, a research effort, an  audio tape, a video tape, a film or similar presentation so long as it  can be clearly defined as creative in the area of telecommunications.</p>
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<p>Do  you need a scholarship for changing? There&#8217;s a scholarship for that!</p>
<p><img class="alignleft" title="change scholarship" src="http://www.bigfun.org/images/gen_info/stepup.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="140" /></p>
<p><strong>#4  &#8211; CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR  Step Up Program</strong><br />
Positive Change Award</p>
<p>Website: <a id="zto6" title="http://www.bigfun.org/generalinfo/stepup.asp" href="http://www.bigfun.org/generalinfo/stepup.asp">http://www.bigfun.org/generalinfo/stepup.asp</a></p>
<p>The Step Up Positive Change Awards, a non-traditional scholarship  program because it highlights significant and productive life changes  made by at-risk youth. Ideal candidates are youth who may have been in  trouble in the past, but are making significant strides to improve their  lives and their communities. (see attached press release for a better  description)</p>
<p>Scholarship Amount: 1st place awarded $500, 2nd  place $300 and 3rd place $200 ($1000 total donated by American  Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) Award winners must  designate an organization to receive the monetary reward.</p>
<p>Who  Scholarship is for: Any California resident, aged 16-25 who has made a  significant and lasting life change is encouraged to apply. Ideal  candidates are youth who may have been in trouble in the past, but are  making significant strides to improve their lives and their communities.  Candidates need to be actively involved as a member, employee or  volunteer in an outreach program or non-profit organization.</p>
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<p>Are  you a safe driver? Can you tell people about it on video, good apply  for the Safety Scholars Scholarship.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft" title="safety scholarship" src="http://www.safetyscholarsvideo.com/graphics/HelloMyNameIs.png" alt="" width="233" height="300" /></p>
<p><strong>#5 &#8211; Safety Scholars  Video Contest </strong><br />
Bridgestone Americas</p>
<p>Website: <a href="http://www.safetyscholars.com/" target="_blank">www.safetyscholars.com</a></p>
<p>This scholarship is different from others because it&#8217;s not an essay,  it&#8217;s Internet-based and the public gets to decide who wins. Here are the  details: Car accidents are the number one killer of teens. The Safety  Scholars Video Contest was developed as an extension of Bridgestone  Americas&#8217; youth auto safety education initiatives. Students submit a  short, compelling video, 25 or 55 seconds long, about safe driving. A  team of judges cull down the entries to the top 10, which are then  posted on SafetyScholars.com for online voting by the general public.  The top three to receive votes win the scholarship. In addition to the  scholarship, the winners have the opportunity to get their videos turned  into a PSA and broadcast on TV stations across the country.</p>
<p>Scholarship Amount: Three $5,000 scholarships are awarded</p>
<p>Who  Scholarship is for: Contest is open to U.S. residents ages 16 to 21  (must have a valid driver&#8217;s license and be enrolled as a full-time  student)</p>
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<p>Get  a scholarship just for not eating meat!</p>
<p><strong> #6 &#8211; Vegetarian  Resource Group Scholarship</strong><br />
The Vegetarian Resource Group</p>
<p>Website: <a href="http://www.vrg.org/student/scholar.htm" target="_blank">http://www.vrg.org/student/scholar.htm</a></p>
<p>The Vegetarian Resource Group each year will  award $10,000 in college  scholarship money to graduating U.S. high  school students who have promoted vegetarianism in their schools and/or  communities.</p>
<p>Who is it for? Vegetarians. Vegetarians do not eat  meat, fish, or fowl. Entries may only be sent by students graduating  from high school in the spring.</p>
<p>Scholarship Amount: Two awards  of $5,000 each will be given. Deadline is February 20 of each year.  Currently, we will accept applications postmarked on or before February  20, 2011.</p>
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<p><strong>#7  &#8211; &#8220;Frame My Future&#8221; Scholarship Contest </strong><br />
Church Hill Classics</p>
<p>WEBSITE: <a href="http://www.framemyfuture.com/" target="_blank">http://www.framemyfuture.com</a></p>
<p>To enter, you must submit an original creation that expresses how you  frame your future (what you would like to accomplish in your life). The  creation needs to be submitted online in a jpeg image format. Some  example entries: photo, drawing, collage, poem, painting, graphic  design, short typed explanation. The entry can be anything as long as it  is the entrant&#8217;s own work, it fits the _frame my future_ theme, and it  is submitted through an image. Entries are accompanied with a short  description, under 500 characters. Once all of the entries are  submitted, Church Hill Classics selects 24 Finalists, which are then  posted online for a one month public voting period. The five entries  with the most votes will each earn a $1,000 scholarship. The top  vote-getter also earns a $1,000 donation for their school!</p>
<p>SCHOLARSHIP Amount: $1,000 each (Five students each win a $1,000  scholarship, and one $1,000 donation goes to Grand Prize Winner&#8217;s  college/university. Donation goes to the school&#8217;s scholarship endowment  fund on behalf of the Grand Prize Winner.)</p>
<p>WHO IS THE  SCHOLARSHIP FOR? &#8211; Open to anyone (legal resident of the US), who will  be attending college full time for the following academic year. (this  could be any undergrad or graduate school)<br />
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<p>Have  you lived in a foreign country before? You guessed it, you can get a  scholarship for that!</p>
<p><img class="alignleft" title="foreign land scholarship" src="http://expatyouthscholarship.com/images/eys_main.jpg" alt="" width="288" height="206" /></p>
<p><strong> #8 &#8211; &#8220;Life in a Flying House&#8221; 2010  Expat Youth Scholarship </strong><br />
Clements International</p>
<p>Website:  <a href="http://www.expatyouthscholarship.com/" target="_blank">www.expatyouthscholarship.com</a></p>
<p>Clements International&#8217;s &#8220;Life in a Flying House&#8221; 2010 Expat Youth  Scholarship will award $10,000 to students ages 12-18 of any nationality  who have resided in a foreign country for at least two consecutive  years. This year&#8217;s theme asks, &#8220;Where would you go in your flying  house?&#8221; The &#8220;flying house&#8221; is inspired by the idea that students who  spend their childhoods moving between different countries and cultures  acquire unique life experiences.</p>
<p>The scholarship contest offers  expat students a chance to use their experiences living in a foreign  country to imagine where their journey might take them next. Entries  consist of an essay (500 &#8211; 750 words) and creative image or photograph  that incorporates their own personalized flying house. A total of six  winners will be selected from two age categories (12-15 and 16-18) based  on the quality of the essay, how well their image creatively  illustrates their answer to the essay question, and overall creativity.  The scholarship entry deadline is Thursday, May 13, 2010.</p>
<p>How  much is the scholarship for? A total of $10,000 for six students in two  age categories (First place &#8211; $3,000, Second place &#8211; $1,500, Third place  &#8211; $500)</p>
<p>Who is the scholarship for? Students ages 12-18 of any  nationality who have lived outside of their home country for at least  two consecutive years<br />
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<p><strong>#9  &#8211; Hokey Pokey Scholarship Fund </strong><br />
College of Southern Idaho in  Twin Falls, Idaho</p>
<p>This scholarship is funded by the royalties  from the song, Doing the Hokey Pokey, which was created as an activity  for guests at the nearby Sun Valley ski resort. Simply write a brief  essay (up to one-page) describing the difference that music has made in  your life, why you chose it as a course of study and what music means to  you.</p>
<p>Website: <a id="tzm7" title="http://www.idahosaberfoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=85:hokey-pokey-scholarship-fund&amp;catid=34:scholarships&amp;Itemid=53" href="http://www.idahosaberfoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=85:hokey-pokey-scholarship-fund&amp;catid=34:scholarships&amp;Itemid=53">http://www.idahosaberfoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=85:hokey-pokey-scholarship-fund&amp;catid=34:scholarships&amp;Itemid=53</a></p>
<p>Who  is the scholarship for? Full-time, second-year student enrolled in the  music program at the College of Southern Idaho; Recipients need not  demonstrate financial need, nor does the receipt of another award  (unless it pays academic fees) preclude receipt of this scholarship.</p>
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<p>I guess with the hardware and software of the iPhone a bit more stable, Apple has time to address other issues that have been a pest.  For the past several months jailbreaking an iPhone required a special exploit until recently.  The latest iPhone 3GS devices to hit store shelves now address this issue and make it (for the time being) impossible to jailbreak.</p>
<p>I guess as apple becomes more lenient on the types of apps they allow in the AppStore, they return the favor by making it harder for people to jailbreak their device. From a business standpoint it makes perfect sense for them to plug this hole which made it possible for a few dedicated individuals to circumvent <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">loading Apple&#8217;s pockets with money</span> having to stick with Apple-signed apps in the AppStore.</p>
<p>For the time being Apple has won the battle, but we all know nothing is perfect and software is not invincible, and this may just be the push someone needed to try their luck in returning jailbreakage to the iPhone. I just hope Apple doesn&#8217;t get too caught up in this cat and mouse battle that new features and advancements become less frequent or dull.</p>
<p>TechCrunch also has a blurb about this: <a href="http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/10/13/apple-moves-to-block-jailbreaks-once-and-for-all/">http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/10/13/apple-moves-to-block-jailbreaks-once-and-for-all/</a></p>
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		<title>Cram ready for Snow Leopard!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new Cram (version 1.0.4) release was pushed out earlier today that addressed a couple minor bugs regarding Snow Leopard. Make sure to do a Check for Update and download the latest version. This release also includes some other minor bug fixes. other posts that might interest you...No Related Post]]></description>
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<p>A new <a href="http://www.simpleleap.com/cram/mac.htm">Cram</a> (version 1.0.4) release was pushed out earlier today that addressed a couple minor bugs regarding Snow Leopard. Make sure to do a Check for Update and download the latest version.</p>
<p>This release also includes some other minor bug fixes.</p>
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		<title>Ten Great Mac Apps for College Students</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A list of ten great Mac apps that are great for the college student lifestyle.]]></description>
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<p>For many people this time of year means saying goodbye to summer, finding the old sweaters and hoodies from last year, and preparing for that familiar back-to-school ritual.  With Apple once again offering their back-to-school deal of giving an iPod Touch away with the purchase of a Mac, there will be plenty of college students looking for apps to go along with their new computer that will help them during the hectic school year. With an ever-growing number of applications available on the Mac platform it could become quite a task finding the right thing, so a few apps that stand out in their category that aid students will be spotlighted.</p>
<p><strong>Studying and Management</strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-133" title="Cram icon" src="http://nullagenda.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/cramIcon.png" alt="Cram icon" width="75" height="75" />Cram</strong> &#8211; One of the newest to the bunch is Cram, which offers students the ability to study and prepare for tests in either flash card or multiple choice testing mode. Cram also grades and keeps track of testing attempts and tweets out test results to Twitter. The application also features a user-generated test library to download existing tests. <a href="http://www.simpleleap.com/cram/mac.htm">http://www.simpleleap.com/cram/mac.htm</a></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-135" title="Timeline 3D icon" src="http://nullagenda.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Timeline.png" alt="Timeline 3D icon" width="75" height="75" />Timeline 3D</strong> &#8211; An application that will help students add pizzaz to timeline presentations is Timeline 3D. This app allows users to present full screen interactive timelines with a 3D perspective. If you have to display any chronological events Timeline 3D is perfect for adding a unique splash to your presentation featuring the ability to add images, video, use your Apple Remote and more. <a href="http://www.beedocs.com">http://www.beedocs.com</a></p>
<p><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-136" title="Schoolhouse Icon" src="http://nullagenda.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Schoolhouse.png" alt="Schoolhouse Icon" width="75" height="75" />Schoolhouse</strong> &#8211; Trying to keep up with your assignments and notes for each class can be a pain. Schoolhouse offers a remedy to that problem by providing the ability to manage and keep track of assignments, notes, and tasks. Schoolhouse&#8217;s clean and easy to use interface also features the ability to manage your grades over a term, add an attachment, and email an instructor about an assignment among other features. <a href="http://www.loganscollins.com/schoolhouse/">http://www.loganscollins.com/schoolhouse</a></p>
<p><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-139" title="1Password Icon" src="http://nullagenda.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/1Passwd.png" alt="1Password Icon" width="75" height="75" />1Password</strong> &#8211; So you&#8217;re trying to remember all the new passwords this semester without using the same easy to hack password for every site but finding it hard to manage. Well remember no more with 1Password. 1Password is an application that manages all of your usernames and passwords and quickly restores them when it&#8217;s time to log in. Use a single password to access and manage all of your accounts. 1Password also integrates perfectly into Safari, Firefox, and other browsers for seamless one-click account log in.  <a href="http://agilewebsolutions.com/products/1Password">http://agilewebsolutions.com/products/1Password</a></p>
<p><strong>Lifestyle</strong></p>
<p><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-140" title="SousChef Icon" src="http://nullagenda.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/SousChef.png" alt="SousChef Icon" width="75" height="75" />SousChef</strong> &#8211; You can only eat pizza and soda so many nights in a row. That&#8217;s where SousChef comes in. SousChef is a digital cooking assistant that among other features allows you to store and organize your recipes. The application also provides access to over 110,000 recipes to download when you&#8217;re in the mood to try something new. Sharing recipes with friends and family is also a simple task in SousChef. <a href="http://www.acaciatreesoftware.com">http://www.acaciatreesoftware.com</a></p>
<p><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-142" title="Tweetie Icon" src="http://nullagenda.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Tweetie.png" alt="Tweetie Icon" width="75" height="75" />Tweetie</strong> &#8211; Everyone has a Twitter account so why not have a slick way of using it? Introducing Tweetie, a beautiful Twitter client for Mac. Tweetie adds a layer of simplicity and style while at the same time including all of the same functions you&#8217;re used to on Twitter. Manage multiple accounts, easily view conversions, chose your favorite URL and image service and more.  <a href="http://www.atebits.com/tweetie-mac">http://www.atebits.com/tweetie-mac</a></p>
<p><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-143" title="TheHitList Icon" src="http://nullagenda.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/TheHitList.png" alt="TheHitList Icon" width="75" height="75" />The Hit List</strong> &#8211; Keeping up with college life is hard enough. Adding family, friends, work, and other outside obligations make it nearly impossible. In comes The Hit List, a simple yet sophisticated application to manage the daily chaos of your modern life. One of the strong points of the application is its &#8216;Today List&#8217; which shows all of the tasks for that day in one view. The Hit List is a feature-full application with seamless integration with system applications such as iCal to access tasks with other applications and devices.<a href=" http://www.potionfactory.com/thehitlist"> http://www.potionfactory.com/thehitlist</a></p>
<p><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-144" title="Times icon" src="http://nullagenda.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Times.png" alt="Times icon" width="75" height="75" />Times</strong> &#8211; Who says newspapers are dead? Well, technically they are, but an app called Times puts a classic newspaper look to your favorite blogs. Unlike most RSS readers, Times presents headlines, categories, and images in once place letting you more easily discover the news you want to read. The detail put into the presentation and animated transitions in Times is top notch.  <a href="http://www.acrylicapps.com/times">http://www.acrylicapps.com/times</a></p>
<p><strong>Entertainment</strong></p>
<p><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-145" title="WordOfGoo icon" src="http://nullagenda.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/WordOfGoo.png" alt="WordOfGoo icon" width="75" height="75" />World of Goo</strong> &#8211; Two words that explain this game can only be &#8220;fun&#8221; and &#8220;addictive&#8221;.  World of Goo is a physics based puzzle/construction game that features little globs of goo that can be connected together to achieve the goal at hand. Play this game and you probably won&#8217;t get any studying done, but you&#8217;ll have fun time doing so. <a href="http://2dboy.com/games.php">http://2dboy.com/games.php</a></p>
<p><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-146" title="Hulu Desktop icon" src="http://nullagenda.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/huludesktop.png" alt="Hulu Desktop icon" width="75" height="75" />Hulu Desktop</strong> &#8211; With all the studying and late night projects you might have this semester, chances are some of your favorite shows will be missed. Hulu Desktop puts many of your favorite TV shows on your Mac so you can watch them on your time. Browse by channel, category, movies, and more. <a href="http://www.hulu.com/labs/hulu-desktop">http://www.hulu.com/labs/hulu-desktop</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>So it&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve posted anything here, and I apologize for that&#8230; I&#8217;ll have part II of my last post here very soon. If you&#8217;ve attempted to develop any apps that utilize <a href="http://apiwiki.twitter.com/">Twitter&#8217;s API</a>, you&#8217;re probably familiar with the whole OAuth stuff. If you&#8217;re developing your app for the Mac platform and have used the <a href="http://code.google.com/p/oauthconsumer/">OAuthConsumer</a> you might have noticed that your app broke (at least sending status updates) a couple days ago because of an unannounced security patch Twitter pushed out.</p>
<p>I spent many hours trying to figure out what was going on, and finally was able to fix the issue. Assuming you added a &#8216;verifier&#8217; property to <strong>OAToken</strong>, a simple check for this property and excluding the <em>oauth_verifier </em>parameter from the <em>oauthToken</em> string in the prepare method in <strong>OAMutableURLRequest</strong> is all that is necessary. OAuthConsumer passed the <em>oauth_verifier</em> parameter when a token key existed (which is when status updates are sent among other requests). Even though this parameter was an empty string, accessing a user&#8217;s protected resources with it present caused Twitter to complain.</p>
<p>so here is what I did&#8230;<br />
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<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 130px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">if ([token.key isEqualToString:@""])</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 130px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">oauthToken = @""; // not used on Request Token transactions</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 130px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>else if(token.verifier == nil || [token.verifier isEqualToString:@""])</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 130px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>oauthToken = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"oauth_token=\"%@\", ", [token.key URLEncodedString]];</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 130px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">else</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 130px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">oauthToken = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"oauth_token=\"%@\", oauth_verifier=\"%@\", ", [token.key URLEncodedString], [token.verifier URLEncodedString]];</div>
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<p><em> if ([token.key isEqualToString:@""])</em></p>
<p><em> oauthToken = @""; // not used on Request Token transactions</em></p>
<p><span style="white-space: pre;"><em> </em></span><em>else if(token.verifier == nil || [token.verifier isEqualToString:@""])</em></p>
<p><span style="white-space: pre;"><em> </em></span><em>oauthToken = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"oauth_token=\"%@\", ", [token.key URLEncodedString]];</em></p>
<p><em> else</em></p>
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<p><code><em> oauthToken = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"oauth_token=\"%@\", oauth_verifier=\"%@\", ", [token.key URLEncodedString], [token.verifier URLEncodedString]];</em></code></p>
<p>Basically I added an else-if that set the <em>oauthToken</em> string without adding the <em>oauth_verifier</em> parameter. Hope this helps others!</p>
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