We had fun today.

Today they released an updated that asks permission before uploading your contact list.

Ironically today Instagram also released an update that includes the perfect way to describe what they would like to do:

It’s worded perfectly in my opinion, besides the fact that the application on your iPhone is called Contacts.

Contact Congress iPhone app

Steve Jobs and Apple is the reason I got into computers. I started off using and developing on an old Apple II+ by Bell and Howell in 1983ish.

When the Mac was introduced in 1984, I begged my dad for one, and thankfully he got me one. The rest as they say is history.

I’ve seen Steve talk, both at WWDCs over many years and during my time at Apple in the Newton group – which was some good talks and some bad “we’re shutting you down” talks.

I respected every time he talked, both good and bad. He will be missed, but I have the upmost confidence in the team at Apple, some of whom I know.

And I have the upmost confidence in us, Apple developers, to uphold the “make your app as good as the Apple apps”.

Rest in peace Steve. I hope you are in Heaven now, meeting Jesus and all the great folks who have passed before you. I’ll look you up when I arrive.

You can see lined up waving the astrovan on with the astronauts.

Via Flickr:
The Astrovan carrying the STS-135 crew; Chris Furgeson, commander, Doug Hurley, pilot, and mission specialists Rex Walheim and Sandy Mangus, rolls past the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) and Launch Control Center (LCC), on its way to launch pad 39a and space shuttle Atlantis, Friday, July 8, 2011, at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch of Atlantis, STS-135, is the final flight of the shuttle program, a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Daughter number one.

Love that quote. A great read…

The last shuttle ever to fly getting towed to the VAB.

In front of the shuttle.

If you look at this picture, straight out the middle there is a brownish field next to a body of water. That’s where the NASATweetup folks stopped and watched the retraction happen.

These women were great, they created the no U turns signs. I was standing just to the right of them as the picture was taken.

I really love how these guys are in suits – it just commands respect when people dress well.

Our view.

Denver international.

Praying for a safe and spectacular launch on Monday morning.

The app that I worked on with someone else has hit the new and noteworthy lifestyle section in the Canadian app store!! Sweet!

Some of our group on the beach.

The picture of all of us in front of the countdown clock. I am about 6 people to the left of the flag pole, sunglasses on my bald head.

We had cake for dessert tonight. Instead of watching it take off, we ate it,

Ah, wow! I am here. The clock is cool. It makes this old wheezing kind of sound.

The crew arrived today for the hopefully launch on Friday afternoon.

Before heading to #NASATweetup.

Stay tuned for a lot more blogging over the next week and a bit as I chronicle this adventure of a lifetime.

Here’s an image I found online that indicates where the NASATweetup folks get to watch, right next to the famous countdown clock:

“You owe it to all of us all get on with what you’re good at” — W.H. Auden.

Something to remember.

IMG_0060.JPG, originally uploaded by Jennifer J.

This view never gets old.

If you have an application that uses a UITabBarController as it’s main navigation, you no doubt have set up the tabs to have different types of controllers.

If you wanted to change the type of controller for a particular tab, in the Interface Builder of Xcode 3 there was a UI to allow you to change the type (this shows the change in the settings tab to a navigation controller):

In Xcode 4 however no such UI exists. Your best bet is to delete that particular tab and re-add it as the particular controller you want. In my case I was switching from a general view controller to a navigation controller:

The ISS casts a shadow on Discovery, originally uploaded by magisstra.

Amazing. I will really miss shots like this when the shuttle stops flying.

“Also, i’m SUPER excited the Mac App store comes out tomorrow!! Lucien, you might appreciate that. bahah”

I asked her why:

“I do appreciate that, I’m super excited too. Can I ask why? (research) ”

She replied:

“I’m just excited to see what the store has to offer, what apps will be available, how they run, what they can add to my mac hahah”

Some notes:

• She got her Mac from a friend, and he’s told her about the Mac app store.
• She has an iPod touch, so she knows how the app store concept works.

This says to me:

• Young people don’t know about the listings of Mac software on the apple.com website.
• She found out that the app store is coming to the Mac, and is super excited to see what apps are out there for her Mac.
• She already has an iTunes account.

This thing is going to be huge people.. millions of people will be getting the Mac app store tomorrow, and will be looking and purchasing.

Maybe the app stores are what Apple built that North Carolina data center for.

(Written with MarsEdit’s awesome rich text editor)

(Cross posted to my company’s blog: http://www.chromedomesoftware.com/2011/01/05/why-the-mac-app-store-is-going-to-be-bigger-than-i-thought/ )

Update: His talk on the same subject at Ted:

Mommy help, originally uploaded by Jennifer J.

My daughter is still not a fan of Santa Clause.

A winter wonderland, originally uploaded by Lucien W. Dupont.

In Calgary today. It’s nice to finally have some snow to cover the ugly brown-ness of winter.

My lovely wife Jennifer came up with the name, if you’ve ever met me and noticed my lack of hair, you will understand why she came up with the name, and hopefully understand why I love it.

I haven’t really posted here about it because, frankly, the website needs some TLC, but I decided over the weekend it’s time to get the word out more.

So, follow along at http://www.chromedomesoftware.com/ , let me know what you think of the apps, and if you have any suggestions for features. If you or a friend would like a redeem code for one of the applications, please leave a comment or send me an email (lucien at chromedomesoftware.com) and I will happily email you one.

- iOS and Mac OS will merge. Apple doesn’t have enough resources to do two operating systems. And based upon my two year olds expectations after using an iPad/iPhone that all devices with a screen have touch interfaces I think this is a good thing. Interfaces commanded by touch is the future of computing.

- future Apple machines will have multitouch displays, starting with the new MacBook Air.

Sitting in her box, originally uploaded by Jennifer J.

Boxes make the best toys..