http://briankc.com Brian Christensen's weblog Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:29:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Many Aperture users are starting to get excited about the upcoming Aperture 2 plug-in SDK. I think some people are expecting this to be some kind of "adjustments" API, perhaps allowing you to add additional effects filters on top of the standard adjustments like white balance, exposure, and so on. Unfortunately, ... http://briankc.com/2008/02/13/preliminary-notes-on-aperture-20-plug-ins/ It seems only logical to write a post-"Stevenote" analysis following my [obligatory Macworld 2008 predictions entry](http://briankc.com/2008/01/14/the-eve-of-macworld-2008/) from last week. Complete rundowns of the keynote have been hashed out ad nauseam across the internet, so I will limit myself to just two points of interest. ### The state of the Mac OS ... http://briankc.com/2008/01/20/thoughts-on-the-mwsf-08-keynote/ With the Stevenote less than twenty-four hours away, it's high time for the obligatory Macworld Eve post. The big item that seems to be circulating the rumor sites is the so-called "MacBook Air." While I think that name sounds rather pedestrian, there does appear to be some circumstantial evidence supporting ... http://briankc.com/2008/01/14/the-eve-of-macworld-2008/ The question of how to create a transparent fullscreen view came up on the cocoa-dev list recently. As it turns out, it is fairly trivial to implement. ### The custom window subclass Create the following header file: // TransparentWindow.h #import @interface TransparentWindow : NSWindow { } @end In the implementation all we need to do to make ... http://briankc.com/2007/12/15/create-a-transparent-fullscreen-view/ The great inaugural post has finally been blasted onto the internet. Having burned through about a dozen different concept designs over the past couple of years without actually doing anything with them, I suppose it's about time. One of the motivating factors was Daniel Jalkut's [No More Excuses](http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/414/no-more-excuses) post, which made ... http://briankc.com/2007/10/25/the-obligatory-introduction/