Author Archives: Jason Job

About Jason Job

I am a technologist, music producer and an obsessive student of the Internet. I create sound, write code and make things with electronics and microcontrollers. I work as a software developer and consultant and am currently focused primarily on mobile applications for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

Goodbye AKAI, Hello Doepfer

Posted on 2010 07 23 by Jason Job

Well, after a couple weeks with the MPC1000 I had to return it. My unit had a problem with the pads where most of them would periodically double trigger. This made recording with the MPC incredibly frustrating. Also, one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Hardware, MPC, Synth, ableton, instrument | Leave a comment

An MPC, A Mixer And A Mopho

Posted on 2010 06 13 by Jason Job

Haven’t made a post in a long time, not that I haven’t been in front of a computer for 16 hours a day, seven days a week. To say work has been busy would be the understatement of the year. … Continue reading →

Posted in Hardware, MPC, Synth, instrument, sound | Leave a comment

Plug-And-Play OpenAL / AVFoundation Sound Engine For iPhone Apps

Posted on 2010 02 25 by Jason Job

I recently found a great sound engine for iPhone applications that is pretty much plug-and-play. This sound engine was written by Alex Restrepo under a creative commons attribution-share alike licence, so you are free to use it so long as … Continue reading →

Posted in Objective-C, code, iPhone, sound | 1 Comment

Xcode Script For Creating Properties From Instance Variables For UIViewController

Posted on 2010 02 24 by Jason Job

One of my favourite blogs on the net is Matt Gallagher’s Cocoa with Love. Today I was investigating ways to speed up my workflow in Xcode and I found a great mixed Perl and AppleScript script already written by Matt a … Continue reading →

Posted in OSX, Objective-C, XCode, code, hack, iPhone, script | 2 Comments

c74: iPhone/iPod Touch Max 5 External

Posted on 2010 02 12 by Jason Job

Just downloaded a new app that allows you to create custom Max 5 interfaces on your iPhone or iPod Touch.  This looks to me like a great creative tool and the best touch software option on a mobile platform for users … Continue reading →

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Online JSON Validator

Posted on 2010 02 02 by Jason Job

I was creating some JSON data with PHP to pass to an iPhone app today and I found a great online JSON validation tool: JSONLint: The JSON Validator. Just plunk your JSON string into the window and press the validate button. … Continue reading →

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When To Use self.myObject Instead Of myObject In iPhone Programming

Posted on 2010 01 25 by Jason Job

I have seen a lot of confusion on the topic of when and why to reference an object using self.myObject versus just plain myObject. It took me a while to understand this myself, and please, if I am mistaken in … Continue reading →

Posted in Objective-C, code, iPhone | 1 Comment

Aluminum Faceplate For SparkFun Button Arduinome Arrives!

Posted on 2010 01 09 by Jason Job

Just received some aluminum faceplates for my arduinome that I got through a group buy organized by @z15 on the monome community forum. (Thanks!) These aluminum panels are each 5 mm thick which leaves about 2 mm of the SparkFun … Continue reading →

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iPhone Camera Overlay App With Custom Button Example

Posted on 2009 12 10 by Jason Job

There seems to be a lot of interest recently in making apps that use a camera view with an overlay for augmented reality or what some might call pseudo-augmented reality applications (because often these apps just layer an image or … Continue reading →

Posted in AR, XCode, app, code, iPhone | 20 Comments

Look Ma, No Loops! A Monome In The Hands Of A Master

Posted on 2009 11 28 by Jason Job

I just had to share this brilliant little monome performance piece by edison. It really makes me want to finish my monome clone which is complete but for a case. Sure wish machinecollective were still making their beautiful cases. edison … Continue reading →

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