Curt Clifton

Toasting an Iowa State victory in the Pop-Tarts Bowl with my brother and an Iowa bourbon

My brother and I wearing Iowa State shirts and lifting rocks glasses of bourbon. Iowa State victory celebration on the TV behind us. Iowa State 42, Miami (FL) 41.

Cranberry simple syrup under way

Sugar, cranberries, light rum. Pot on the boil

This pup doesn’t like waiting for a weekend family Christmas celebration. #dogsofmastodon

Chocolate lab lying in front of stocking-festooned fireplace by a white lighted Christmas tree

Cutest pour over serving at Lookout Coffee in Campbell

A wooden tray with a graduated glass pitcher of coffee, an empty cup, and a wee pitcher of cream

Cookies decorated!

Several trays of brightly frosted, homemade sugar cookies.

Coming on Feb. 5–6, at Apple Developer Center Cupertino and on-line, Bring SwiftUI to your app! Join me and my colleagues as we share details of SwiftUI specifically targeted for experienced UIKit and AppKit developers!

Poster reading:  Developer &10;Bring SwiftUI to your app &10;February 5, 2025 &10;Apple Developer Center Cupertino

Bring SwiftUI to your app

Coming on Feb. 5–6, at Apple Developer Center Cupertino and on-line, Bring SwiftUI to your app! Join me and my colleagues as we share details of SwiftUI specifically targeted for experienced UIKit and AppKit developers.

On Day 1, you’ll find out how expertise in imperative user interface frameworks like UIKit and AppKit can help you get comfortable with SwiftUI’s declarative approach. Learn best practices for layout, animations, and data flow. And discover how SwiftUI can power up your prototyping work and help you deploy to all of Apple’s platforms.

On Day 2, you’ll have a chance to take part in group Q&A sessions. Those attending in person will also have the opportunity to connect one-on-one with Apple engineers for technical consultations, and take advantage of collaborative work areas to meet fellow developers, tackle challenges, and share results.

Title card reading:  Developer &10;Bring SwiftUI to your app &10;February 5, 2025 &10;Apple Developer Center Cupertino

Happy to be healthy enough to decorate our tree tonight!

A small Christmas tree with white lights and an eclectic collection of ornaments accumulated over half a lifetime

Vitals makes my battle with sepsis clear. I’m grateful for modern medicine and to be on the mend.

It smells so good. Is dinner ready yet? #dogsofmastodon

Chocolate lab lying patiently on the floor

Trying out Bluesky. This should cross post from micro.blog if I tapped the right buttons.

“Every time you act to defend your fellow people, even in small ways, you defy Trumpism. In the age of Trumpism, simple decency is revolutionary. Be revolutionaries.” — Ken White

First “All I want for Christmas” in the wild this year. I really wish it was Christmas season, because the election would (probably) be over.

I cancelled my Washington Post subscription and set up a recurring donation to ProPublica for the same amount.

Here’s an opening for a senior product manager for the Swift programming language within the product marketing organization at Apple. This is an opportunity to have broad impact across all of Apple’s platforms. And you’d get to work with me some!

We‘re running another Developer Center event on creating great productivity and creativity apps for visionOS!

It‘s on Nov. 20 at the Developer Center in Cupertino and online.

For details, and to sign up to attend in person or on-line, head over to the Developer website.

Not sure I ever noticed this lovely clock in the Westlake Link Station.

Giant analog clock over a double-wide light rail tunnel

Hello, Seattle

Early morning sun lighting Lake Washington through a gap in heavy gray clouds, framed by airplane window

And now we wait…

An “I Voted” sticker for the County of Santa Clara

Good morning from Mammoth Lakes, California

Sunrise over the eastern sierra mountains, a conifer forest in the foreground

Enjoyed the #SFPenShow! Met the man himself, @penaddict@mastodon.social, and Ana from The Well-Appointed Desk.

Nock Sinclair from Rickshaw Bags, Napa Red ink from The Pleasure of Writing, Flying Squid and Golden Gate Vermillion from Anderillium Inks, San Francisco Bay by Colorverse (the show-special ink), and a Platinum 3776 Century from Dromgoole’s.

Fall is coming…

L and I are celebrating our 32nd anniversary today. I’m looking forward to where life takes us together next. Adventure is out there!

I thought I was completely jaded by politics, then Pres. Biden put his country first and VP Harris stepped up. I am so ready for a joyful warrior and excited to follow her lead. Get in on the White Dudes for Harris call on Monday, 8pm ET/5pm PT! bit.ly/3YjW95G

I updated my site — curtclifton.net — to support dynamic type on iOS. Super easy. Thanks for the write-up @chockenberry@mastodon.social! furbo.org/2024/07/0…