I have to say, the end of megaupload and megavideo made me laught a lot about people desperate because the main source of illegal movies and TV series has been shut down.

So, using ragebuilder I did this funny pic:

I just released this code on GitHub. It’s still an early stage code, so please download it only if you’re an experienced developer.

Basically MCMenuViewController is a reproduction of the Menu in Facebook app (Path has both sides, this version only has left side).

Today I had this strange problem: deleting files without gaining free space and having it decreasing with no sense. I started investigating what the hell was going on on my Macbook Air and, after half an hour of investigation, I figured it out: Time Local Snapshots!

I started this indie project called Mocha Code a few weeks ago and I decided to make some Educational and Medical apps.

I decided to start with a really simple game that I found around the web: Montessori Memory.
The development wasn’t long as expected, I spent less that 2 week to complete the game and now I’m happy to announce that Montessori Memory is available on the App Store for iPhone and iPad (as universal app).
The app is for kids of 4-8 years old and has been localized in: English, French, Italian and German.

Yesterday I spent some time creating a simple test for JSON libraries and I wrote a quick article about it.

After few hours since the article has been published, I had a lot of visits on my blog, so I decide to improve the quality of the code and invest some time in getting more accurate results.

I think is one of the most common questions for an iOS developer:
Which one is the best JSON library?

I think the best test that we can do is a quick benchmark, even if I think that it’s not only the speed that makes a library better than others.

So, today I decided to do a quick performance project to check which of the following libraries is the best one in terms of speed:

• SBJson - Previously known as json-framework
• JSONKit
• NextiveJSON
• TouchJSON
• NSJSONSerialization - Public API since iOS5

To do this quick test (at the moment I’m only deserializing the JSON file) I create a project with all the libraries.
I also created 3 different kind of JSON file:

1. A JSON file from public Twitter timeline
2. A random JSON file generated with 1000 records with variable objects *
3. A classic JSON file with 100 records with 2 objects *

To generate the files marked with * I used this nice online tool: json-generator.appspot.com

For the test I used an iPhone 4S with iOS 5.0.1.
I’ll redo the test as soon as possible with an iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPad 2.

This post has been updated with more accurate results!

I’m developing this fantastic app that needs Towns and Cantons in Switzerland and I found out that an SQL script to import these information was missing. So I decide to create a repo in GitHub and add these 2 scripts. Now you can use them when and where you want for any kind of project.

You can find the repo in Github :)

I lost my old blog because my previous hosting service deleted my server 3 days before the announced day and unfortunately I lost the backups. So I decided to restart with Octopress and recovering only my last post.
I hope you’ll enjoy this blog.

My first open source code is out.
You can find it in GitHub.
Basically is a class that gives you the opportunity to create a simple flash message, like the one used in the famous app Reeder.
Feel free to fork this project or to give me a feedback/feature request/criticism.