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	<title>Kent Nguyen</title>
	
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	<description>Veteran Web and iOS application developer</description>
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		<title>Dear business people, an iOS app actually takes a lot of work!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kent Nguyen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The big question: How much does an iPhone app cost? This is a very common question that I&#8217;m asked by a lot of my business-oriented friends and non-tech savvy clients. Without fail, every single time I gave my initial estimation before even locking down the specs, I received that shocked expression because of the unexpected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visualized Git practices for team: branch, merge, rebase</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kent Nguyen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even long-time git users found it hard to explain all the concepts to a beginner clearly especially on rebasing topic. So, out of frustration of having to explain it again and again, I hope this post will help you visualized the 3 very important concepts for your team and something you can copy &#038; paste it to your next intern.]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding M-VC in iOS</title>
		<link>http://kentnguyen.com/ios/ios-beginner-series-understand-mvc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kent Nguyen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[iOS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kentnguyen.com/?p=236</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[MVC in web programming I also assume that you know enough about MVC, or atleast understand separation of concerns in code structure. For Rails or CakePHP developers, this concept is already at the back of your mind. So here&#8217;s my own simplified definitions of MVC: Model : Data object classes, entities in your system/app, containing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>End of 2011, the Lunar New Year version</title>
		<link>http://kentnguyen.com/personal/end-of-2011-lunar-year-version/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kent Nguyen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kentnguyen.com/?p=315</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the new year of 2012, lunar calendar that is. In case you are not aware, in my culture, Lunar New Year celebration is a huge thing, as many as 3 days off before and 7 days off after, like in China. So while having a few days off, I thought I should write something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PHP/Rails to iOS, what are .h and .m files?</title>
		<link>http://kentnguyen.com/ios/ios-beginner-series-h-and-m-file-differences/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kent Nguyen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[iOS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kentnguyen.com/?p=285</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just like you, I stumbled right at the first step of understanding iOS source code. With no background in compiled languages, I can't really tell what are the purposes of different files. Java programmer would have no problem understanding all the declarations like <em>@interface, @protocol, @implementation</em>. (Don't worry, my next post will talk about these in more details). PHP programmers, well, everything ends with .php]]></description>
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		<title>PHP to Objective C, where the f**k are parameters?</title>
		<link>http://kentnguyen.com/ios/ios-beginner-series-function-names/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kent Nguyen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[iOS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Javascript, PHP, Ruby functions I assume you are very familiar with declaring functions in any of the languages above, if not, you should not be reading this. Let&#8217;s begin with a simple function to send email in these languages: // PHP or Javascript do_send_email &#40;recipient, cc, subject, body&#41;; // Ruby do_send_email &#40;recipient, cc, subject, body&#41; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The iOS Beginner blog series</title>
		<link>http://kentnguyen.com/ios/ios-beginner-series-intro/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kent Nguyen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[iOS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coding style]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[css]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[function]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kentnguyen.com/?p=149</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to help out those who began to learn iOS development, especially programmers who are coming from no programming background or web development background, to quickly adapt to Objective C and understand the broader picture. The series will not to teach you how to achieve specific implementations, however, my approach will be to explain the fundamental concepts, the "why" of why you have to do certain things.]]></description>
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		<title>A replica of Path’s table view</title>
		<link>http://kentnguyen.com/ios/knpathtableviewcontroller/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kent Nguyen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[iOS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kentnguyen.com/?p=86</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have used Path recently, then the screenshots above should be very familiar. I am always very keen on learning about new ways of providing better user experience through interface design so Path 2.0 impressed me a lot in that area. There are several innovative UI controls in just one single app. The most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hi!</title>
		<link>http://kentnguyen.com/personal/the-first-entry/</link>
		<comments>http://kentnguyen.com/personal/the-first-entry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kent Nguyen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago when I was searching for my own domain, I found this domain but after a few hours trying to borrow a creditcard (I didn&#8217;t have one then), the domain was already bought by the f**king stupid networksolutions.com I used to check for availability. I didn&#8217;t want to be ripped off by [...]]]></description>
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