I finally cleaned up and posted the notes and code from my presentation at the last CocoaHeads. See here.

Hotkeys for running AppleScript was a requested topic. Since I didn't know anything about global hotkeys, the existence of DDHotKey and ShortcutRecorder was convenient to say the least.

Since some of the target audience was new to Cocoa programming, I sprinkled helpful comments and links throughout the code, but not nearly as many as I could have — it would have been like trying to write a whole book in comments.

I was surprised how many conceptual topics even a simple Cocoa app can get into that I take for granted. It just goes to show, even the best example code is not enough to get a new Cocoa programmer started, not in a serious way. You really have to commit a bunch of time and work through Apple's conceptual documentation or something like Hillegass's book. Or go to a good training camp like Hillegass's Big Nerd Ranch.