I hope everybody has a Merry Christmas this year. Insert Kwanzaa, Hanukah, Festivus or whatever you believe in.
Where have I been? I don’t really know. Time seems to go by so fast and the last time I posted was September! My consulting business always picks up towards the end of the year. I never accept […]
Tags: Business · Programming · Starting Out
Well I finally bit the bullet and joined the Apple Developers Connection (ADC) as a select member. I toiled with the idea for a while and since I was going to purchase some new hardware I could apply a discount. I’ve been using a first gen Mac Mini G4 1.42ghz since they came out and […]
Tags: Apple · Business · Programming
I’m sure the way I will go about programming won’t make much sense to anybody. I look at it like I know what the end product needs to be. I have many tasks to get to that point and they all have to get done, so the order might not matter as much. Chipping away […]
Tags: Programming · Starting Out · cocoa
Yep that’s right. I have done the unthinkable and have started programming my app today! You can only plan so much and at some point you just have to jump in and get going. Next post I’ll sum up my first day.
It wasn’t easy though. I had to ignore all the distractions around me. I […]
Tags: Programming · Starting Out · cocoa
I knew from the beginning that this project would require some kind of database. I have created custom databases in Access (blech!), Filemaker and have some experience with Microsoft SQL for a few clients of mine. Of the two Filemaker was more enjoyable to use by far. I had thought about making my project with […]
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I’ve decided to use Subversion for my software app. I thought that is all I would need to say and it would just work. Little did I realize it was a little more involved then that.
I have a basic idea what Subversion does or what it will do for me. It has a repository that […]
Tags: Programming · cocoa
I have a feature list pretty much locked down. I have done this to narrow my focus on actually getting something done. I have found out that it is pretty easy to see something and think “That would be pretty cool in my app”. Feature creep has reared it’s ugly head in my direction yesterday. […]
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