Produced on a Mac! Background score was written by me in Garageband ‘08.
Normally, I don’t post entries like this, but I just had to this time. I am starting to believe that I really do have a nice personality. I have been getting this a lot lately, and so many people can’t go wrong.
This weekend, I hung out with members of a social networking group I had never met with before, and a couple of the people called me a “go-getter” with a very nice personality. Needless to say, I was flattered!
Then, last month, I got an email from a …
Background: Google runs a mapping service that’s available for mobile devices, as well as in the form of an application for the iPhone. Microsoft’s subsidiary TELLME Networks runs a similar service, only with more features available on their free 411 service.
So, last week, I was in downtown Washington DC for business, and decided to get a hotel room for the night. Someone suggested the ‘Renaissance’. I quickly keyed in the hotel name and location on my iPhone and Google presented me with the address and the phone number. Only problem …
Google just released the Android SDK. Android is the open source platform for mobile devices, mainly cellphones, that is destined to take on the so pervasive Windows Mobile devices out there. Along with the SDK, Google announced a 2 part ‘developer challenge’ open to all, and for anyone interested in developing applications for the platform. It’s ‘crowd-sourcing’ at its best, although, Google can afford to pay the best, what with $10 million up for grabs.
While I was watching the video, it struck me how the platform was trying to mimic …
I am learning Cocoa programming these days, and am actually picking it up very quickly. As I have mentioned in the past, it reminds me a lot of SmallTalk programming. Below are some sites/resources that I am finding really helpful. I’ll update the list from time to time.
COCOABUILDER.COM – A perfect interface to both Cocoa mailinglists
MACDEVCENTER – O’Reilly’s Mac Developer page
COCOADEV.COM – WikiWikiWeb site for the developer community
COCOADEVCENTRAL – A site with great tutorials
COCOA FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions
STEPWISE – A classic site on Objective-C
HYPERJEFF – Cocoa Literature
REFERENCE LIBRARY – …