Archive for August, 2008
Learning Cocoa. Again.
It’s been a long time since I did any Cocoa programming, and even what I have done in the past hasn’t gone much beyond a few tutorials here and there. The interface builder always intrigued me though, but I think what always was the killer for me was some of the subtle, and not so subtle differences between Obj-C, and C, and the insane differences between Obj-C, and C++. I sort of got the bug after downloading the iPhone SDK (Cocoa Touch), and seeing just how close it was to Cocoa. Also, the iPhone Simulator is fun to play with.
I’ve just finished building a few “Hello World” type apps though, and the difference between making those, and trying to do anything in Win32 is just insane. It honestly even feels easier than web development. At least the prototyping side of it, and getting the interface all plugged together. I just feels like such a a natural way to build an application. I kinda wish I could build websites in that way. Anyway, I really shouldn’t be learning Cocoa since I actually have a freaking website to finish (ack). But it’s sorta fun learning for now. If I make anything cool, I’ll try posting it along with the source code.
me-vs-timelines
It doesn’t seem as though you-vs-me.com will be ready for my original target launch date. There is simply too much I think could be improved, and too much to still be added to bother showing people when I know it can be better. For the handful of people following my progress, thanks for the encouragement and support.
I think the new launch date is “when it’s ready”, but for the sake of giving myself a goal, I’m going to say Oct, 7, 2008. My birthday. There have been lots of little sites with original concepts that have gone on to do great things, and I’m really hoping this will be one of those. After building the site 3 times, and having as many as 5 designs, I think it’s time I just get it finished to finally see if it has wings.