Digital Dave

The first rule in iPhone development is apparently that you don’t talk about iPhone development.  It’s still ‘hush-hush’ in apple land when it comes to their fancy touch technology to the extent that they try to rip down anything that is put up. That is, if they find your stuff of course.

So, not only am I still getting used to using a Mac (dear God…), and Objective-C (God?), but I’m developing a rather simple game that I’ve made before in C++ back in the day, and adding some twists to it.  When I get some more progress on it, I’ll fill in the journal space.  I really hope to get this thing done by the 25th (school starts), but we’ll see.  I’ve decided to work on an iPhone game for my next semester independent project.  I have so many ideas on iPhone applications that it isn’t even funny.  The beautiful thing is that these things are all casual.  I love casual games.  I hope I can get some distance with this thing.  Independent game development FTW.  I deployed a test version of my game to the iPhone today (what a pain-in-the-ass process) and it blew my mind. Very cool.

I have a programming test with a company next week, so I’ll have to spend some time getting ready for it. It’s an in house programming test and I’m not looking forward to it at all… Well, I am… But I just fail pretty hard (depending on the structure) with exam-like conditions which makes this job hunt that much more interesting.  I wish I’ve been programming for 10+ years, but that just isn’t the case.

Speaking of the job hunt.

I’m starting to get denied from places out in California due to the distance between Kansas – California… It’s only 1,550 miles (I know, I’ve driven it in (almost) a day *yawn*). Anyway, I might have to move out there for a few months if things don’t look to be going my way.  Luckily, I know 2 people in San Diego, 1 in Burbank, and 1 other in long beach. I wish I knew somebody from the bay area… But that won’t stop me from camping out in a Hostel ($12 a night! Pfft.).  I want a job in California if you couldn’t tell.

If you’re a web developer and you find yourself dealing with a crap load of CSS files, you’ll probably find some use for this new application.  A buddy of mine fell in this pit, and needed a solution.  So, I opened up C# and whipped him up something.  It’s pretty simple.  It will build a CSS file from a bunch of other CSS files based on a build file.  It’s similar to JS Builder, which groups together java files.  It’s open source, and I’ll get a download to it soon.  If you need it now, find a way to contact me and I’ll hook you up.

Pending that things don’t continue to get in my way, I’ll be fiddling with developing iPhone applications. I got my hands on a Mac finally.

Dealing with interviews. Not the most exciting thing in the world.  Well… It really is, but I’m so massed in stress that I can’t really think of enjoying the opportunity to turn to a new page of my life. But reality is what it is… I suck at exam like interviews. Unless they’re more of an implementation project, but that’s rarely the case.