OMG! I found this awesome website for Objective-C iPhone Programming. I downloaded from iTunes the latest (winter 2010) class. All of the accompanying information (class notes, slides, program examples, etc) have been removed to make way for spring 2010. I have so far finished lectures 1-3 and I'm working on Assignment 2a. What makes the class really awesome is that there is no textbook at all. They use Apples documentation.
This is the best lecture series I have ever had over the Internet. Lectures 1 & 2 went over some of the basics of the class, also a little of Objective-C. There is an assumption that you have programmed before and used Object Oriented Programming (OOP). Lecture 3 goes more in depth about Memory Management. I have to admit I'm struggling with that one a bit. Unlike, programming for Mac, the iPhone doesn't have items like Garbage Collection so you have to more diligent about allocating, and releasing object from memory so that you don't have memory leaks.
I know OOP from Perl. It's very different from where I came from. I've programmed in C, and took a class in C++ (they didn't cover the memory management side of it in the first class). And OOP in Perl is just different because you don't have to think or worry about memory links in the same manner. I'm actually relishing the experience to really have to learn more about the internals of the device.
I've been looking for something that would cover programming in Objective-C and Cocoa like this but for just the Mac. This is really an iPhone programming course so once the lectures end the small tutorial on Objective-C then it will start on the UI of the iPhone. At least, I can take the learning experience and what I have learned about programming on the iPhone and expand it to learn more about programming for the Mac. So maybe by this time next year I'll have a program out here on the Internet for the Mac and an iPhone app out there. I already gave ideas!
Once I finish the Assignment 2a I'll post some stumbling blocks that I've had and how I finally resolved them. Next post will be about Assignment 1b. I just wanted to introduce the website and the series. So go to iTunes and pull down the winter 2010 lectures. The course downloads are found here.
26 March 2010
Today should be my last day...on Facebook
Fourteen days ago, the last post actually, I wrote that I had committed Facebook Suicide. Basically, I deleted all of the content first and then I requested to have my entire page deleted from the Facebook servers. Of course, FB sent me a note stating that in the next fourteen days I would be deleted. Today is my last day and I have to admit it is kind of disturbing that no one has emailed me about any of my missing FB content, nor of the status updates missing. Really, no one has stated anything which one could view as being sad but in reality I don't really care. I still have this blog. Of course, I don't think anyone really reads it which doesn't matter. I still have my Twitter feed which I have incorporated to the right of this blog. And I have different social networking areas that I update, Yelp for businesses, LivingSocial for books; so I'm not done with social networking I'm just tired of FB. I also have a Buzz feed, which I would like Google to get out of Gmail and let it stand on its own. I know that Buzz is like FriendFeed. In that it aggregates information from different sources and presents it to friends, family, or anyone who comes across. So really, what is FB really doing for me? Nothing. And my last reason, which occurred after I left FB, is this little tidbit.
So, they really don't want the user to tamper with the experience. What?! That just kills me. I always used the GreaseMonkey Script that removes FB ads. (To spare that script writer any issue I'm not going to link to it.) The problem with what they are saying is that the end-user has no right to alter the page — even after it leaves their server and is residing on the users computer — which is what happens when someone views a page. The script doesn't alter the server at all it alters the users page from within the browser. So lets alienate users and script writers and maybe everyone...great strategy. I guess that is how Google became what it is today. You know your competitor the company you want to become bigger than.
I know many people are not going to leave FB and that's fine. It was just me that found FB to be too bothersome. It made me feel disconnected from people rather than more connected. So hopefully, tomorrow I will be completely removed from their servers. On some level I doubt it but there is nothing on that old FB page that I'm ashamed of. So cheers FB!
So, they really don't want the user to tamper with the experience. What?! That just kills me. I always used the GreaseMonkey Script that removes FB ads. (To spare that script writer any issue I'm not going to link to it.) The problem with what they are saying is that the end-user has no right to alter the page — even after it leaves their server and is residing on the users computer — which is what happens when someone views a page. The script doesn't alter the server at all it alters the users page from within the browser. So lets alienate users and script writers and maybe everyone...great strategy. I guess that is how Google became what it is today. You know your competitor the company you want to become bigger than.
I know many people are not going to leave FB and that's fine. It was just me that found FB to be too bothersome. It made me feel disconnected from people rather than more connected. So hopefully, tomorrow I will be completely removed from their servers. On some level I doubt it but there is nothing on that old FB page that I'm ashamed of. So cheers FB!
12 March 2010
I've committed Facebook Suicide
I have left Facebook forever. I requested the my account to be permanently deleted. Of course, Facebook gives you 14 days from the request and to restore my account all I need to do is log in. But I know that will not be happening anytime soon. I'm sure that people will NOT be looking for me.
The main reason I left Facebook was because I felt like I was in High School again, a feeling of being alone. I joined so that I can communicate with family and friends and the reality was I wasn't reconnecting with anyone. I did become friends with my niece and nephew and that was great but I was talking to them I was playing games. And they weren't even really good games at that!
Facebook had become boring. People that I had not spoken with in 10 to 20 years I thought I would re-establish some kind of friendship but that didn't happened. Nothing happened. Who wants to be a part of a community that no one talks to or listens to. I don't so I left. Besides, I have this blog that no one reads to feel alone in the world wide web that is the Internet. So boo-hoo me but I'm out of here.
I'd rather post here and continue to post to my Twitter account. Facebook goodbye forever!
I've also picked up my Programming in Objective-C book by Stephan Kochan and I will be blogging about the exercises in the next few weeks. Get ready to start seeing more stuff happening regarding programming my Mac and even my iPhone.
The main reason I left Facebook was because I felt like I was in High School again, a feeling of being alone. I joined so that I can communicate with family and friends and the reality was I wasn't reconnecting with anyone. I did become friends with my niece and nephew and that was great but I was talking to them I was playing games. And they weren't even really good games at that!
Facebook had become boring. People that I had not spoken with in 10 to 20 years I thought I would re-establish some kind of friendship but that didn't happened. Nothing happened. Who wants to be a part of a community that no one talks to or listens to. I don't so I left. Besides, I have this blog that no one reads to feel alone in the world wide web that is the Internet. So boo-hoo me but I'm out of here.
I'd rather post here and continue to post to my Twitter account. Facebook goodbye forever!
I've also picked up my Programming in Objective-C book by Stephan Kochan and I will be blogging about the exercises in the next few weeks. Get ready to start seeing more stuff happening regarding programming my Mac and even my iPhone.
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