Free, partnering with others to do it. Open source- and that is something I know a lot about, I have done plenty of work, using and constructing architectures from Open Source toolsets. I have educated people and companies about it. There are real strengths in the model, but does it fit this, does it fit [...]
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“So close but yet so far!” – that is the expression. When you are close to something, in this case completing this game, it seems to move farther away. You know you have not much left to do, and yet, you keep finding new parts, new things that need doing. It’s frustrating, but it gets [...]
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Being independent has a lot of pluses, you do things your way, you can focus on what is important, you make all the decisions yourself, and you waste no time communicating ideas. But, it has its price, no-one to work with, and wondering about whether with more resources, more people, money, you could do a [...]
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It’s the language, the default language of the iPhone SDK, and is also used for Mac development. I spent a while learning it, and the SDK, adapting from Java. At first it was painful, clunky, even the syntax was annoying. But now I like it, it’s natural. Some things could be improved. Maybe because I [...]
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It’s about 10 years since the year 2000 issues. That was all about the fact that old software had 2 digit year dates and they would only go to 99 and then back to 00. This would mean that some software would not cope to the year going to 2000. New Zealand, where I was [...]
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I just deployed the latest version to an iPod Touch. Sometimes I work with the simulator for a while, just because it’s easier. So it’s been a week since I tried it. All OK though, I started playing and thought, this is good, I like this! Then I found a bug, and another, and another. [...]
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Hmmm, today was interesting. Started off storming along, happy with so much coming together now. Then, started adjusting the sequence of views you go through. Not a big job, but it got bigger when I realised I need to do some refactoring and eliminate some duplication. So it’s gonna take me a little longer to [...]
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… Not the Amsterdam variety!… But, I do spend a lot of time in them, working. I like being where people are. Writing software like this is a solo, hermit-like job. But that is not my preference. So, I go to coffee shops, with my laptop and 3G modem. And, I do lots of work [...]
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All that code for the season is in place and it looks good. Today is the start of replacing the temporary GUI with the real code. Should see now how well I designed the GUI and how well the code works within it. I ignored the national holiday yesterday and worked hard and focused on [...]
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Well apart from looking at the iPad there has been plenty of work to do. I had a plan at the beginning of the week to complete the work on the Season. I previously have written a lot of software components related to this, so I was drawing them all together, and making it work. [...]
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