Legos Rock
June 22nd, 2008
I love this type of creativity. I want this in my office.
http://gizmodo.com/5018606/750000+brick-kennedy-space-center-is-the-mother-of-all-lego-models
Very funny…
June 19th, 2008
We often talk about telling our children to be careful about what they email, post to blogs or social networks, chat about online, tweet, instant message or whatever the kewl way to communicate is that day; telling them they need to be careful because the "Internet doesn’t forget". There is potential that everything they do online will stay online in some way permanent way. For my day job we think a lot about this because we are trying to help kids get into college. More and more universities are getting more hip and more technically fluent where they understand what a Facebook Wall is. Our kids need to be careful about what they say, who they say it to, what groups they join, etc… so that these universities dont hold it against them later.
A funny comic that Jeremy sent me…
Returned meself an iPhone!
April 23rd, 2008
Yup, had enough. So three major reasons:
- Can’t get my iPhone provisioned so that I can put the applications I write on to it because the iPhone Developer program is closed at the moment. (See my other posts on the subject)
- New 3G iPhone is strongly rumored to be coming out in the summer
- Email is just painful. Yahoo push mail is a joke. I blame both Apple and Yahoo for this, but mostly I believe it’s because of EDGE. My hope is that the 3G iPhone will have a chance of having productive like email capabilities.
My conclusion was to return the iPhone (can do this within 30 days), get the free Nokia and then come this summer upgrade to a new iPhone 2.0 with 3G. The rumors are also that the developer program will open up after the SDK is officially released.
My appreciation to the ATT store at 78th and Broadway for being so nice and understanding.
Apple: iPhone Developer Program on Hold. Barry: You Mother @#*)%$’s
April 22nd, 2008
Sorry, but I am still steamed over the whole Developer program. Needed just one more rant about it…
Well, talk about taking the wind of out your sails.
Watch the momentum grow:
- I jumped in head first, bought an iPhone - hearts beating, new toy, I can touch it and it vibrates…
- Downloaded the SDK - WOW, Apple seems to have their shit together, gonna write my first Apple based program since college…
- Installed the tools - can’t believe Apple made good tools finally, the simulator looks rockin…
- Watched the videos - these are great, why are they all wearing the same tshirt, hope they make more of these…
- Read the documentation - ok, not so great, but more than I expected, they seem to be locking down the beta pretty good, why aren’t there more articles…
- Wrote my first program - heart is really racing now, I think I can do this, imagine the possibilities…
- Ran my app on the simulator - This thing really does rock, I hope it works this great on my phone, can’t wait to make my first commercial app, I am going to be a star at work, chicks will dig me…
- Switch the target from simulator to device - What does it mean "provision"?
So until they open back up the Developer program which is another friggin $100 I am more than willing to pay, I cant "provision" my friggin iPhone.
OY. Maybe the chicks will dig the simulator? Hold on while I compile….
More info:
http://www.macrumors.com/2008/03/14/apple-slowly-ramping-up-iphone-developer-program/
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/03/14/iphone-developer-rejection-letter-mass-mailing/
http://twitter.com/danielpunkass/statuses/771541151
http://twitter.com/davidweiss/statuses/771549002
http://www.iphoneatlas.com/2008/03/14/apple-rejecting-iphone-sdk-applicants-en-masse/
Got meself an iPhone
April 18th, 2008
So I got a hankering to make me some iPhone apps…Ok, I will stop talking like that. 
But it really was like that - last weekend I decided I wanted to make some simple iPhone apps, so I downloaded the SDK, signed up for the developer program and then earlier this week I bought mYself an iPhone.
According to Mossberg that was probably a mistake and probably a bigger one than I realized. He thinks the 3G version is coming out in June. My bad was that I didnt realize it but in order to actually install the programs you write with the sdk on to your device it needs to be "provisioned". Maybe this is an Apple thing, but this is my first venture into Apple coding so I was surprised by this. Anyway, I cant get provisioned until I am accepted into the developer program and pay my $99. And at the moment they are not accepting applications:
Thank you for applying to the iPhone Developer Program. We have many more requests than we can serve during this initial beta period, so we must limit the Program at this time. We plan to expand it during the beta period, and we will contact you regarding your enrollment status at the appropriate time. We appreciate your patience.
I hope to keep writing about my experience, but for now. See ya.
