Category Archives: Training

Reflections on a Great Conference

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Scotty

Last week I had the great opportunity to attend the 360iDev conference in Austin, TX.  If you read a couple weeks back you know that I actually won a free ticket!  I was happy to pay for the travel and … Continue reading →

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A Lot To Learn

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Scotty

I wasn’t blessed with a programming background.  And that just means I have to be more patient with myself, because I’m not just learning Cocoa here, I’m learning EVERYTHING. When I attended the iPhone Studio in July it seemed like … Continue reading →

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iPhone Studio – Day 4

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Scotty

This was the final day of the iPhone Studio. The first half was great, we went through a lot of small but useful things very quickly.  Things like Core Graphics, touch events, basic animations, and finally Core Data. I’ve been … Continue reading →

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iPhone Studio – Day 3

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Scotty

Day 3 began with some simpler table view stuff but quickly led into some data storage stuff. For the first time I learned how to save data to disk in the application’s “Documents” folder. It’s not quite Core Data, but … Continue reading →

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iPhone Studio – Day 2

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Scotty

Day 2 was just as good as the first. The pace of the studio is pretty even and I like it. Seems like we cover a lot of material, but not too quickly. There’s SO much stuff that I’ve seen … Continue reading →

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iPhone Studio – Day 1

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Scotty

I got up early and made my way to the Reston Town Center for my first day of the iPhone studio at the Learning Tree facility. It’s a very nice area, and conveniently has an Apple store right around the … Continue reading →

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Made it to Virginia

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Scotty

Well, after two flights and a very long van ride I made it to my hotel room in VA. I’ll be calling this place home for a while so I bought some groceries and stocked the mini fridge. I’ve been … Continue reading →

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An Exciting New Chapter

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Scotty

Hey my friends, today marks an exciting new chapter of my appventure! The iPhone programming studio is finally here! This morning I’m a bit tired, because I’ve had difficulties sleeping all weekend due to my anticipation of this workshop.  I’ve … Continue reading →

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Weekend Coding

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Scotty

So, when I wasn’t working on my basement or hanging out with my family this weekend, I was doing some “Xcoding”. It’s been a while since I’ve looked at the code actually. I’ve been having fun with the design mockups, … Continue reading →

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Some Good Advice

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Scotty

In my quest to answer the question in my previous post about the $3,300 iPhone workshop I asked my best friend Luke what he thought. He suggested reading reviews, which of course is a good idea. There are many positive … Continue reading →

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