Wow, I’ve really neglected my shiny new blog.  Well, I guess it’s not so new any more, but it sure is shiny.  It’s just been a crazy couple of weeks.  I graduated from the University of Massachusetts Lowell on May 31st. To commemorate, I bought myself a huge LCD television that gave me days of fun but expensive tinkering.  I also snagged a few more freelance gigs. 

All the while I’ve been continuing my contract at Bridgeline Software while going to lots of interviews at a variety of different places around my area. They’re all pretty cool. I’m looking forward to my latest interview at viximo because they mentioned getting into iPhone application development which coincidentally is something I’ve been wanting to get into.

I’m not sure if I’m doing this because I’m still on an Apple-fanboy-high from watching the WWDC Keynote and iPhone 3G announcement, but that night I decided to register as an Apple Developer for the iPhone.  When I went to their Apple Developer Connection site, I was expecting the documentation to be some 100+ PDF giving overly-technical instructions on how to program for the iPhone, but in the usual Apple fashion, in addition to neatly organized technical documents, there are a series of videos which show you step by step how to develop on the iPhone.

I’m not sure if I’m doing this because I’m still on an Apple-fanboy-high from watching the WWDC Keynote and iPhone 3G announcement, but that night I decided to register as an Apple Developer for the iPhone.

The tools and applications are very cool as well.  Aside from the usual suspects (Xcode, etc), there are some iPhone specific applications.  The UI designer is so obvious to use, I really wish I played with it sooner.  There is also an app which simulates the iPhone UI and allows you to work on the iPhone almost in real time.  Did I mention all of this is free?

Never before has coding on a platform been this intuitive and, dare I say fun.  Really, my only issue is the fact that I don’t have the slightest clue what I want to make.  I definitely want to create a game of some sort, but I don’t know what kind at all.  I guess I will start getting ideas once I get my feet wet.