Find a need and fulfill it. Successful businesses are founded on the needs of people. ~A. G. Gaston
I would have been fired a hundred times at a company run by MBAs. But I never went into business to make money. I went... so that I could do interesting things that hadn't been done before. ~Amar Bose
It's kind of fun to do the impossible. ~Walt Disney
It always looks impossible until it's done. ~Nelson Mandela
Software being "Done" is like lawn being "Mowed". ~Jim Benson
If you’re creating a company, it’s important to limit the number of miracles in series. Start with something that’s the most doable and then expand from there. ~Elon Musk
A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. ~Mark Twain
Everybody told me no at first, including my wife. I turned the nos into yeses and the disadvantages into advantages. ~John H. Johnson
The best way to make dreams come true is to wake up. ~Mae C. Jemison
The very nature of science is discoveries, and the best of those discoveries are the ones you don't expect. ~Neil deGrasse Tyson
God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear. ~Ruby Dee
The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity. ~Amelia Earhart
You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way. ~Marvin Minsky
You make your mistakes to learn how to get to the good stuff. ~Quincy Jones
Code Pilot is a free tool that lets developers navigate quickly between files in Xcode. I was introduced to the tool yesterday by Don Bora, instructor of the Mobile Makers iOS Accelerated course that I’m currently taking.
Starting Code Pilot
After downloading and installing the product, launch Code Pilot by starting Xcode and using the SHIFT-COMMAND-X key sequence.
Code Pilot is free, but you still need to request and install the license file.
Leap Motion is a small device that lets users control their computers with simple hand gestures. The Leap Motion controller senses individual hand and finger movements. This is not a touch interface, because your hands never touch anything.
WisdomGroup is a member of the Leap Motion Developer Program. Check out this 1-minute video.
Note: This article on provisioning profiles was first posted in the RubyMotion Google Group on May 10, 2012. It was also referenced on Stack Overflow.
Everything with RubyMotion worked great until I tried to run the sample apps on a physical device. And then I had to spend a few hours wrestling with provisioning profiles. Hopefully this post will save time for somebody else.
It is gratifying to know that learning something tangentially related to Ruby will, in fact, teach me more about Ruby.
Working With Unix Processes, by Jesse Storimer, is ostensibly about Unix internals. However, in reading this book, I have become more aware of how executables run on my favorite family of operating systems, which in turn gives me more insight into Ruby.
Passing Arguments
For example, what happens when we pass arguments to a process, Ruby or otherwise? How do the arguments get there? Storimer offers a 1-line Ruby program called argv.rb that we can use to play with the ARGV array:
This week I enrolled in the iOS Accelerated course offered by the Mobile Makers Academy. If you would like to do the same, mention my name and we’ll both receive a $300 discount on tuition.
Class starts on Jan 7, 2013. The evening lectures are convenient for those who serve clients by day.
Of course, a tuition discount and easy schedule are poor reasons to enroll in a course. This article will describe my reasons for enrolling. If your thirst for learning is anything like mine, you might like Mobile Makers too.
This week I enrolled in the iOS Accelerated course offered by the