Sunday, October 23, 2005

The best-laid plans...

Okay, so I haven't been updating this as often as I'd like. I guess that's not too surprising, given my "issues" with writing. Of course, that's a major part of why I started this 'blog - to get practice writing, to improve my comfort level.

In that spirit, here's an update. I complained in an earlier post that I felt like my technical skills were deteriorating, and I needed to work on some independent projects to keep sharp. Well, I no longer have that problem anymore. I just started a new job, and there's more than enough technical challenge to go around - I've got to learn a new language (C#), and a new platform (the .NET framework). So maybe my little project will fall by the wayside for now, or perhaps I'll write a .NET gamne instead. We'll see what the next few weeks hold.

Friday, August 12, 2005

Getting my feet wet (again)

I've decided that I need to exercise my coding muscles a bit more. I've been doing little tiny programs as part of my day job as a software tester, but it's been a few years since I've done any original, from-scratch application development.

Since I've got a Mac, and Cocoa is the environment I'm most familiar with, I'm going to start my new project as a Cocoa application. But what's the application going to be, you ask? Well, I have traditionally started out in any new environment by writing a video game, so why break with tradition?

Now, I just need to choose a basic idea...

Tuesday, June 28, 2005

First Post!

Heh, just kidding. But at least with my own blog, I'll always get the first (and last) word on whatever discussion I'm in.

-Mark