Posted on 25 Mar 2010, 12:46pm, in experiment, lifestyle. leave a comment
Wow, it has been a month since I started my waking up at 5 am experiment, and I think it’s a good time to draw some conclusions.
First, I want to say that I started this experiment to see what would have happened if I started to wake up early. As a 23 years old guy, I knew that it would have been hard, but I decided to try anyway. After all, I knew I could have quit after 30 days if I wanted to, so it was not a lifetime commitment.
If you are just looking for the quick answer, yes, I’ll continue to wake up at 5 am now that the experiment is over. Keep reading if you want to find out why.
Thinking of trying this as I have so many ideas for projects that I would like to do but working on them after a 8/9 hour work day is just too difficult.
Thing is, will it last? Probably not but worth a go 
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Posted on 30 Jan 2010, 7:42pm. leave a comment
Obviously creating apps for the iPhone has proved immensely successful for a lot of developers.
However with web technologies such as HTML 5, CSS 3 and CSS animations very quickly the lines are being blurred.
Your even able using libraries such as jQtouch which allow you to very quickly create web applications, jQtouch is based on jQuery so if your familiar with that you’ll be off to a good start.
Pro’s for developing web applications
- No need for Apple approval, which is a major pain for a lot of developers
- Ability to upgrade the application and know that your users are using the latest version
- For web developers it means creating apps in the language your comfortable with. PHP, ASP, Python etc.
Con’s for developing web applications
- Restricted access to the iPhone’s hardware, although more and more libraries are giving better/more access to this
- If you wish to charge for your app then you will need to implement your own charging functionality
- You lose the frameworks within Cocoa which make building applications so easy/fun
The future?
I’m currently creating my own web application using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript however I plan on using PhoneGap which allows you to import your web application into xCode and run it as a native application. The benefits of this are pretty massive, mainly giving you easy access to monetize your app through the App Store.
I plan creating some tutorials for iPhone web applications such as:
- jQtouch basics
- Using HTML5 for offline data
- Creating your own animations
- Theme-ing in jQtouch
I’ll post more on my app when it’s nearer launch.
Posted on 1 Jan 2010, 8:00am. leave a comment
As per usual I feel compelled to set a list of resolutions for the new year which, most likely I will not adhere to.
Oh well.
Here goes my list.
- Lose weight, more specifically I aim to lose at least 7 pounds per month
- Spend more time with my friends. I know I can sometimes get caught up with work etc
- Utilize Flickr / Facebook more. I have taken over 4000 photos last year and hardly any of them are on Flickr or Facebook
- Blog more, I would like to blog at least 2 times a month
- Learn to cook a wider variety of things and waste less
- Save money, I get paid substantially more than my girlfriend yet she seems to save more than me
- Release something open source, I would like to give back to the community which has helped me in my career
- Create my own commercial web application, I have so many ideas which I have not yet followed through, this needs to change
- Communicate with family better
- Give more to charity, I’m extremely privileged to have a great job, family, friends whereas some people have such a horrible time just trying to get through each day, now I know I can’t help hugely but everything counts, no?
I am planning on writing blog post in June summarizing how well I am doing with the above resolutions.
P.s. Happy new year!
