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Spurts


Last night was a great example of what I like to call 'spurts'. I have a limited amount of time to spend on my software during weeknights, and it's especially hard to get a solid productive session out of 3 or 4 hours of available time.</p><p>Spurts...


Good job, boys...


It's really hard not to want one of these.</p><p>At that price point, the G5s become a lot easier to put into the public's hands. There was no way I could ever justify the cost of the G5 towers, but this is certainly within reason. I just hope...


And about the work I did...


This past weekend I got the hours counter up to 68! There was a lot of administrative work I took care of in order to start getting ready for release time. I had to ensure that I had a source control system up and running for the project (I settled...


A productive weekend...


This weekend was very successful in terms of the work that was put into my app. I've changed focus slightly in my approach to the applications I will release (yes, there will be a few rather than one), so the first release is starting to feel closer...


Ping(oogle)


To anyone out there who wants a GMail invite – send me an email. You can reach me at "my last name at gmail dot com". I have two available. More, if they're still giving me invites at the rate they did over the weekend. :)</p><p>Okay. No more...


Slight frustration...


I have not had very much time to spend on the project over the last few days. This has been frustrating for me, but I think the extra time away from development has allowed me to mull over a few details.</p><p>My frustration seems to have disappeared...


Bindings rule!


In doing some of my UI work this weekend, I couldn't help noticing a new panel in the Interface Builder palette that had three green cubes in it. I did some digging in the documentation and found Cocoa Bindings. Oh my goodness is that ever a godsend...


More Design


A lot of time was spent today getting an idea of the final structure of the application. Since the app will contain a lot of sub-sections, I have to hash out how those components will fit together. For example, the MLS measurement system is used...