February 2012 Blog Posts

Is computer science still worth going into?

Today someone asked me a very curious quesiton:  "Is computer science still worth going into?"  This was asked within the context of choosing between computer engineering (think electrical engineering) and computer science.  Whithout pause, this person then proceeded to ask me if I felt secure in my field. Without hesitation I responded that software development will be in strong demand for a long time to come. But I am not so blind to the future that this couldn't change, either.  I told him that given my educational and entrpreneural background, I felt confident that I could completely change my career and...

posted @ Sunday, February 26, 2012 12:58 PM | Feedback (0)

Animation: A Delight

I'm in the hard-core development phase of a new project that I hope to have finished in the next couple of weeks, but sometimes you have to take a break from the technical side and experiment with enriching the application. Animation are one of the ways in which you can take an app and really put some serious polish on it. Below are a series of demos that will be incorporated into my project: Flock of Birds: This animation includes several elements, a flock of birds, that get triggered when you tap on them, or when you tap on the...

posted @ Tuesday, February 21, 2012 11:07 PM | Feedback (0)

New iOS Vids on YouTube

Late last month I buckled down and produced a set of training material on iOS.  Enjoy! (BTW, I recorded them in HD, so make sure you go fullscreen to get the best effect!)

posted @ Monday, February 06, 2012 8:31 PM | Feedback (0)