Why...?

There are really a few WHYs to cover. Why the blog? Why the iPhone?... Why code at all? The last is pretty simple. I love to create things, and coding is just one form of creation that is easily accessible and also melds art and science. The iPhone is such a neat and sexy device for us coders because of its simplicity and possibilities to express our creativeness. It wasn't an easy start. When the SDK first came out, information was hard to come by, and I struggled with Objective-C, the programming language that is used for the iPhone (and Macs). I wrote some Hello World type apps and stopped. After about a year of inactivity, I decided to take a stab at it again. With the release of iPhone OS 3.0 with new features such as peer-to-peer networking, support for subscription models and integration with hardware devices, it was too tempting to ignore. This blog is meant as a personal diary, and also to help others who may be starting their own iPhone projects, so that we can share techniques and ideas.