Programming For Fun: The Dark Side
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I've decided, for no particular reason (other than to have fun and expand my horizons), to learn Flash/ActionScript/Adobe Creative Suite. Recently got CS4 installed on my work computer and am working on geting them to upgrade it to CS6. I also have a Lynda.com subscription to help with the learning process. Never thought I'd go this far to the dark side. I'm even considering buying a MacBook Pro in the next couple months. Somebody stop me before I'm too far gone (or is it already too late :~ )! :(( Are any of you learning something completely useless for your job? ← (interpret that sentence in either of the two ways)
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I've decided, for no particular reason (other than to have fun and expand my horizons), to learn Flash/ActionScript/Adobe Creative Suite. Recently got CS4 installed on my work computer and am working on geting them to upgrade it to CS6. I also have a Lynda.com subscription to help with the learning process. Never thought I'd go this far to the dark side. I'm even considering buying a MacBook Pro in the next couple months. Somebody stop me before I'm too far gone (or is it already too late :~ )! :(( Are any of you learning something completely useless for your job? ← (interpret that sentence in either of the two ways)
AspDotNetDev wrote:
Are any of you learning something completely useless for your job?
Yes - in both senses! 1) I'm learning Objective-C / cocos2d programming so I can write games for the iThingies 2) To many to mention!
MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
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AspDotNetDev wrote:
Are any of you learning something completely useless for your job?
Yes - in both senses! 1) I'm learning Objective-C / cocos2d programming so I can write games for the iThingies 2) To many to mention!
MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
_Maxxx_ wrote:
I'm learning Objective-C / cocos2d programming so I can write games for the iThingies
I'll probably do similar if I ever get my hands on a Mac. Would be neat to release something that my friends can see and have fun with/make use of. iThingies seem like a pretty good way to do that.
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_Maxxx_ wrote:
I'm learning Objective-C / cocos2d programming so I can write games for the iThingies
I'll probably do similar if I ever get my hands on a Mac. Would be neat to release something that my friends can see and have fun with/make use of. iThingies seem like a pretty good way to do that.
Yep - our house is now resplendent with several iDevices including three (yes, we obviously have too much money) iMacs. I still haven't been able to bring myself to pay Apple $90 a year to be in the developer program, though, so thus far I can only test my stuff on the emulator. Next time the wife wins at bingo, I'll cough up, though, then I can upload my game to the App store and spam codeproject to get you all to download it :) upload an interesting and informative article about its development... (see www.pooperpig.com[^]) See! I've already started!
MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
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Yep - our house is now resplendent with several iDevices including three (yes, we obviously have too much money) iMacs. I still haven't been able to bring myself to pay Apple $90 a year to be in the developer program, though, so thus far I can only test my stuff on the emulator. Next time the wife wins at bingo, I'll cough up, though, then I can upload my game to the App store and spam codeproject to get you all to download it :) upload an interesting and informative article about its development... (see www.pooperpig.com[^]) See! I've already started!
MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
:laugh: I wish I had a Mac right now just so I could follow along with those blog entries! :thumbsup:
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:laugh: I wish I had a Mac right now just so I could follow along with those blog entries! :thumbsup:
I feel there may be better excuses to buy one - but hey! whatever works for you :) (We bought our first one for Mrs _Maxxx_ who really wanted to do not much more than email and Facebook - getting a 27" was a good excuse to use it for watching videos too... Then I found I could run a Windows VM on it for free - stole it off her and bought a 21" - I now use the 27" for both Mac and Windows Dev (still keep a PC for essentials, like PC Games, but use it rarely) I must admit to being alternatively amazed and scared witless about Objective-C - but I do love to learn stuff - and PooperPig is teaching me heaps!
MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
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I've decided, for no particular reason (other than to have fun and expand my horizons), to learn Flash/ActionScript/Adobe Creative Suite. Recently got CS4 installed on my work computer and am working on geting them to upgrade it to CS6. I also have a Lynda.com subscription to help with the learning process. Never thought I'd go this far to the dark side. I'm even considering buying a MacBook Pro in the next couple months. Somebody stop me before I'm too far gone (or is it already too late :~ )! :(( Are any of you learning something completely useless for your job? ← (interpret that sentence in either of the two ways)
AspDotNetDev wrote:
Somebody stop me before I'm too far gone (or is it already too late :~ )! :((
If one loses his way and walks over to the dark side, this one should try to find their way with iOS Maps. Certainly it is the path to enlightenment :) Or you could stay there and enjoy the wonderful design and one button (as an Apple-fanboy friend of mine gives up as reasons for being an Apple fan).
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
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I've decided, for no particular reason (other than to have fun and expand my horizons), to learn Flash/ActionScript/Adobe Creative Suite. Recently got CS4 installed on my work computer and am working on geting them to upgrade it to CS6. I also have a Lynda.com subscription to help with the learning process. Never thought I'd go this far to the dark side. I'm even considering buying a MacBook Pro in the next couple months. Somebody stop me before I'm too far gone (or is it already too late :~ )! :(( Are any of you learning something completely useless for your job? ← (interpret that sentence in either of the two ways)
How's the Lynda.com subscription working out for you? I considered subscribing, but I'm only interested in maybe 1 or 2 of their classes at the moment. Do you have access to ALL their videos for as long as you are a subscriber? Can you download any of the videos for keeps?
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How's the Lynda.com subscription working out for you? I considered subscribing, but I'm only interested in maybe 1 or 2 of their classes at the moment. Do you have access to ALL their videos for as long as you are a subscriber? Can you download any of the videos for keeps?
I've not explored it much yet, but it has a vast library of things I find potentially useful, and the videos are very polished. I think something like 10% of their videos are available for free if you want to see how you like them. Their player is neat too. Allows you to choose the format (Flash, QuickTime, Windows Media, etc.) and allows you to bookmark parts within the video for later reference. Yep, you can access all their videos as a subscriber. Though, you must pay a premium to have any files associated with the videos (e.g., source code). I think the normal account is $25/month, and the premium is around $30-$40/month. I've not tried downloading any videos, though I think you can purchase videos from their DVD library (pretty costly, IIRC).
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I've decided, for no particular reason (other than to have fun and expand my horizons), to learn Flash/ActionScript/Adobe Creative Suite. Recently got CS4 installed on my work computer and am working on geting them to upgrade it to CS6. I also have a Lynda.com subscription to help with the learning process. Never thought I'd go this far to the dark side. I'm even considering buying a MacBook Pro in the next couple months. Somebody stop me before I'm too far gone (or is it already too late :~ )! :(( Are any of you learning something completely useless for your job? ← (interpret that sentence in either of the two ways)
AspDotNetDev wrote:
Are any of you learning something completely useless for your job?
Yes, I am going to download Darwin OS (As a .NET guy, it is completely an alien world for me). Regards, Poppy
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AspDotNetDev wrote:
Are any of you learning something completely useless for your job?
Yes, I am going to download Darwin OS (As a .NET guy, it is completely an alien world for me). Regards, Poppy
Never heard of it. If you want to check out a neat OS, look at Menuet OS. It's a super tiny OS that fits on a floppy (but it can boot from USB). :)
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AspDotNetDev wrote:
Somebody stop me before I'm too far gone (or is it already too late :~ )! :((
If one loses his way and walks over to the dark side, this one should try to find their way with iOS Maps. Certainly it is the path to enlightenment :) Or you could stay there and enjoy the wonderful design and one button (as an Apple-fanboy friend of mine gives up as reasons for being an Apple fan).
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}They nicked the whole idea from Dilbert: http://www.dilbert.com/fast/1995-03-25/[^]
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt -
Never heard of it. If you want to check out a neat OS, look at Menuet OS. It's a super tiny OS that fits on a floppy (but it can boot from USB). :)
The rising popularity of Mac OS make me curious about it. But a Mac machine still not affordable for me. So I decided to try an open source alternative.
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I've decided, for no particular reason (other than to have fun and expand my horizons), to learn Flash/ActionScript/Adobe Creative Suite. Recently got CS4 installed on my work computer and am working on geting them to upgrade it to CS6. I also have a Lynda.com subscription to help with the learning process. Never thought I'd go this far to the dark side. I'm even considering buying a MacBook Pro in the next couple months. Somebody stop me before I'm too far gone (or is it already too late :~ )! :(( Are any of you learning something completely useless for your job? ← (interpret that sentence in either of the two ways)
AspDotNetDev wrote:
I'm even considering buying a MacBook Pro
No don't go! :) On a serious note CS6 is awesome, has a steep learning curve but is well worth the effort,
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Version 3.0 now available. There is no place like 127.0.0.1 -
I've decided, for no particular reason (other than to have fun and expand my horizons), to learn Flash/ActionScript/Adobe Creative Suite. Recently got CS4 installed on my work computer and am working on geting them to upgrade it to CS6. I also have a Lynda.com subscription to help with the learning process. Never thought I'd go this far to the dark side. I'm even considering buying a MacBook Pro in the next couple months. Somebody stop me before I'm too far gone (or is it already too late :~ )! :(( Are any of you learning something completely useless for your job? ← (interpret that sentence in either of the two ways)
Not yet, but after having seen the TypeScript video from Anders last night that might look like a fun area to delve into.
Wout
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I've decided, for no particular reason (other than to have fun and expand my horizons), to learn Flash/ActionScript/Adobe Creative Suite. Recently got CS4 installed on my work computer and am working on geting them to upgrade it to CS6. I also have a Lynda.com subscription to help with the learning process. Never thought I'd go this far to the dark side. I'm even considering buying a MacBook Pro in the next couple months. Somebody stop me before I'm too far gone (or is it already too late :~ )! :(( Are any of you learning something completely useless for your job? ← (interpret that sentence in either of the two ways)
Thanks for the lynda.com link. I will have to check this out soon.
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I've decided, for no particular reason (other than to have fun and expand my horizons), to learn Flash/ActionScript/Adobe Creative Suite. Recently got CS4 installed on my work computer and am working on geting them to upgrade it to CS6. I also have a Lynda.com subscription to help with the learning process. Never thought I'd go this far to the dark side. I'm even considering buying a MacBook Pro in the next couple months. Somebody stop me before I'm too far gone (or is it already too late :~ )! :(( Are any of you learning something completely useless for your job? ← (interpret that sentence in either of the two ways)
Dude. Just let Flash die. Please.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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I've decided, for no particular reason (other than to have fun and expand my horizons), to learn Flash/ActionScript/Adobe Creative Suite. Recently got CS4 installed on my work computer and am working on geting them to upgrade it to CS6. I also have a Lynda.com subscription to help with the learning process. Never thought I'd go this far to the dark side. I'm even considering buying a MacBook Pro in the next couple months. Somebody stop me before I'm too far gone (or is it already too late :~ )! :(( Are any of you learning something completely useless for your job? ← (interpret that sentence in either of the two ways)
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They nicked the whole idea from Dilbert: http://www.dilbert.com/fast/1995-03-25/[^]
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
I've read that one before, still good though :laugh:
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
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Dude. Just let Flash die. Please.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
Hey Maunder, I've got a Skype interview in 9.5 hours (08:00 Sydney time to be exact) with a Canadian. What should I say at the beginning of the interview to get him on side? I need something to grab his attention as I don't think he'll even notice me ending each sentence in Eh!
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
