This is going to be a short blog post since I’m using a public terminal in between the Apple Design Awards and Stump the Experts - the evening activities. I’m using a public terminal because I finally decided to go over the Apple store at 4:00 PM, sign up for a genius bar time (7:00 PM), and send my PowerBook in for repair. It’s got white dots on the screen that really suck - it’s not a big deal normally but when working in Word or other applications that are predominately white, you can see three or so spots where the pixels have either died or … ? Whatever the case, it’s being sent in to Apple (the genius took one look at it, said it sucked, and then had me backup my files). Let’s hope that it gets repaired properly!
This morning was more of the same. Woke up, walked to the Moscone Center, had breakfast, and then it was start of the sessions. I went to Using Bindings to Help Sync your Data and UI and then to the Advanced Document-Based Application Techniques. Both were good sessions but half way through, I realized I didn’t really follow anymore. These are things that I definitely need to read more on. Lunch came, I ate the food, and then went into the Union Square area to do a bit of shopping. Then it was time for more sessions and they were really good. Went to .Mac integration, Sync Services, and then Core Data. Core Data rules. It really is an amazing technology and so much is provided for us. It’s built upon SQLite (XML and Binary too) and it’s fast. It’s also really easy to use. They showed a very good, clear example, and it used zero (yes, zero) lines of code. That’s the beauty of Xcode, Interface Builder, and Bindings.
It’s time to go now- the final activity is starting. Tomorrow will be more sessions, followed by a trip to Apple’s campus in Cupertino for the Campus Bash … music and food and drinks. I’ll post more when I get a chance…
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