Archive for December, 2008

12
Dec

Final Project

By mablovett 0 Comments
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My Topic is the Development of the Mac, iPhone and iPod Touch. Both the iPhone and iPod Touch are programmed the same way, using a language called cocoa. To write in cocoa, you need the iPhone SDK (Software Development Kit. The Mac is written in a similar way. In the next version of Mac OS X, 10.6 or Snow Leopard, the Finder will be written in Cocoa.

To develop my topic, I have used many sites like Macrumors and WikiHow. On Macrumors, I am commenting on the most current posts everyday. On WikiHow, I have edited many articles and written one or two. Both of these sites have helped me gather research about my topic.

I am hoping in the future to learn to write in Cocoa and possibly Java. One of my friends and I have currently been teaching ourselves how to write in Ruby (for both Mac and Windows) using an online tutorial. I think that this is one of the easiest languages to learn for a developer.

My work with this has been successful so far. I am hoping to do a lot with this in the future (possibly take a programming class at Lovett in the future years).

12
Dec

Quia Survey

By mablovett 0 Comments
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This are links to my two surveys:

Survey for all People

Survey for iPhone and iPod Touch Developers

The process of creating the surveys and reviewing the results is very easy. To create a survey, you have the option of making multiple choice questions, yes-no questions, short answer questions, and ratings. To view a survey, you can view by respondent or view in graphs, that show the percentage of people who responded one way or the other.

I did get the results that I hoped for. I was hoping to get feedback from developers and from people that have either a Mac, iPhone or iPod Touch. Most people had one of these above and most people though that they are easier to use than computers running Windows and other smartphones.

If I could change the survey, I would add more that has to do with programming overall instead of only focussing on the iPhone and iPod Touch programming. I have decided to make another survey that is about the topic of programming of computers and iPhones.

Current survey Results:

Mac, iPhone, and iPod Touch Survey for All People           57

Mac, iPhone, and iPod Touch Survey for Developers         1

Programming                                                                      5

Update- New Survey: http://www.quia.com/sv/244796.html

11
Dec

Summary of this Semester

By mablovett 0 Comments
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We have done many projects this year. One of these projects is using Google Calendar. Every day, the events on the Google Calendar are sent to both my phone in a text message and as an email. Also, I have been able to subscribe to my Google Calendar using iCal.

Another project is using Google Earth. We have made placemarks, which mark a particular location on the map. We have also figured out how to save all of the placemarks to a file, and put the file on another computer.

The most recent project that we are working on is the final project of the year. I will talk more about this in a later post.

These are some of the Web 2.0 tools that we have used this year: Blog, Wiki, Google Calendar, Google Docs, RSS, Del.icio.us, Flickr, Social Networking, and Podcasts.

Some of my favorite tools are Google Calendar, RSS, Social Networking, Podcasts (takes you into iTunes), and Del.icio.us. I have enjoyed using Google Calendar because it is a great way to keep me organized in school. RSS is a great way to keep up with the latest news on the web. Using the Apple Mail program, I have subscribed to many feeds and am able to check these every day in an easy way. Social Networking is a great way to communicate with friends. A good example of this is Facebook. You can chat with other people, send messages to them, have your own profile and be able to view others, and post comments on pictures or on other profiles. Podcasts are free video’s about many things including how to do something on a computer. Delicious is an online bookmarking program. It a great way to store your favorites or bookmarks online, and view other people’s bookmarks.

 

 

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