Author: michael

Off-day

Two days, no progress

This is Baymax on the floor. Does there have to be a reason?

I’ve been working – just not on coding. But I’m committed to code. Tomorrow.

Should I just code on the weekends? Should I just suck it up and code? Should I be reading instead?

This is an interesting problem. All I know right now is that I’ve missed two days. No guilt – just daily recommitment. Tomorrow!

So what did I do instead today? I moved my old 2019 Intel MacBook Pro (the machine I’m using right now) from the lab (my home office) into the rumpus room and moved my M1 Mac Mini from the rumpus room into the lab. It’s much better suited to being a work machine. Sadly, the MBP has been struggling to keep up with work, which comes as a complete surprise. I didn’t think work applications were all that complicated. But the Mini will do just fine and I think it will be useful as a second machine in the lab anyway.

Anything else? Not much. Joanne and I watched a couple episodes of Death in Paradise – an excellent detective show from Britain, the land where they know their murders! And I worked at my job. So … more coding tomorrow and maybe a bit of reading of my new book in bed tonight. More about the book soon.

Tutorial

Progress

Well. Not only did I get this website (sort of) set up, but I also got xcode set up on larry, my trusty old 2019 MacBook Pro 16″ laptop. It’s my newest laptop, sadly. I have an M1 Mac Mini and a M1 Max Mac Studio around the house, but the laptop is convenient for sitting with Mrs. Morrow and coding in front of the TV of an evening.

Anyway, I’m using this Apple tutorial.

I’ve gotten through the first tutorial session. Here’s what my screen currently looks like:

Pretty decent start. I’m not sure I can include any of the code here because I suspect Apple has it copyrighted. But trust me. It’s Swift code and it’s not too hard to figure out. This first version is compiled for iOS. I think there will be an Apple Watch version and then it goes to the Mac. I’m hoping it will be a good overview.

After that, the computer will guide me. I have no idea what I want to write – just something. Time will tell.