Out of the Tunnel: 1/30s f/6.3 ISO400 17mm -0.3ev, Canon 30D, Canon 17-55 f/2.8 IS

I've been a bad blogger -- not blogging. It has something to do with working harder, commuting further, and earning less, but it's also also tied up with my head being in continual input mode right now.

My temporary spot tech writing has morphed a little and I have another writing client for whom I'm doing a developer guide for cell phone middleware, so I seem to have become a technical writer without really meaning to (talking to others, this is how it apparently happens). Not only that, I'm hiring and managing other tech writers. Plus I continue to plug away at my Cocoa application in my "spare" time.

Let's see, I'm learning:

• Ruby
• Rails
• XML
• XForms
• XPath
• How to hire and manage tech writers, set up a tech pubs department, etc.
• How enormous chips are designed
• Big chunks of Cocoa
• Object-oriented programming
• The practical application of MVC
• PDF document structure
• The math of Bezier curves

I am having fun though, and I get to take time off whenever I want because I am freelancing. This also means I am free to do Aperture training or other things in the SF Bay Area. So send me an email if you have writing opportunities or need Aperture help.

Tags: Learning, Blogging, Programming, Ruby, Rails, XPath, XML, MVC