One thing I did do in the past, whether motivated or not, was to enter a daily blog entry. I am ashamed of my newfound laziness. It has been almost a week since I made an entry and that will stop NOW. I will go back to my daily entries and if I miss a day, I will double up the following day or two.
One of the things I now realize is that I am not getting much out of the Xcode 4.2 book. Part of the problem is that is rolls on a single app throughout the entire book. Should you miss something along the way, then you are doomed as subsequent sections assume you have things entered into your code. I have hit such a wall where I did not see code. I searched and searched earlier chapters and could not find an instance where I would have entered the code. It's not there. It is just not to be found.
Ok, since I officially do not like this book, I am aborting it. As I start chapter 10 I realize that either I come back to it at a later date OR I use it as some sort of a reference. I may also poke around for other Xcode books for the future. But, the present is what matters most. I am making the leap into the Beginning iOS 5 Development book. I have to. I am near the halfway point and I still am a moron. Again, that excites me as many have quit long ago. I am forging ahead and will embrace this book to the best of my ability. If the book stinks, I will move over the Nerd Ranch iOS guide. That would be my last hope else I go back to other sources of Objective-C and iOS materials (Stanford, Harvard, etc).
I have to get it. I cannot despair so I am now again optimistic that the new book will get me to the holy grail. May the force be with me!
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