Gee, one update every six months isn't going to keep me moving very fast, is it? What can I say, I have a day job that takes a lot of time, plus I am on the board of my homeowner's association and that takes more time than you can possibly imagine.
I did make it through Chapter 1 of the Mendis book back in March. Then I got busy, and Griffin was also busy, and time kind of slipped away. However, I'm going to WWDC this year for the first time, and I am trying to cram in some more WO knowledge before I go. So I've gotten back to it, and have completed Chapters 2 and 3. They were hard-fought, especially the last one. I can't believe how many unclear, vague, incorrect and just plain missing things there are in that book! I'm now attending to other things, like catching up on this blog, while Griffin catches up to me in the book.
By the way, I said previously that I would be documenting here the problems I found in the book. Well, I had good intentions, but I got stuck so many times that in the end I was never sure which problems were real and which were my own fault. At various times I mistyped things, misunderstood things, skipped little one-line steps at the end of paragraphs that were crucial later on... this book offers many ways to screw up due to it's format and lack of repetition of important information. I'm sure some prefer it that way, but I'm not one of them. Unfortunately, this means I don't have good notes on where the actual mistakes are. If I have anything useful to share as I go along, I will do so.
I told Griffin that I would post some of his most useful writing here on this blog, so others could benefit from it, but I'm not exactly sure of the best form to use. For now, I'm just going to make new posts for each nugget of wisdom, but I'm open to suggestions on a better way if anyone has any.
Onward...
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