It's iLove

I am simple enamored with my new old iPhone. I purchased it this past week from a friend at work when he moved up to the new 3g, and I am extremely happy with my choice.

My love for my iPhone is primarily driven by my obsession with the new slew of apps to use on the fly. I am seriously starting to wish I had some kind of coding expertise so that I could join in and create some apps while they are still in start-up phase. I think most people still do not realize the impact the iPhone is going to have on the world. I don't mean just the iPhone of course. The gPhone or whatever else will rival the iPhone may very well take the crown in the end. However, whichever one ends up on top will have a great impact on the development of communications for the next decade everywhere.

I for one love the idea of having everything in one device: my phone, my music and video collection, my emails, my social networking, a remote control for every device in my house. The potential is simply astounding.

Therefore, despite having no actual coding knowledge, I have determined that I am going to learn some coding and (hopefully with some help from others) try to develop some elementary applications.

One of the top apps in the app store at the moment is called iPint. It is a simple, even crappy game in which you use the sixaxis controllers to slide a beer glass down a bar top. Upon completion of the level, you get to "drink" a pint of frosty beer. When it comes down to it, the application is nothing more than a slightly creative advertising tool, but it works!

I want to be in on that. I want to gain an expertise and be able to approach companies and tell them about the power of this new medium and how I can help them get a foothold in it.

I know, I'm probably shooting too high with this one, but I can dream can't I? Anyway, I'm going to try to get OSX installed on a computer and attempt to start learning to code with Apple's SDK. We'll see how that goes.