A quick update on where things are with me and the project.

“Scrolling like Butter” - Check!

After spending sleepless nights and countless hours at coffee shops (I spent so much time at Cafe La Vie, that Dirty Chai is no longer just my drink… it’s my nickname :/), I have finally gotten the smooth scrolling effect selector to work. For the longest time, I was stuck trying to figure out how this CADisplayLink object worked. I knew it contained the secret sauce for getting my UI to work my way, but there is this whole new world of NSRunLoops that I needed to understand first, and it wasn’t making much sense… until I stumbled across this ADC Video last night. Enhancing UX with UIScrollView. Suddenly, everything became clear. And, after yet another night of working till 5am and getting 3 hours of sleep, I got it to work!

No screenshots to share yet, as its still just as ugly as the prototype. Also, a screenshot wouldn’t suffice to showcase the smoothness of the scrolling. But I’m happy that it’s finally working after all that time spent in between coffee breaks, and attending phone interviews in the quiet bathroom corridors of malls. Those bathroom corridors are nice quiet spots… until the cleaning lady shows up with her cart. Then, they turn into the loudest echo chambers of rolling thunder. Anyway, speaking of phone interviews…

My next pay-Check!

Interviewing has been going great so far. In fact, a bit too good that I had to take a pause yesterday to make sure that I’m not rushing into this. I was chatting with an ex-Microsoft buddy, and he felt I might be making brash decisions due to my short term financial situation. And I could relate to what he was talking about. A job should be a lot more than just your next paycheck. My ideal job is one where I get paid for the skills and experience that I bring to the table, and one where I get a chance to learn new stuff that I wouldn’t get to learn/experience elsewhere. And all the companies that I’m currently interviewing with, each bring their own sets of pros and cons. Startup vs. Well established vs. Big scale problems vs. Personal growth opportunities vs. Commute. It’s a tough choice!

Anyway, he felt that I should actually take a break from the job search, and focus on building my mobile apps if possible… But, I have a different take on mobile apps. They are projects. Not companies.

Anyway, I went through a bunch of tech interviews in the last two weeks, and am at different stages of the process with different companies… ranging from scheduled on-sites, to verbal job offers. It was a busy interview schedule… So much so that I actually ended up taking a phone screen in between two interviewers at an on-site. (It’s not my fault they went over the scheduled time.) So, my next paycheck… it’s looking good, but no official word on it yet.

Last, but not least…

Pull-Up - Check!

I’ve never been able to do an unassisted pull-up (chin-up) in my lifetime… until yesterday :) Got to do one, albeit barely. But, it still counts!

Testing 1 2 3… Mic Check!