After my recent completion of Blind for the Facebook Platform, well... My thought process has been running into other ideas for what I should do to pass the time. One of which was to re-create "Medea and Creusa" from the ground up. Though I really want to succumb to such an action, it would be the equivalent of pursuing the writing gig -- I need something that has sustenance right now, and it just wouldn't be able to fill that need. Truth is, I'm running out of time. I have until November before I have to start making loan payments, and I don't have to draw any attention to how serious that scenario is.
Without further ado, my original idea: to program for the iPhone. But wait! I don't have a Mac, so I can't do that...
The BlackBerry? That's a great idea! Why hadn't I thought of it before? And yes, I loved the idea. Up until yesterday, when I was about to submit a completed app to the BlackBerry AppWorld (after extensive tests to write out what specific BlackBerry models it did work with, which ended up including every Curve model. Can easily be made to work with Storm and Pearl, just that the screen resolution and control maps have to be completely different, the Storm being a touch-screen and having an accelerometer and the Pearl... well, the controls I have just don't map the same) and discovered that you have to pay $200 to do so. But hey, they say the positive is that the $200 is good for 10 application submissions! Well, that's not very useful to me. Right now, looking at my online bank statements results in a rare South American moth flying from my monitor. One other thing I ponder is whether it will be just $200, since that's just to pass a verification of BlackBerry's RIM-deal. There's another verification that needs to be passed if you don't want your app to be free, but in order to reach that process you first have to pass the first one. And yes, they are OK with you using your own name to fill in the "Company" position if you're working on a Sole Proprietorship basis.
I'm sure I could get the answer to my last... well, I didn't post it in the form of a question, but there's a question in there. I just had a temporary loss of will to find out for the time being. Here's to wishing they could "put it on your tab" and have you pay them out of your profits. That way, if you flopped then there'd be no harm or fowl, eh? I guess they make it up to you by giving you 80% of the profits, but if you run the risk of not even breaking even...
Think positive, Trevor!
I just responded to an email today that was a questionnaire over my programming skills. It's for a job directly south about 4 or 5 blocks from where I'm living. They're looking for programmers of all experience levels, from Interns to Seniors. They mentioned a pay range, and I wouldn't have a problem getting $15/hr to be an Intern in a Contract-to-Hire position.
Right now, I've got a completed BlackBerry Curve App that will be collecting dust for a while and have my finger's crossed over 2 jobs. In the meantime, I can work on getting completed BlackBerry Storm and BlackBerry Pearl versions of that Curve App... There are about 3 million BlackBerry users in the US (if that online source is to be believed), and it would be a nice medium to get my name out. And another thing to add to the ol' resume.
And it's been more than a month since my last update? Whew! I should really think about doing this more often than once a month...
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