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Really good book if you seek to learn a lot about writing iOS apps in OjectiveC. Right now I would prefer one in Swift but in my opinion at such early stage of Swift language it is better to learn iOS SDK and XCode with proven language. If anything I would prefer to have more chapters incorporate Storyboards. Rating: 8/10

You can probably see that I do a lot of things lately and my plans for next month are always long and ambitious.  I commit publicly to them so that I feel accountable but recently more important for me is following my Priority List during the day. What is a Priority List? I want to start from the beginning. My interests go from programming and reading books to learning to play guitar and how to draw. How do I make progress in any of them? I have a strong feeling of  stretching too thin and doing too many things at the same time. There are days when I can do them all and days when I hardly have time for one or two. Am I making any progress? Am I wasting my time? I strongly believe in Habits that Leo Babauta writes on his blog  http://zenhabits.net/ . The idea is to not think about what I should do, just follow the good habits. When I have to think consciously I often fail and do something stupid like read 'news' or facebook. I want to fight with that. I have re...

I wanted to read something outside of my comfort zone. As I try to learn English and I am writing blog posts in English it seemed like a good idea to read something about writing. My choice of a book was more accidental than deliberate, but I am pretty happy with what I have learned. Of course, it did not make me a writer in a couple of hours. I have gained some insight into writing, practical use of grammar and structure of stories that was interesting just in itself, but there were also some more general ideas included. How to think about writing, how to deal with critics and knowing your colleagues and they craft (like photojournalism and design) can be applied to any craft you do. Writing big books, should be divided into chapters, parts, that you can think about - something that fits in your head. It is much too easy to be overwhelmed by a 300 pages you have to write. Divide those into smaller parts. When you write the first version, you should lower your standards. Tr...

Short but pretty nice book about Go language. It was recommended to me and I am really glad that I read it. It is much easier to follow than GoTour and in my opinion sets up much friendlier learning curve. Book is available for free online  and on Amazon. I have learned most in part 9 about Structs and Interfaces. Really interesting is chapter 13 about the Core Packages so I can recommend those two if you already know the basics of the language but want to see more practical usage. Rating 8/10 (just keep in mind that it is an introductory book)

Finished Duolingo: English for Polish Speakers The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace I have a new Mac Pro 13' Memrise - Advanced Vocabulary (unfortunately it still grows) The Mastery by Robert Greene Learning How to Learn course on Coursera Failed & Gave up Game Programming Patterns - not even stared Spanish on Duolingo - done a couple of lessons, but I am going to drop it Todo: One-week vacation on Malta Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer by Roy Peter Clark IOS Programming by Big Nerd Ranch An Introduction to Programming in Go by Caleb Doxsey Reality is Broken by Jane McGonigal The Back of the Napkin by Dan Roam The Power of Full Engagement by James E. Loehr Game Programming Patterns  by Bob Nystrom Refresh  Healthy Programmer December: Buy device (to read programming books) for examp...

Installation Easy tutorial:  https://golang.org/doc/install Official How to:  Tutorial:  https://golang.org/doc/code.html Available also as a video: Github I have noticed that  TJ Holowaychuk  is creating a lot of projects with "go-" prefix. I thought it might be a good idea as well. The thing is you can't use such packages out of the box. Default import looks like: import "github.com/tj/go-debug" But you can't do: go- debug.debug ( "sending mail" ) In Go, last folder name and package are the same things so you cannot even write: package go- debug If it is so hard, why to do it? For me, most important thing is to easily see which projects are written in Go. You cannot use this project in the folder with the same name as the repository name. So how are others dealing with it? How to use projects on Github with "go" prefix? 1. Create a directory in the repository to be used as the namespace nam...

I have finished the "Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects by Dr. Barbara Oakley, Dr. Terrence Sejnowski"  and I can assure you that it is great! I really hope that everyone else watch videos from the course. My own TLDR: When you read or learn - user recall. It is super effective! Use Pomodoro to focus Use Pomodoro breaks to go to diffusive mode to make more creative connections in the brain. Exercise - it helps your neurons survive and learn. It is good to trigger diffusive mode as well. Create your own metaphors and analogies (especially visual ones) Test yourself, reading everything like a novel is not enough (at least use recall). It is ok to learn something, drop it and go back to it after some time. Next time it will be easier.  Process over Product Two biggest takeaways from the course are: Stop reading books like novels, at least use recall after each page or chapter. I was reading books without re...