One of the big drawbacks of the Mac for me is that I miss some utilities I’d written, chiefly my blog editor. It has a whole bunch of features (some day I’ll publish the documentation for it), but only a couple that I really miss: Automatic linking to sites I’ve linked to before and auto-html-ing of tags.

The small favor is to ask if anyone knows of Mac software that has those features.

But even if you do, I still want to be able to write small, amateur programs on the Mac. I’ve poked at XCode but have made no headway with it and have ordered an Objective-C book. What would really really help me, though, is being able to talk with someone who can get me up through a “hello world” program and to something that lets me do some basic text editing. We’d have to start at the IDE basics. Once I can create a form that I can type into, I can probably make headway on my own.

So, anyone have the time and patience to hold my hand through this? It might take an initial phone call and then some IM’ing or emailing of dumb questions. Send me email (self A_T evident.com) if you’re up for it. Thanks!

(Or, maybe I should invest in RealBasic. I’m downloading the trial version now.) [Tags: mac macintosh]

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