Lee, just delete the previous email with this same message, I mistakenly sent it with the old Profile email address and I had a bounced not that you had to approve. So sorry.
John Begin forwarded message: > From: Profile <[email protected]> > Date: December 30, 2010 8:17:42 PM EST > To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MacGroup] Where to start > > Ed, > > How appropriate, very great Podcast, tells me I have bunches to learn but > isn't it marvelous that there are so many resources, especially this > group........and to think you also paint!! Thanks so much. > > > John > > > On Dec 30, 2010, at 12:41 PM, Ed Wiser wrote: > >> John I listened to a great podcast this morning while painting the bathroom. >> Hey what else would I do while painting. >> The Pipeline on 5by5 >> >> The Graig Hockenberry one all are great but this last one deals with this >> issue. >> Graig wrote a popular iOS book this past year on the subject. >> >> Listen to it. >> >> On Dec 29, 2010, at 8:29 PM, John Robinson wrote: >> >>> I'll ask a question that if there is an answer I have no idea if I'll ever >>> be able to accomplish. I am not very "right brain" but I have such a need >>> that I want to see if I can at least begin. >>> >>> I have been working for years on a program that gets data from the Chicago >>> Mercantile Exchange. This was originally written in 4d, but it was too >>> slow and the upgrades to the next version were always over $2,000.00 for >>> one copy so the process to rewrite to mySQL began. I have a marvelous >>> programmer but he has just taken another job that is now occupying all his >>> time and there are so many things that need to be done, AND I don't need to >>> rely on someone else in a tight situation. >>> >>> This beast is huge, the SQL portion calculates the data, there is a program >>> (possibly written in SQL?) that goes to get the data, feeds it into the >>> database for crunching, then there is a front end that I can't remember, >>> starts with a "P" I believe, it draws the screens that we need. Finally >>> there are Applescripts that once the data is calculated they will email me >>> a screenshot of the day so if I am away from the computer when I need the >>> data I can have it sent to me, that is why I need an iPhone and iPad on >>> both the AT&T & Verizon networks. >>> >>> To print all this out would be several hundred pages and when I look at it >>> I think I have stumbled onto some Arabic. >>> >>> Where in the world would I begin to learn how to tackle this. Are there >>> schools around that teach Unix, mySQL, etc. etc. I don't want a degree, I >>> only want to learn my program. There are changes I need to make and my >>> friend just doesn't have the time so I am going to have to see if I can >>> take his code and make sense of it but to do so I will need classes. >>> >>> Books without instruction will do little for me as most textbooks assume >>> you already know way more than I do. Lee and many of the others on this >>> group could handle this type thing but for me I will need to start at the >>> kindergarden level and build. >>> >>> There may be video lesson online somewhere, I know where a ton are for >>> learning video, FinalCut, Photoshop, etc. but not the real geek stuff. >>> >>> Any direction would be appreciated, remember though it has to start basic. >>> >>> John >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MacGroup mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >
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