[[Rusty alloc] init]; // fresh start

I'm excited to be back on the iPhone development train again. My last dot net contract just concluded and I'll be working hard to replace my server side solution set with rails alternatives. There is nothing really lacking on the Microsoft side but I don't want to struggle with licensing and tools and all the cost of ramping up a fresh MS stack. If a client is inclined, I'll certainly take that initiative. Its a great toolset and server suite. However, I am interested in something new, something fresh, something that challenges me while giving back just as much. Frankly, its not the technology or the language features that intrigue me, its the people. Much like cocoa developers, rails developer are a family of cool geeks who respect each other. They might be competitive but most of all love to help each other solve problems. In c#, there's too much posturing and ego pumping in the workplace. I have been working with a very sharp young developer recently who has no interest in learning from his peers nor in sharing his technique. He is sharp and he knows it and that's where it ends. Its sad because he could be so much better and do so much more for everyone around him. I hope to find better character in the Rails community. There are certainly wonderful, philanthropic, brilliant people in the dot net community, they are just harder to find (I think) among the rest.

So I will be kicking out some rails websites shortly while I ramp up my Objective C / Cocoa Touch projects. I'll try to be more active in the blogging world as I go.