A Person, Artist, Software Engineer, Geologist.

I'm an old timer in Rock climbing.  Not the Faux climbing in the gym but on real rock with whatever surface erosion has provided for it.  I remember a boulder problem on Mt. Woodson that was called Television Screen (aka, Super Edge).  It was a big rectangular block that was tilted just off vertical with an irregular surface and this wonder edge that also had variations in it.  There was just enough of both to provide light hand and food holds to lie back off of while edging with your feet on the face.  It was rated 5.10 and just on the edge of what I could do with my new (then) EB climbing shoes. I was so proud of finally being able to climb it with my new EB shoes.  Then a friend of mine just scurried up in the running shoes!  I could not believe it, regular shoes and much less effort! The difference between the two of us was the context, me -vs- him.  I could do it but I needed better shoes and it was still hard.  He just needed to try. The same is true of software

Life is not static so you have to mix it up a bit to keep it interesting.  Well that is what I've done (at least I try to do) with publishing an iBook using iTunes and the iBookAuthor software.  Nothing better than using a new tool and learning about a new field.  My wife is a writer so I wanted to get a little taste of publishing my self, but I'll never be in her league. A lay persons guide into the messy world of software creation. This provides a basic foundation of what software is and the basic forces in it development.  This should provide the reader with the general development process and the complexities that can arise in the phases of development. Free download of iBook here I wanted to lay a foundation of the messy (dare I say wacky) world of software development.  It sounds so high-tech and science like, but for the most part it's the interaction between people, each with there own issues, desires and feelings that are the primary factors in how software