What's in a name?

When working in Germany I kept hearing people refer to der Böse Chef, meaning literally the evil boss, when discussing their jobs and work life experiences.

In my mind, der Böse Chef personifies all impopular decisions a boss takes, whether needed or not, in the line of duty. Since I have always nurtured a dream of running my own company or business, at least part time, I hope this blog can help me become my own evil boss. I would probably drive myself nuts changing requirements of the software I would be developing more often than your average cook washes his hands.

Hence the name of the blog.

Update: It is probably worth pointing out that although I haven't always agreed with every decision my current and previous bosses have ever taken, I can't claim to have any firsthand experience of a truly evil boss.

An introduction

Okay, so here's the deal.

I am a full time Windows application developer for a multinational software company. I love my job, I really truly do.

But. It's purely Windows and .NET.

In the last few years I have migrated my private life over to the Mac. My only regret is not making the move sooner, Macs are just the most amazing machines.

Being a developer I am obviously interested in learning about Mac-development using Cocoa, Objective C and Xcode, but I have had a hard time finding the time to really get into it. I hope starting this blog to keep a journal of my progress will help push me along.

Obviously, since I have plenty of experience of C# and Java I will look into Mac development using those languages as well and type up my experiences right here. Hopefully it will all add up to a collection of interesting tips and thoughts on software development on the Mac.

I am keeping this blog mostly for my own sake, but feel free to drop by to read my musings, and do drop me a comment with your best Mac tips and tricks. 

Oh yeah, I do have another regret; not buying huge amounts of Apple stock once I realized how amazing Apple's products really are.