last weekend i spent about 2 hours watching the “getting started” videos on how to use the apple iPhone SDK. I proceeded to try to download the iPhone SDK but to my disappointment this is only possible if you have Mac OS X. I currently use a Core 2 DUO with 2 GB RAM running Windows 7; whereas my laptop is a Core2duo with 3GB RAM running Vista. I didn’t fancy dual booting with a dodgy copy and hacked version of Mac OS X

The idea was to create an application for the company I work for; so during the week my boss found me a spare Mac Mini PowerPC G4. It’s been laying around on a desk collecting dust for god knows how long. So last night I fetched it home…(my first mac, EVER!)

After upgrading from Panther to Leopard 10.5; I upgraded to 10.5.8 and downloaded the 2GB iPhone SDK (bundled with the latest verison of xcode) from the Apple site. I proceeded to open the installation only to discover that whilst I can install xcode the iPhone SDK option is only available if you have an Intel-based Mac. This was rather infuriating! Anyway; long story short – I Googled until I was highly delighted with finding the following site:

How to run iPhone SDK on a non intel based Mac (G4, G5 etc)

At the above URL. there are instructions on how to get xcode to let you build an iPhone app on a non-intel based Mac. Just in case the link doesnt work , I have pasted the post here:

Officially the iPhone SDK requires an Intel Mac with OSX 10.5. Since I have a four year old dual G5, which is still running like a young dear, I don’t want to buy a new Mac just for writing iPhone Applications.

After some research, I found out, that it’s possible to make it work on PPC since the iPhone SDK are universal binaries.

To share my knowledge, I write a small tutorial. Note, that I don’t take responsibility, for any defects cause somebody used my code!

How to get the iPhone SDK to work on PPC Macs

Most of the tutorials I found in the Web are not up to date, because there where no “Aspen” packages anymore. With the iPhone SDK for IPhone OS 2.1 (build 9M2517) you can follow these steps:
1. Download the official iPhone SDK here.

2. Mount the .dmg image and install the iPhone SDK (the iPhone SDK will be grayed out!).

3. After rebooting the Mac, mount the image again and go to the folder Package. Install all packages which have iphone in the name (e.g. Simulator, SDK, Documentation).

4. Go to the folder /Platforms on the local HD and copy the iPhone.platform and theiPhoneSimulator.platform folders to /Developer/Platform.
Don’t copy the whole platforms folder, Xcode will not run correctly anymore!

5. Now we come to the interesting part. Xcode has now access to the iPhone SDK, you can already create iPhone projects, but Xcode still wants to compile the sources for the Intel architecture. To change that, open the folder /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/
Library/Xcode/Specifications/ .
In this folder you will find the file iPhone Simulator Architectures.xcspec. Make a backup and open it in any text editor. The content should look something like this:

(
// 32-Bit
{ Type = Architecture;
Identifier = Standard;
Name = "Standard (iPhone Simulator: i386)";
Description = "32-bit iPhone Simulator architectures";
ListInEnum = YES;
SortNumber = 1;
RealArchitectures = ( i386);
ArchitectureSetting = "ARCHS_STANDARD_32_BIT";
},

// Old-style Debug
{ Type = Architecture;
Identifier = Native;
Name = "Native Architecture of Build Machine";
Description = "32-bit for build machine";
ListInEnum = YES;
SortNumber = 101;
ArchitectureSetting = "NATIVE_ARCH";
},

// Intel
{ Type = Architecture;
Identifier = i386;
Name = "Intel";
Description = "32-bit Intel";
PerArchBuildSettingName = "Intel";
ByteOrder = little;
ListInEnum = NO;
SortNumber = 105;
},
)

6. Change the line “RealArchitectures = ( i386);” to “RealArchitectures = ( i386, ppc);“.

7. Add the architecture configuration for G3, G4 an G5, the edited file should now look like this.

(
// 32-Bit
{ Type = Architecture;
Identifier = Standard;
Name = "Standard (iPhone Simulator: i386, ppc)";
Description = "32-bit iPhone Simulator architectures";
ListInEnum = YES;
SortNumber = 1;
RealArchitectures = ( i386, ppc7400 );
ArchitectureSetting = "ARCHS_STANDARD_32_BIT";
},

// Old-style Debug
{ Type = Architecture;
Identifier = Native;
Name = "Native Architecture of Build Machine";
Description = "32-bit for build machine";
ListInEnum = YES;
SortNumber = 101;
ArchitectureSetting = "NATIVE_ARCH";
},

// G3
{ Type = Architecture;
Identifier = ppc;
Name = "Minimal (32-bit PowerPC only)";
Description = "32-bit PowerPC ";
PerArchBuildSettingName = "PowerPC";
ByteOrder = big;
ListInEnum = No;
SortNumber = 201;
},

// G4
{ Type = Architecture;
Identifier = ppc7400;
Name = "PowerPC G4";
Description = "32-bit PowerPC for G4 processor";
ByteOrder = big;
ListInEnum = NO;
SortNumber = 202;
},

// G5 32-bit
{ Type = Architecture;
Identifier = ppc970;
Name = "PowerPC G5 32-bit";
Description = "32-bit PowerPC for G5 processor";
ByteOrder = big;
ListInEnum = NO;
SortNumber = 203;
},

// Intel
{ Type = Architecture;
Identifier = i386;
Name = "Intel";
Description = "32-bit Intel";
PerArchBuildSettingName = "Intel";
ByteOrder = little;
ListInEnum = NO;
SortNumber = 105;
},
)

Now you should be able to compile the iPhone project and run the app in the iPhoneSimulator. I never tried to put an App into the AppStore, but I think it should work.

So – if you follow those instructions (like I did) then you should be able to open xcode and build an iPhone app!

Worked a treat for me!

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The easiest way to do this is by using an XML sitemap & Google Webmaster Tools (GWT).

GWT allows you to analyse your website from the Google Bot’s perspective to ensure that all your links are working, your meta tags are not duplicated and many other things such as setting the rate at which bots visit your site.

All you need is a Google Account & access to the HTML of your homepage.

Once you’ve signed in, it’s fairly easy to follow the on-screen instructions to setup your domain.

Google will index your pages, and you can also use your sitemap on Yahoo!, Live and other search engines.

If you dont have it already, get Google Webmaster Tools now!

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The other day I was using Twitter and caught a glimpse that Katie Price & Peter Andre had split up. I Googled for it and couldn’t find any news about it. What was splashed on newspapers the next day? Their divorce.

Twitter BEAT Google. Now that’s serious because many folk use Google is their primary source of finding information and suddenly you have this website [twitter] with instant news!

If that doesn’t convince you, let me list some reasons why you should sign up:

1. You want to keep “connected” with like-minded individuals. Twitter is great for this.
2. It quick – to post an update it takes less than 30 seconds. A few updates a day with latest news and you’re sorted.
3. It’s easy. Really, it is.
4. It’s viral. Do it right and your news can be splashed around the net in a matter of hours, if not minutes.
5. It integrates with everyday tools like WordPress. You can even post from messenger & your mobile.
6. It’s live. The information on here is real-time news.
7. Social – it’s the easiest way to tell folks about your latest blog post and get those important comments.
8. And… well: it’s free; in this current climate you should grab everything that’s free!

Take all the points above, and you have a serious tool: its the mobile web; in real-time.

Sign Up Now!

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It’s simply impossible for me to mention every that you can do to promote your site; but I’m trying to help you in the best way I can.

Next stop: Must-have WordPress Plugins,  Using Google Webmaster Tools & Signing up to Google Analytics.

The wordpress plugins in the link above are not necessarily essential, but they will help get your site out in the open, and grab some more traffic in addition to helping your site rank in the search engines. A real must-have though is the google analytics plugin; In fact I’d go as far as saying it should be one of the first things you do to your WordPress installation.

Checkout the links above to upgrade your Internet life!

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You should really create a free GMail account. This will be your base for a “Google Account” which you will use for a host of other Google services such as Google Webmaster Tools, Google Analytics, Google Docs etc.

Get your Google Account now!

GMail allows POP3 access, SMTP, email forwarding, out of office. GMail also has the great functionality of grouping similar emails which makes it easier to read.

Do you have any thoughts on Google Mail? Do you dislike it? Do you love it? Please, I would love to hear your feedback.

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That’s my whole aim. I want to show you how to push boundaries. I want to show you how to speed up the things that normally take a longer that they should. If you don’t know how – then it’s bound to take a longer than it should.

To show you my feat; I’m going to break down the 2 posts that I’ve made so far (this being the third). I’ll write an individual blog post for each step, but before I do that these are the steps you should be aiming for:

Step 1:

First off, I created a free gmail account. Gmail, or GoogleMail as it’s officially branded here in the UK is a fantastic web client for managing your email. The pioneer of “unlimited” email storage and of course owned by Google.

Step 2:

Signed up to Twitter. Shout at me for jumping on the band-wagon if you wish; but if you want to have a successful “social” site then you need to keep up with the times. In other words; it doesn’t matter if you think it’s a lame idea – the simple fact is you can, and you WILL gain a large audience from using Twitter. Add to that the fact that its free, and the fact its got a great API linking it to every day tools such as Wordpress and Facebook; you’d be foolish to ignore it.

Step 3:

Internet Marketing Website. Yes, that’s where you are now. As an internet marketer in the 21st century, having your own website is as important as having an internet connection. If you don’t have your own website then you may as well work away now, or get your own website now! If you want to do what I did, just register the domain name and come back to this later.

Step 4:

Signing up to Squidoo. Not only does Squidoo integrate into Twitter but it’s also a great way to build a strong article in your niche area. As you create a “squidoo lens” it will allow you pull in other bits of data from other websites such as YouTube.

Step 5:

Joining LinkedIn. LinkedIn has been around for some time, it’s got a nice pagerank and its another great way to link your sites together.

Just from the first five steps; you should now have built a strong profile about yourself. LinkedIn with a link to your Internet Marketing Website; Twitter linking to your website (even if it is the registrar holding page). A Squidoo Lens linking to your homepage. Even without even setting up your website, you have built a strong portfolio about yourself and they are all linking back to your homepage.

Step 6:

Using Social Media Tools (SMT) is fun, but it can take longer than necessary without the right apps. An easy way to make your life a lot easier is to find the right apps to help you. Find out how to use TwiveAway, Twhirl, bit.ly, TwitPic and Create an OpenID.

Step 7:

So, you’ve got an arsenal of tools to help you along your way; just on their own these will work wonders for your Internet Marketing. The next step is to create a wordpress blog. This can be seen as the single biggest step. It’s the last step simply because if you make it your first step you’ll most probably be too lazy to go back to the other steps. Why is that? Well it’s because you’ll then spend hours scouring the Internet for worpdress themes. Be honest with yourself!

Step 8:

Another great step to make is to sign up to TwitterFeed using your OpenID. This means you don’t need to spend countless hours getting lost in the world of Twitter. If folk like your posts, they’ll read them, and Re-Tweet your link. As they do that you will gain more followers without even needed to login to Twitter. I’m not suggesting you avoid twitter.com but my point is you can you spend your time focussing on more important things.

That’s where I am now. Okay, I was lazy – I’ve not exactly gone to town on the “filling in my profile information” aspect of signing up to all these Social Media Tools but I’ve put in the basic info.

When did I start? 23:10 on Monday 11th May 2009. That was the exact time I received my welcome email from Google Mail and Did Steps 1-6. I went to bed at 01:30 meaning I spent a grand total of 2hr20 minutes.

I didn’t get chance to get on my laptop on Tuesday; but on Wednesday I had a 3 hour blast from 21:30 to 00:30.

I installed Wordpress @ 22:30 last night, and 6 hours later my blog posts had been indexed by Google.

This is my no means a comprehensive list but it should be enough to give you a kick start. I shall start to write a blog post for each step; and edit the post as necessary.

Gracias

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Right got a a lot to do. Shall update once I’m done.

Okay. Done. I’ve managed to get this stuff out of the way:

Changed nameservers of bobbyjason.co.uk
Created a hosting account on my server for bobbyjason.co.uk
Installed wordpress
Spent a while trying to set up the “mail to blog” function in wordpress (new to me…)

*yawn*

Okay, gave up on that – I shall write a post about it once I have it working.
Installed Wordpress plugins, the All-In-One SEO pack, and the WP-Cache.

It’s now 00:03 on the 14th, so I’m going to try TwitterFeed and publish this post!

Created an OpenID account so that I could sign up to TwitterFeed, registered a feed with them and linked to to my bit.ly account!

Lets see!

3 hours well spent.

Night.

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Hi There,

Well it’s all very exciting writing my “first blog post”, but the truth is I don’t even have a blog yet. I’m typing this in my favourite text editor, EditPlus!

I’m still in the process of creating my new internet profile so you will have to bear with me if you wouldn’t mind. Where am I so far?

• Gmail: bobbyjason85 [at] gmail.com
• Twitter: @bobbyjason (http://twitter.com/bobbyjason)
• Website: http://www.bobbyjason.co.uk
• Squidoo: http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/bobbyjason
• LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/13/569/2a3
• TwiveAway: Joined
• Twhirl: Joined
• bit.ly: Joined
• twitpic: Joined

Who?

What you can gather from the above is that my name is, Bobby Jason. Depending when you view this post, you will see that right now I have zero social activity; no friends, no followers, or to put it bluntly, diddly-squat. That’s not to say I’m a lonely fellow; but it does put me in a good spot to explain myself.

What?

Well, after a number of years ‘playing’ on the Internet; I’ve found myself in the luxurious position of being able generate a decent sum of money from it! I started a long time ago; and its taken me a long time to realise my full potential. However, it’s finally dawned on me that after 14 years of using the Internet to “take take take” that I should finally start to repay the Internet for the fantastic life and opportunities it has given me.

Fact is I’ve learnt a hell of a lot and I want to show other folks how to do a lot the stuff I do; as well as share the mass of knowledge that I have accumulated. I don’t have bloaty head disease but I have learnt a lot of stuff, okay?!

• A little bit about me (mini-profile):
• I made my first website in Summer 1995. I was 9.
• I never owned a power-ranger.
• My first ‘job’ was as a Go-Karting track Marshall.
• My first ‘real job’ was as as Software Developer.
• I code in PHP
• I code in .NET (VB & C#)
• I use MySQL for PHP web apps.
• I use MSSQL for .NET apps.
• I use EditPlus to write XHTML / CSS
• I have a dedicated server which I use to sell hosting packages
• I know a lot about “SEO”.
• I like (and use) Google. Checkout. Base. AdWords. Analytics. Apps. Mail. etc.
• I own over 50 domain names
• I create graphics using Adobe CS4 Suite.
• I’m not a [anything] fanb0i. I like Macs, PCs, Steve Jobs & Bill Gates.
• I think MLM is awful, CPA is a godsend.
• I earn more online than I ever imagined.
• By day I am an E-Marketing Specialist for Fortune 500 company
• By night I am an Internet Marketing Whizoo.
• I love Formula 1. I love Go-Karting. I like Football. I like Music. I hate salad.

Oh, and I also intend to prove to you that SEO is not as complex as some folks make it out to be. It’s really, really quite simple! (see last section of post for stats)

I don’t claim to be an expert in everything above; but then again – if I were an expert in all the above I’d be swimming of the shores of Hawaii by now. That said, I havn’t mentioned them for a laugh. I really do know a lot about the above.

Why?

Re-iterating my statement above, I think it’s time to start repaying the Internet for everything I’ve taken from it; at least that way others can benefit the same way that I did. I’d like say I’m going to “plant 5 trees for every 1 tree that I knock down”, but 14 years of “knocking down trees” is a hell of a lot of plant-potting! Time will tell.

Where?

From the luxurious confinement of my living room, in not-so-sunny South Yorkshire. I may tweet from my iPhone but I’m trying to limit myself to a few hours per week on this project.

When?

Right now!

Sorry for the five “W”s I’d done the first three so had to do the other two!

Right, I intended to give you some stats on current web-rankings, current twitter followers etc, current keyword results – but what’s the point? All my figures are zero!

Anyway – I’m off to bed; its 01:43 on Tuesday 12th May.

Night folks.

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