http://www.osnews.com/story/9666/Interview_with_Aaron_Hillegass_of_Big_Nerd_Ranch Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:08:20 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? is he a tall bird covered in yellow feathers, sometimes seen on PBS television??? Wed, 09 Feb 2005 22:01:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? I knew there was something good about living in America ;-)
Hey Aaron, if you read this, start a ranch down is Australia ;-) Wed, 09 Feb 2005 22:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Met him back at NeXTWORLD when he was working for Eiffel 1994. Then in 1996 ran into him again as the lead trainer for Professional Services at NeXT. Thanks for selling me your Renderman Book Aaron. You always through good parties--brownies, karaokee and whatnot.

I'm happy you found your domain in Georgia. From one NeXT alum to another watching you teach the tools along-side a few others was simply amazing. Your grasp of such topics is very humbling.

Still I gotta say some of the best times were hanging out in the company kitchen and rec-room where foosball was the game.

When I get more proficient I'll eventually take your course. I don't want to waste your time or others who don't need to be slowed down by my questions. Thu, 10 Feb 2005 00:27:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? I love how Big Nerd Ranch gets *very* good SME's to teach the classes. Apache, for example, was taught by Rich Bowen. I *highly* recommend these classes for a very intense, focused view of the material at hand! Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:58:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? I second the comment about opening a Ranch in Australia - there is NOTHING here in Sydney for a beginner cocoa developer...

I'm in 2 minds to start my own user-group - 'cept of course I don't know cocoa.. :-) Thu, 10 Feb 2005 23:57:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? I took Aaron's Cocoa Bootcamp class a few years ago, and thoroughly enjoyed it, even though I had already read his book. There's nothing like being immersed in a subject without any distractions. I'm looking forward to attending another class in the future. Wed, 16 Feb 2005 08:11:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments