Beginning iPhone development
I've been programming since around the age of 10 or 11.
I actually started on a ZX Spectrum 48k, writing code and developing games with a good school friend of mine at the time, developing football and music related games that we just ended up playing between us.
My career in IT initially started within development, around IBM AS/400 using RPG/II & RPG/400 and it was a job i loved, however after moving into management i didn't quite keep up with as much programming and playing with code as i'd have liked but my love for the iPhone has really got me interested in picking up development again for personal enjoyment
It seems the iPhone development community is thriving and the app store is flooded with apps, some good, some not so good and I have set myself an aim to get my own application in the App Store sometime in late 2009 or 2010
I was given 2 books to get me going on the subject by my fiancee at Christmas;
Beginning iPhone Development: Exploring the SDK by Dave Mark & Jeff LaMarche
and Programming in Objective C by Stephen G. Kochan
I've a feeling the real challenge is going to be coming up with a unique and useful idea / application rather than any challenges the development platform itself may have.