I've kind of lived this for the past couple of months. I haven't spent the time as well as I'd hoped due to some family and other issues. Picking something to f

I've kind of lived this for the past couple of months. I haven't spent the time as well as I'd hoped due to some family and other issues. Picking something to focus on was my hardest part. Lots of interesting startups, technology, and stuff to read. I'm now doing what my gut told me originally - building iOS apps for a niche I'm interested in. So if it were me, I'd spend the $1000 on a Mac of some sort (if you don't already have one), take the Stanford iOS Programming class on iTunes, and maybe pick up a book or two on iOS programming / app business. Worst-case, at the end of the 3 months you'll have a skill that's getting to be in more demand every month and an app or two in the store as proof.