Built a blogging app this weekend
While I continue to wait for the arrival of my now-officially-tardy super-laptop, I've still got work to do. So I've spent the weekend in my office thumbing through a book I didn't even know I had, and hacking together a custom blogging framework for an upcoming promotion we're doing. The codebase was derivative of the original jasBlog .NET prototype I built a couple of years back, with several new accoutrements like mobile publishing.
Me not being a design guru, I think I've spent more time on CSS and layout and less time on database communications and web client stuff.
I've been able to get through what would normally would be a boring weekend with a little out of the norm food and listening to a non-stop 80's mix (which I still dig), and several podcasts. I'm thinking of re-signing up for the 3 free days on Sirius when the big push for our election coverage kicks in and I'll be working the Death March schedule.
Me not being the King of Design, I think I've spent the most time on CSS and web client formatting, and I whizzed through the database communication and tiered programmatic stuff.
Me not being a design guru, I think I've spent more time on CSS and layout and less time on database communications and web client stuff.
I've been able to get through what would normally would be a boring weekend with a little out of the norm food and listening to a non-stop 80's mix (which I still dig), and several podcasts. I'm thinking of re-signing up for the 3 free days on Sirius when the big push for our election coverage kicks in and I'll be working the Death March schedule.
Me not being the King of Design, I think I've spent the most time on CSS and web client formatting, and I whizzed through the database communication and tiered programmatic stuff.
posted by Jason Salas @ 2:56 PM
5 Comments:
At June 13, 2006 5:58 AM,
jonah said…
Jason,
Have you tried any of the online music subscription services - Rhapsody, Yahoo! Music, Napster?
Yahoo! Music specifically has over a million tracks to choose from - and the library grows daily - for a fee of $4.99/mo. It's basically music on demand - they also have a "to go" feature that lets you make "tethered" downloads to "play for sure" capable mp3 players. So instead of getting blasted with preprogrammed music lists from satelite radio you can make your own gargantuan playlists with hand picked tracks for every mood you could possibly imagine.
Are you still distributing the code for jasBlog? I'd like a copy if so.
Jonah
At June 15, 2006 8:03 PM,
Jason Salas said…
Hi Jonah,
I normally stick to the predictability of my iPod's playlist, or zone out to Weasel.net so I won't get sidetracked. I did get into the Pandora project, but I try not to subscribe to any music services and save a little. :-)
At June 15, 2006 8:42 PM,
Jason Salas said…
I wish I could distribute my first blogging app...I actually stopped production on jasBlog a few months ago, but started the new app I mentioned above based on the same framework and codebase.
At June 16, 2006 8:26 AM,
jonah said…
though the beauty of these services is that you can do just that, make a playlist exactly like your IPod's - track for track.. as predictable as you want it - in addition you'll have 2+ million more tracks to choose from for times when your feeling a little more adventurous. But your point is well taken - $4.99 to $8.99/month can add up - and it's quite possible once you try it you may never go back ;)
Are you distributing the new version of your Blog app?
Jonah
At June 16, 2006 12:20 PM,
Jason Salas said…
Sadly, no...I thought about open sourcing it as an ASP.NET project, but I built it on KUAM time, so it's our intellectual property.
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