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All of my side-projects from 2012

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Re: All of my side-projects from 2012

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Post by johnpolacek »

Jeez, I thought I had a lot of side projects, but I think you have me beat. You've inspired me to make my own list:

Scrollorama http://johnpolacek.github.com/scrollorama/

What The Heck Is Responsive Web Design http://johnpolacek.github.com/scrolldeck.js/decks/responsive...

Scrolldeck http://johnpolacek.github.com/scrolldeck.js

Scrollorama2:SuperScrollorama http://johnpolacek.github.com/superscrollorama/

Are You A Brogrammer http://areyouabrogrammer.com

BigVideo.js http://dfcb.github.com/BigVideo.js/

Channel of Awesome http://dfcb.github.com/channel-of-awesome/

Responsivator! http://dfcb.github.com/Responsivator/

stacktable.js http://johnpolacek.github.com/stacktable.js/

controldeck.js (2013) http://dfcb.github.com/controldeck.js/

Re: All of my side-projects from 2012

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Post by jazzychad »

knes wrote: post #3

BankersBox looks nice! A shame you didn't "finish it" with the implementation of hashes & co.

I'd still like to... or for someone else to! In 10 months nobody has done it, so it might be up to me after all.... or it means that nobody really wants/needs it. It would be fun as an academic exercise, though.

Re: All of my side-projects from 2012

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Post by reidrac »

That's a good list!

When I start a side project I tend to forget that after it's "done" I have to maintain it. In fact I've been delaying the inevitable and I should kill a couple of them ASAP (hey, that's a good new year's resolution!).

My 2012 list is quite short:

- A web based crossword app, content automatically generated from wiktionary entries; the puzzles require some review before can be queued (~30 minutes per week): http://crucigramas.usebox.net/

- Run CGI apps under Python WSGI protocol (PEP 333): https://github.com/reidrac/wsgi2cgi

- I've been working on an Arduino project (it will be a game console; audio done -XM player, 4 channels-), but I haven't released anything yet :(

- A Network Block Device (NBD) server for OpenStack Object Storage (technically a 2012 project because I started it in December, but there's a lot of stuff to do): https://github.com/reidrac/swift-nbd-server

All my side projects are in the "scratch my own itch" category. Sometimes I wish I could make something profitable (meaning: extra income), but learning new stuff and keeping my skills current is definitely a good value... so I don't mind.

Re: All of my side-projects from 2012

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Post by jackowayed »

Given that mobile photo sharing has been done to death, I'd be interested to hear what you think makes Pixit a significantly better solution than all the other apps out there for some usecase.

(Not trying to sound confrontational--it's just not a space that I thought had much more innovation left in it, so I'm curious to hear what you've come up with.)

Re: All of my side-projects from 2012

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Post by jazzychad »

jackowayed wrote: post #8

Given that mobile photo sharing has been done to death, I'd be interested to hear what you think makes Pixit a significantly better solution than all the other apps out there for some usecase. (Not trying to sound confrontational--it's just not a space that I thought had much more innovation left in it, so I'm curious to hear what you've come up with.)

That's a fair question. It could be that this is a solved problem by some other system/app, but I couldn't easily find one while my problem persisted... so I did what every over-active nerd does: I just built my own solution.

I think Pixit is different because it is solely for quick photo sharing between friends in 3 steps. Simple, quick, and effective. However, I'm not sure how much mass appeal it would have. It works for my usecase, but increasingly I find that I am an outlier when it comes to consumery stuff.

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