I’ve
known PHP know since 2006, but have yet to release anything. Every
single line of code I’ve written to date has been vaporware. I get to a
certain point in the development lifecycle and get bored with it, or
decide that the project is too complex and will fail. Or I continually
add and remove features until the project is nothing like the original
goal.
Browsing
through quora today I found that the original version of Digg was
written in just 6 weeks. It took Twitter just over months from the first
tweet to the public introduction, and Mark Zukerberg just over a month
from inception to launch theFacebook (as it was then known). Amazingly,
myspace was built in just 10 days.
In
comparison, I’ve been working on one major project since 2007, and have
started from scratch over five times now - it’s apparent that project
isn’t going to happen so I’ve decided to start work on a new project,
something that I hope to complete in just 35 days.
While
the novelty of Christmas has worn off on me, its still one of my
favourite times of the year. I’ve finished school, the weather is fine
and there is this fresh smell in the air. Everyone (especially me) seems
a bit more relaxed and calm. But aside from the gift giving, one of my
favourite things to do at Christmas time is to help mum with the
cooking. Slice, biscuits and cake are all made in the month of December
and this time around I paid careful attention to the cookbook.
I've
had my transformer tablet now for about six months and I'm finding more
and more uses for it everyday. Maybe it's Android/Honeycomb but I don't
think it's ready to replace my computer though. It has however,
replaced a number of other things. I use it to read books, watch videos
and (surprisingly) it's become my primary gaming console.
It would also make a great cookbook,
but searching through the (limited) range of Honeycomb apps, I couldn't
find one that did exactly what I wanted. There were personal cookbooks,
and cookbooks based off websites, but nothing that combined the two
together. A social (or dare I say it cloud) based cookbook where you could upload your own recipes and either share them or keep them private, and collect other people's.
I've
decided that the 30 day challenge will be a cooking website. Of course,
I'm not going to have the time to write iOS and Android apps in the 35
days, but I intend to get a fully functional website working by then.
