Here is another one of my side projects I’ve been working on in my spare time, if there is such a thing. Lately I’ve been thinking about mixing to of my favorite things, web development and video games. That is probably the nerdiest sentence that I have ever written, but that’s ok. Nerd is the new cool right? The only problem with marketing to video game companies was I didn’t really have any samples of work that I’ve done that would translate into the video game market. So I decided to take my favorite game (Halo 2) and create a small application that would take the RSS feeds from the game developers site (bungie.net) and use those to show the stats from some of the previous games that I have played. (more…)

So what is SnapPages? For those of you that haven’t seen this project I’ve been working on for quite some time, let me give you an overview. The idea is pretty simple. It’s basically a collection of online applications that I’ve developed in flash that allow you to organize and share different aspects of your life. Imagine if MySpace and Apple’s iLife were combined and you basically get the idea behind SnapPages. (more…)

As a web developer I am constantly having to defend how important it is that you not only have a website, but that your website also looks great. The days are long behind us when you were ahead of the game just by having your own domain name and a website with some content that your friend and/or relative created for you. In this virtual world that we live in, your website is now your front door to your company. Sure you can get a website developed for you for under $500, you can also rent a storage shed for much less then a nice looking office, but I don’t think your customers would have a lot of confidence doing business with you. In fact most would probably turn around when they saw it. (more…)

I decided that I better create a place to vent some of my thoughts and ideas before my brain explodes, so I’ve decided to try one of these new fangled contraptions called a “blog”. Maybe you’ve heard of them before? Hopefully this will serve as a place to share not only my ideas and the projects that I’m working on, but also some useful information with the rest of the online community. (more…)