Darren Stuart's random stuff

My latest project - Startup Ticker tracks only news from...

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:30:00 +0100

My latest project - Startup Ticker tracks only news from startups. A lot more projects coming over the next couple of weeks while I have time on my hands…

My latest Twitter app, Mashing the idiomag api with twitter to...

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:46:56 +0100

My latest Twitter app, Mashing the idiomag api with twitter to find people with similar music tastes.

check it out at http://www.musicfollowers.com

a look at 2008

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:30:00 +0000

well as 2009 is under way I wanted to post something about what I did in 2008.

Here it is.

Projects that I completed for fun:

http://justaddme.com - a social widget

http://crowdstatus.com - a place to group twitter people

songs and me - a twitter like application for posting what your current fav song is. I decided that once it was up that I was not in love with it so pulled it.

http://diystartupnews.com - converted a wordpress blog to a user generated news source for startup related news.

I also setup a couple of other blogs for friends and really enjoyed working in wordpress 2.7

Professional work in 2008:

Stuartmedia - my web development company

Nokia - 6 months working on Comes With Music

brayleino - contracting web dev work

Skills I learnt:

ActionScript 3 (flex)

Siverlight 2

.net MVC

Cocoa/Obj-C

jquery

So what for 2009:

hopefully a lot more releases than I managed this year. I have updated versions of most of my projects that need to be released.

Crowdstatus is changing a lot, the new version has more sources not just twitter, it has new widgets and also a ton of stuff I am not ready to discuss in public just yet.

Justaddme is also due a massive update, I have most of it done but I have decided to throw it all a way and take a day to code it from scratch. There are some really good new widgets in the new version and hopefully a way to earning money from it.

I have a couple of adobe AIR based apps in the works too so when I get some time I will apply some polish and release em.

As I spent 08 playing with mobiles and html on them I have decided that 09 I will spend more time doing applications. iphone games and andriod games are in the works with other talented folks.

Along with all these things mentioned I am actually working on other stuff I hope to release shortly. I am addicted to twitter at the moment so they are twitter themed.

Damn!

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:46:00 +0000

I completely forgot that I turned on twitter in tumblr. What a pain, I wish I hadn’t as there is no easy way to delete them all.

Anyway I have a new design for darrenstuart.com and I think I am going to move back to a wordpress blog and have this tumblr as a place for stuff that does not belong on my blog.

The new blog will use a grid based design with some sprinkles of jquery to make it a little more interesting.

stay tuned.

working on justaddme.com new design and features.

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:17:43 +0000

working on justaddme.com new design and features.

testing 123…

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:16:40 +0000

testing 123…

I think this downturn could make it an ideal time for companies to convert us expensive contractors...

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:16:21 +0000

I think this downturn could make it an ideal time for companies to convert us expensive contractors to the darkside :p

wow how did it become 7pm already! on the plus note I am almost there with the gnip intergration...

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:16:21 +0000

wow how did it become 7pm already! on the plus note I am almost there with the gnip intergration into crowdstatus.

loving Black Stone Cherry at the moment, alice in chains meets blind melon the singer has a solid...

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:15:32 +0000

loving Black Stone Cherry at the moment, alice in chains meets blind melon the singer has a solid voice. makes me want to get the guitar out

wow honda are pulling out of F1, looking for a buyer to take over the team, if a new owner is not...

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:14:56 +0000

wow honda are pulling out of F1, looking for a buyer to take over the team, if a new owner is not found they will fold the team up in march!

mmmm I think this weekend I need to get back up to speed with php for a couple of projects.

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:14:54 +0000

mmmm I think this weekend I need to get back up to speed with php for a couple of projects.

think I am going to tweak crowdstatus tomorrow to finally start using gnip and make the site about...

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:14:52 +0000

think I am going to tweak crowdstatus tomorrow to finally start using gnip and make the site about 50 times faster…..

http://tinyurl.com/5vb2oe this is a cool gadget.

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:14:32 +0000

http://tinyurl.com/5vb2oe this is a cool gadget.

so putting the finishing touches to my new crowdstatus plan, It will be the client app that I want,...

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:14:10 +0000

so putting the finishing touches to my new crowdstatus plan, It will be the client app that I want, backed up by my webbased api for extras

sat in starbucks exeter having drunk a rather nasty hot chocolate, 2 hours until dentist :( I think...

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:14:07 +0000

sat in starbucks exeter having drunk a rather nasty hot chocolate, 2 hours until dentist :( I think my laptop charge will last me until then

time for bed, dentist tomorrow :( but I do have a meeting about making games so not all bad :D night...

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:13:47 +0000

time for bed, dentist tomorrow :( but I do have a meeting about making games so not all bad :D night all…

this is pretty cool, just checking out amazons mp3 store now that we have it in the uk and metallica...

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:13:27 +0000

this is pretty cool, just checking out amazons mp3 store now that we have it in the uk and metallica albums are cheaper than itunes by a lot

I wish MS would just make silverlight a client app like adobe did with AIR. I know there is wpf but...

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:13:26 +0000

I wish MS would just make silverlight a client app like adobe did with AIR. I know there is wpf but thats not going to be mac now is it :(

awesome just bought both the black stone cherry albums for less than a tenner and the amazon...

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:13:26 +0000

awesome just bought both the black stone cherry albums for less than a tenner and the amazon downloader put it right in itunes for me :D

on the bus home after a good session with a client :D

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:10:33 +0000

on the bus home after a good session with a client :D