ChrisWhite-Online

A Song A Day

Chris — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:32:45 +0000

Back in December 2009, I decided that I would come up with a selection of New Year’s Resolutions for the purpose of testing myself, to see if I could achieve anything I put my mind to. At the time of thinking of suitable resolutions I was also tiring of my current music playlist, not because I didn’t like the music, it was just that I had heard each of the songs so many times it was getting repetitive. I therefore decided that I would try to expand my music library. The idea of A Song A Day was born. Although I had no plans to create a project out of this, another of my resolutions was to practice PHP and Web Development in general. I put the two together and created a little side project, where I would share my daily discoveries with the world (or at least those that follow what I do).

I began setting this up late December, designing the layout on Photoshop. It wasn’t until early January before I actually began coding it up, by this time I was already picking my daily songs. To record this whilst the site was not up and running I used Spotify to create a playlist of the songs. I had originally planned to use Youtube for finding the songs and sharing however the ease of using Spotify and their playlist feature meant I decided to use Spotify for finding and sharing the songs I found.

This side project has helped me learn more about PHP coding, putting what I have learnt into practice and making something that works. It has also expanded my music library, since I started this I have so far discovered not only the 30 or so songs that I have recorded on the website but also more by the same artists. I tried to keep it to one artist/album so that I could get a wider variety of music. I think this is showed by that fact that my taste in music now has chilling music such as Michael Buble and Jamie Cullum but also more lively music such as You Me At Six and Rise Against.

I’m not trying to say these tracks are my favourite songs, nor am I trying to say this is what you should listen to. This is merely me recording and sharing songs that I’ve heard and that I enjoyed listening to.

I want to get some user suggestions on this project, songs that you have heard and would recommend to me. There is a form on the website and I would gladly listen to any recommendations. Another way is to contact me via Facebook or Twitter and suggest there.

The URL for this sideproject is http://songaday.chriswhite-online.co.uk/

Music Monday 02/10/09

Chris — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:29:43 +0000

I love listening to music so I want to share with you some of my favourites. This week my top five are as follows. All tracks contain a youtube link to the song and also a link to the song on spotify.

Biffy Clyro – Mountains
Spotify Link || Awesome Acoustic Version

Cobra Starship – Guilty Pleasure
Spotify Link

Dead by Sunrise – Give me your name
Spotify Link

Daughtry – Supernatural
Spotify Link

I shall try and do this every week, however if you want to know more about what music I like, you can view what I’m listening to on my last.fm profile or you can take a look at my spotify playlist.

Thinking of changing my path..

Chris — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:27:26 +0000

This site may only have been recently launched, but I am already thinking of a change of direction. I initially set out to make this site a source of getting freelance work, but recently I have been given the opportunity to work for a Pixelfish Creative.

As this new job (subject to trial period) will give me an income and the experience that I need, I don’t think I will have enough time in the day to do freelance, university and a job. Therefore I am now thinking about shifting this site to more of a blog, portfolio and development site.

By making the site more of a blog and development site, it will allow me to explore the web-design and development world. I hope to be able to play with the technology that may not get used when building client websites, finding new ways to develop and use different programming languages and techniques to develop with.

I will also be devloping my own ideas, ideas which I will blog about in the near future. I started this work, but then got bogged down with work and haven’t had the time to fully develop them, now I will have that chance!

However I will still consider doing freelance jobs, but this will be on a case by case basis and only if I feel I have enough time, as I do not want to ruin my studies. So if you are after freelance work, please still get in contact!

Otherwise I recommend using Pixelfish if you need any of the services that I can offer. Can find them at .

ChrisWhite-Online is live!

Chris — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:46:44 +0000

Welcome to ChrisWhite-Online!

Launched today (Oct 13th, 2009) after months of redesigning and constructing this site! I am now hoping that this is the starting point for great things to come. Not only does this website allow me to show off my work in my portfolio section, but now I can also start advertising my freelance buisness.

To start with I think I should give a little background about myself (more can be found in the about page). To start with my names Chris and I am from Sevenoaks in Kent. I am currently studying Interactive Media Production at Bournemouth University, and I must say I am loving every minute of it. The university course is the main reason I am at the point now where I can set this website up. I have learnt a lot over the course so far, and am keen on learning more. However I have also developed my skills beyond what the university expects and teach.

Inside this blog I hope to post articles that are relevant to me, technology and also hopefully post tutorials or code snippits to help others. I may also over time post about media theory in this blog to help understand what goes into design.

I hope you enjoy the rest of the blog, and hope you subscribe to the feed to get the latest blog posts direct to you!

Thanks for viewing,

Chris