I’ve always ben going back to past projects and fixing some bugs and adding some new small features here and there. But there’s always been a small part of me asking, what’s next? What bright idea will hit me next? Don’t get me wrong, I’m very pleased with Vine’s results and some other small projects I’ve done for either personal or for some of my classes. But I do want to start getting a little more serious in some of my approaches when it comes to working on either new or old projects.

For my Senior Project Development I am working on Vine and restructuring it from the ground up. It’s being powered by a MySQL Database and uses extensive caching to provide the information in a more efficient way. It’s taking up most of my current time apart from work but so far it’s definitely looking good, and not only will it get a framework update (my code-word for back-end stuff), but it will also get a refresh in the design which will also support wide-screen monitors.

I have been toying with an idea for a new project but I’m not sure whether or not it will be successful, isn’t that the story for everything? Hopefully over the next few weeks I can flush out the idea into something substantial.

What are you working on?

Orange, the first application released under Simple, has a little feature that will backup the list you have made into an easy to read .txt file that you can save for later use. The .txt file will sit on the server for 24-hours so that it will give you time and download it and keep it for later use.

These .txt files are in no way available to the public unless they know the file name, which is randomly generated based on a few calculated numbers. The random folders they sit in is also protected from outside use, and the files are also not linked anywhere other than the current session.

Why am I talking about this? I just wanted to point out that privacy is a big issue surrounding personal data, such as task lists, notes and other information. Sure Orange doesn’t sit on a secure connection, but no information is sent to the server unless the export feature is being used.

Backups of all the list files do happen, this way if you remember the file number and need the list, it can be recovered. I haven’t created a tool for this so if you need a list, just contact me.

I also attended Google I/O this week and all I can say is that Google is definitely a company that’s doing things right. Their passion for the community is just awesome and really helps developers get their ideas into the real world.

I was fortunate to sit in on a few great sessions, the favorite being “The State of AJAX” hosted by Dion Almaer and Ben Galbraith, talking about how AJAX is being used and how JS libraries are becoming a great part of the JS community. (go jQuery). If you were unable to attend Google I/O, the opening Keynote, hosted by Vic Gundotra, is available on YouTube.

Have a good weekend.

Despite that fact that I almost missed the expo complete, both being pretty busy and not really knowing about it, I did make it today to see what’s going on. I did a quick browse through the exhibition hall and talked to a few good people from all the corners such as Yahoo Developers group, Nokia and a few other startups.

This afternoon, I’ll be attending two sessions: ‘Create a Social Network - It’s Easy!’ and ‘ADobe - RIA Applications and the Web.’ Both being roughly 50 minutes and should be extremely interesting. I might post about it during or after each sessions.

[ Web2.0 Expo ]

The long awaited WordPress 2.5 has finally been released and is available for download over at wordpress.org. So get it while it’s hot. With the release comes a new design for the site as well (wordpress.org that is) and I must say, it gives them a more “future web” look.

I’m not sure whether or not I’ll update this blog to 2.5 but I’ll definitely check it out (I’m busy uploading it as we speak!) and give a quick review of it. I’m mostly interested in seeing how the new admin panel works.

I’ve uploaded some screenshots of the Admin Panel to my Flickr Page.

As this quarter winds down, it’s time for finals. Today was my last day in eCommerce class, and man am I happy! The whole quarter I just did not enjoy the class, so having it done and over with makes me smile. Now I just need to get through this week, especially Multi User Authoring.

This week will be pretty hectic, so the redesign of 07 has been put on halt until I can gather some time next week during my break. Hopefully I can finish it off and get it out the door before I start next quarter!