shrt.li Blog

This is another blog post to say I’m very sorry for the lack of posts on here!

As I get more and more work I find less and less time to sit and post on this blog. However, I’m deciding to go forth and still update it.

I’ve got a few things I’d like to announce whilst I make this post:

iPhone & iPad Development

iPhone and iPad development is going well! I’ve been spending a lot of time on this, and as I’ve still not got an iPad (UK) I will be getting one as soon as they arrive to the UK. This will probably mean I’ll start creating some cool personal apps to go out to the public. I’ve got a number of ideas already and a whole app I’ve got in my mind could be done simply by porting the code for another language I’ve been coding in for some side projects. This shouldn’t take long and most of the time will be spent fixing the UI and making it “look nice” and “feel good” to play with.

About the iPhone, again the project that I can port to the iPad will probably be ported to a similar iPhone app as well. This should just be a fun little project to keep my coding skills brushed up. Another major project is currently on the go on a Twitter app and this should be a great release, built from the ground up using all the latest Twitter technologies from geo-tagging to many other cool features like updating your profile and profile image.

Other Development

In other technologies, I’ve been doing a LOT of work with Java and I’m at the point where I can start looking into Android development and also Java applets.

I’ve also learnt a lot about PHP and MySQL and should be close to the point where I could probably created my own Forums etc. This is exciting news and could lead to a new web dev project.

University

At university I’m now approaching my last exams of the year. Also many many assignments are due in the next week or so and I’m frantically trying to get them done along with lots of revision to make sure I pass the year. On the happy side, I’ve got my new house I’m moving into at the beginning of July