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StumbleUponI don’t remember what I was doing or where I was when I heard about Twitter, but I certainly remember the impressions I had. What is a “microblog” and how on earth could that ever be useful? As a web developer I certainly thought of myself as embracing new web technologies and platforms (I cringe to use the term “Web 2.0″ because of the buzz-wordy, hype status it has now obtained), but this Twitter… Why would I ever want to send the internet-at-large a sparse 140-character message on what I was up to. I mean, what the heck? I’m not even interested in what I’m doing at times. Now this web app comes along and expects me to remember to stop what I’m doing and compose a message devoid of most vowels like: “In bdrm thnkng abt wht 2 do on satrdy.” Pass.
Jan 13, 2009 0
Job of the Day Widget for OSX
Quite a while ago, I had an interview for a developer position at Jobing.com. If you’re unfamiliar, Jobing.com is an online job search community that includes interactive features like forums and blogs. After the initial interview, I thought I’d try to impress the hiring manager by putting together a widget for Dashboard in OSX that would showcase the “Job of the Day” feature they have displayed on the site for some of their markets. It was also my first try at widget development, so I thought, if nothing else, I’d learn something. Unfortunately, I found out that they had found someone else for the job before I had finished. I thought I’d send the widget anyway, kind of as a “keep me in mind for future positions, and oh, hey, look what I can do” sort of thing. Apparently it turned out to be more of a “hey, I’m creepy and sending you gifts, so please don’t even acknowledge the receipt of this project I did for you”. So instead of letting this widget go to waste, telling only me about the different jobs of the day featured on Jobing.com’s site, please allow me to share it with you.