Really, i don’t know what i should be writing about.
Over the past couple of years, i have written a handful of posts on this blog, most of which have been written on-the-fly and without any long-term considerations taken into account.
As a result the blog lacks consistency, leaving the reader with little clue what to expect. And much worse, it leaves me wondering what the hell to write about.
Looking at the analytics, the top 5 content is:
“Running your own iPhone applications without paying the developer fee”
The front page
“Flash plays SCUMM, take two”
“C to ActionScript via Adobe Alchemy”
“The Horror of Native GNUCash on Mac OS X”
So maybe i should write about developing iPhone applications? After all, it would nicely tie in with what i am doing now… writing an iPhone application. Then again…
What about making a nice page instead. Does this really have to be a blog? Perhaps i could have a single page blended with cuppalicious content! Then again…
Perhaps i should write more about silly programming projects. Forget about SCUMM, why not compile VIM or Emacs for Adobe Flash? Or taking it to the extreme, what about compiling the Linux kernel to run in Flash?
Or maybe i should rant. Everybody loves a good internet rant!
All i know is the current iteration of this blog is no more. It is just plain unworkable.
So what next?
I’d really like to keep the general development theme, but invigorate it with something a bit more interesting. The only problem is… i’m not sure what that “interesting” element should be.
As a little experiment, i decided to move this blog’s comments to Disqus, a third party service which well… hosts comments.
Setup was extremely simple. It went something like this:
Make a disqus account
Add cuppadev.co.uk as a site
Download wordpress plugin
Install wordpress plugin on server
Click “Import” button
Comments now go through disqus
Wow… that was quite simple. And i like simple.
Hopefully this will help weed out the tons of spam i have been getting recently. I think also that it’s simpler to use, so who knows, i might get more comments.
Looks like i’ve been tagged with a meme. This time, it’s about Software Development, courtesy of Gary Vaughan. Since that’s my field, i thought i might as well respond to it.
How old were you when you first started programming?
About 10.
How did you get started in programming?
I picked up a copy of Borland Delphi from PC Plus (a home computing magazine here in the UK). Ran my first program, and thought it was kind-of cool. Little did i know what i would be getting myself into.
What was your first language?
Programming language? Delphi, otherwise known as Object Pascal. Language? English.
What was the first real program you wrote?
The first ever would of course be a “Hello World”. The first one which i would consider “real” would be a neat web-based file storage app, which i didn’t make until many months later.
What languages have you used since you started programming?
The first professional programming gig would be freelancing for Mode7 Games.
If you knew then what you know now, would you have started programming?
No. Instead, i would have jumped on the dot com boom by hiring a set of competent programmers and making some really cool website with substance, pulling in crazed investors by the hordes.
Maybe after the bubble burst i would think about starting programming.
If there is one thing you learned along the way that you would tell new developers, what would it be?
Problem solving is the most crucial aspect of programming. Make sure you learn how to do it.
What’s the most fun you’ve ever had… programming?
After “Hello World” ran… it all went downhill from there. :)
