This is my entry into the Waxy.org Automated Wikipedia Contest. There’s still a number of bugs to squish, but I’m working on them. A summary of the features: Advanced Wiki Entry Info Graphical Timeline and Sliders Automate in Reverse, view the slideshow going forwards, or backwards, in time. In-Page Diff(s) – Implemented completely in Javascript, […]
Comment · Posted: June 20th, 2005
I just finished adding a new feature to the site, which is kind of fun. In a nutshell, you can now edit a shrub completely offline and it will be magically re-synchronized for you when you find an Internet connection again. It’s a pretty exciting development and wonderfully handy. Let’s say you’re at a conference, […]
Comment · Posted: June 16th, 2005
I just finished up a mini-tour of ideaShrub that I think everyone will find of interest. The tour comes in the form of a mini-screencast for everyone to watch. This is my first attempt at making a screencast and I think it went fairly well (save for the lack of voice over and mouse cursor, […]
Comment · Posted: June 14th, 2005
I think now is a good time to re-cap the last two weeks: We’ve made some significant progress, considering that we only started the Monday before last. We’ve managed to finish a large portion of the community aspect of the site, including some of the staples: Sign-Up, Profiles, Contacts, and Communities are all pretty much […]
Comment · Posted: May 29th, 2005
Josh pulled together a very nice logo today:
It’s still undecided as to if this is the final piece, or not. We also have a couple other iterations for different pages of the site. We’ve all agreed that the colors look good, so there’s that, at least. The relative positioning is still up in the air, […]
Comment · Posted: May 18th, 2005
The Release Schedule
Originally uploaded by John Resig.
Development has officially begun on ideaShrub. Much of the morning was spent figuring out the use cases, actions, and our desired release schedule. Our first deadline is set for Thursday at noon, so we’re definitely keeping things under a […]
Comment · Posted: May 16th, 2005
People have data in thousands of formats and just as many locations. It’s a constant problem trying to figure out what ways for data importation are most effective and cover the widest audience.
Comment · Posted: May 12th, 2005
One thing that became abundantly clear within the first minutes of brainstorming for this project was the overall importance of being able to move your data around, easily and in as many formats as possible.
Comment · Posted: May 11th, 2005
