http://bitporters.net The Personal Blog of Andrew McTeer, a C# / ASP.net developer from Ottawa, Ontario Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:33:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Or perhaps I should say "Why I don't feel like blogging anymore" because I was never much of a blogger. In the past few years I sculpted this blog into a place where I could improve my ability to express my ideas clearly. The act of writing ... http://bitporters.net/2008/10/20/twitter-killed-the-blog-star/ TownRenowned is a social business directory. It allows users to vote and comment on business listings. TownRenowned was built using the following technologies. AJAX - Asynchronous Javascript XML Google Maps, Google Charts, Google Adsense, Google Analytics ASP.NET 2.0 / C# MySQL Database jQuery http://bitporters.net/2008/09/12/townrenownedcom/ Knighthunter.com is a local job site for London Ontario. The Knighthunter network also expands to various other cities throughout Ontario. I was the sole web programmer for the new version of this website. However I worked along side the talented web designer Matt Brett for the user interface / ... http://bitporters.net/2008/09/12/knighthuntercom/ I just got back from a mini road trip this weekend. While driving I had the idle thought of drafting transport trucks - how close would you have to be for a real energy savings. Found this after a quick Google search after I got home. The daredevils on ... http://bitporters.net/2008/07/06/business-idea-draftshield/ OK let me set this up - I didn't really "get twitter" when I first started using it. It was just a toy until I started having interesting interactions with my friends and my time spent having "useless banter chats" on IM went down that I got more into ... http://bitporters.net/2008/05/28/how-twitter-should-make-money-the-twitter-supercomputer/ After seeing a yet-another launch of a minor release of one of Jon Tackaburys 10 free tools I had to finally write this. I'm just floored at the what Jon has done in the past year with his blog/site BinaryFortress.com and his software products. I can't remember how ... http://bitporters.net/2008/04/16/jon-tackabury-off-the-charts-talented/ I love my new iPod touch for many many reasons. Hell just look at this thing, it's pure hotness. However one thing I don't like is I feel that I'm a fish out of water if I'm in a situation where I can't/don't want to take the thing out to ... http://bitporters.net/2008/03/10/sightless-ipod-touch-navigation-please/ I didn't sleep well last night so you know what that means - random crazy ideas! I'm going to walk you though my thinking process on this idea before I drop this bomb. Lately I've been thinking about economics, capitalism, technology, power/generation and sustainability. I've also been reading about ... http://bitporters.net/2008/02/27/jobbusiness-idea-for-the-near-future/ Edit Feb26/08: I'm noticing some link-love from XNA sites about this game - comment if you like this game and want me to finish it. Quadtris is a XNA game I was working on about a year ago. I decided to remake some of my favourite classic games. ... http://bitporters.net/2008/02/25/portfolio-item-quadtris/ Jumped back on Topcoder.com and did a practice question this evening. I haven't done any of these competitions since my college days. I forgot how much I loved working on these small little problems. I'm going to make an effort to work my way through these problems ... http://bitporters.net/2008/02/22/topcoder-ive-missed-you/