Projects Status Update for June 2011

I have a lot of projects I want to do but trying to keep tabs on them is one of my biggest problems. I’ve tried many different things (task pads, project managers, email), but nothing seems to work.

I figured maybe the best thing to do was to continue posting about where I am and where I’m going with my projects. It would keep those that use the things I make up-to-date as well helps me figure out what I need to work on.

So, here’s the first (BIG) update on my projects. Read more…

Developing The Texas Army Web Site

The Texas Army, the official 1836 ceremonial and reenacting group for the State of Texas, is looking to jump from the 19th century into the 21st century. This being an organization my dad is part of and I have a lot of free time on my hands, I had a hand to lend to the group.

Within a day, I had the basics of a fully-functional web site ready to go.

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GameTrailers.com RSS and the RSS Feed – Part 2 [Boxee]

Previously, I discussed how the GameTrailers.com RSS feeds can are manipulated to output just about any kind of media from the GameTrailers.com web site for use in your Boxee application. Pulling in the feed into your Boxee app is just one thing as the feed itself is also just as powerful with gobs of juicy information just waiting to be displayed in your app.
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GameTrailers.com RSS and the RSS Feed – Part 1 [Apps]

The heart and soul of GameTrailers.com RSS is its RSS Feed (hence the “RSS” in the app’s title). And that RSS Feed is much easier to manipulate than one may think.

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New Version of ABC News Local in development [Apps]

Just wanted to let the Boxee community know I’ve finally got a little more inspiration as to how the next version of ABC News Local will work. The picture above is the latest mockup design of what it will look like.

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Announcing ABC News Local for Boxee

After feeling pretty confident getting a Boxee RSS App working, I figured I’d take on something a little more daunting: creating a Boxee Python App.

I decided to do an ABC News app after seeing ABC 7 News in the App Box. Since ABC 7 an Owned and Operated (O&O) affilate, this would give me a wonderful starting point. I figured if this is able to play video just fine on one of the O&O affiliates, it should work fine on all the others since they’re all the same design and layout (just about).

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