As my first attempt on website background wasn’t that successfully, so I have created a set of backgrounds to choose from. Most of the designs are made up of a hand drawn 10×10 pixel repeating image. So far I think I am happy with A5 or B7.
I may give user the option to select which theme they wish to use for there custom page or even make their own. So choose for yourself.
I have thought long and hard about a name for my project and I still seem to be struggling to find a name for my project, some of the naming requirements I have determined are:
So far all the names I have thought of have either already been registered or they have been bought by domain squatters
Chumby is an open source device which is primarily a radio alarm clock, but also serves as a wireless internet access device which could be customised to allow users to view their custom content from my project on their alarm clock.
This information could be live updating every 30 minutes or at a customisable interval. As its always online users are able to see all there important or favourite websites at a glance any time, day or night.
Other site features could include a cut down version of their customised page as a small box that could be placed on the users own website or on their social networking site (such as MySpace)
Also I could provide dynamic RSS feeds for each users custom page by merging all their content into one feed to allow users to view their favourite content from another RSS aggregator.
Today I have settled on my project idea, which is one of the ideas I have been thinking about over the summer.
“Social Networking Website for RSS feeds and Mobile content”
Really Simple Syndication (RSS for short) is what most website use to allow their viewers keep track of their latest publications without having to manually go to their website and see what’s changed.
I hope to build a fully functioning website that will allow users to add/browse different RSS feeds and create a custom page where they can keep track of all their most important websites. Then I will allow users to access their custom page via a mobile device.
I have also chosen Paul Kyberd as personal project tutor as he has experience with web applications and databases so hopefully I can use his expertise to process with my ideas and any technical requirements.
I have setup this blog to act as my final year project journal/log in order to track my progress, development and thoughts throughout the next 6 months. It uses the WordPress engine which is a highly customisable self-hosted personal publishing platform.
At the moment the blog hasn’t been customised to any design theme yet, but I will be giving it the same styling, look and feeling as the final project.
I have been brainstorming for the pass few weeks to gauge what area I am good in and what sort of things will push my creativity, coding and theoretical skills.
So far I have been working around the idea’s of Web 2.0 and all the social networking concepts it brings with it.
More news to follow soon!
