Recent activities

Groovy Magazine launch

I recently (Nov 2008) launched Groovy Magazine, dedicated to covering the best of the Groovy and Grails world (a.k.a. "the Groovosphere")

Reporting

Reporting application for UNC for multi-state survey application. PHP/MySQL app using Doctrine ORM tool.

Adobe AIR development

AIR-based real time video streaming and recording prototype for local funerary services company.

Grails/Groovy - GrailsKit

GrailsKit is a starter kit for Grails which provides web-based user management, role-based access and user self-registration.

PHP - MatchOrClash.com

This fashion rating site lets you vote each combination up or down, and see how others voted as well!

PHP - Short Term Data

I put together a proof of concept service for a 'one time download' service. This anonymous file hosting service will get rid of your file after X downloads, or Y minutes, and offers password protection for your data as well. Try it out!

Podcasting

In 2005 I began podcasting with WebDevRadio, a place for me to talk about some of the interesting tools, technology and trends I see in the web world. I also get to interviw some pretty smart folks while I'm at it.

Grails

I've begun working with Grails and Groovy and put together TinyPollr as a small example application. It's written with Grails 1.0, MySQL 5, runs on Tomcat 5.5 with Java 6 and incorporates the Google Chart API.

Flash/Flex

I put together a small audio service with Flex which uses Flash in the browser to send up a Flash audio stream and convert the audio format to MP3. This happens in near realtime, and was much more difficult to do than I first anticipated. The project is using the Red5 Flash Server, Adobe's Flex, the LAME MP3 tool, SOX, and various other server-side audio tools.