Auto-Backup/Auto-Sync app

Very quick ideation here just to get the idea down somewhere. I’ll come back later and expand on this idea.

Basically, the gist is to have an application to back up my iTunes library, which I have residing on an external hard drive that I carry with me to and from work. I currently don’t really make backups too often, and I’d like to have a way to automatically create a disk image when I plug in the drive. The upshot is that *theoretically* I should be able to use the library at home even if my hard drive isn’t plugged in.

Comp 2

Clicky-pops!

I finally got around to working on a more polished comp for the site (and it only took having to recover from oral surgery!) I expanded on the idea of the timeline and translated into something more physical(trenches) to help with the flatness that plagued the last comp.

I am still not sure what the back end is going to look like. My original thought was to develop a Ruby on Rails application, but Lynda.com, but we no longer have a work account at Lynda.com, so I’m not sure I’ll be going that route for now. I guess I could always get a personal account (believe it is only like $30/year or something like that for the basic). My options are as follows:

• Tumblr
• Ruby on Rails (need to learn)
• Wordpress (need to keep on top of updating- the reason why my old site no longer exists)
• Joomla! (Not familiar at all with this CMS)
• Develop my own PHP/mySQL back end.

I guess it is time to put the thinking-cap on!

P.S. That awesome typeface for the headline is Archer, by Hoefler & Frere-Jones. Anyone care to donate $279 to a great cause?

What I’d like to accomplish

It woud be prudent at this point for me to establish what I would like to accomplish out of my site. I would like to expand on each of these bullet points in subsequent posts in order to establish a more coherent picture.

• I would like a single place where I can aggregate all as much of my activity as I need/would like.
• A place to showcase my work across multiple disciplines and mediums.
• A place to “play”
• A place where people can interact with me.
• A place where I can update multiple instances of my online presence (avatar).

Words

Here are some words/ideas to start with:

• Time Line
• Changing
• Nature
• Pixel
• Earthy
• Crunchy
• Crisp
• Dirty vs Clean
• Avatar
• Portrait