Busy times
Posted on 10 May 2008 by Robin FisherI haven’t had much opportunity to post here recently due to some travel and a mix of work on my own projects and work for clients. Aside from my development work, I also maintain a few websites and the updates and maintenance for these have been coming thick and fast.
One of my own projects is approaching fruition. It’s a small application that allows people to review coffee shops that are local to them or that they visit. The idea came following a trip to Hull where I had about 5 hours to kill and there was no way to find details of a good coffee shop where I could spend a few hours. I suppose I hope it may help unearth some gems and stop people heading for the nearest Starbucks or Costa.
The application uses the Google Maps API and the GeoKit plugin to geocode the location of coffee houses. I think this is the type of application that really suits having a mobile version and once the web version is sufficiently complete, I’ll work on producing a mobile friendly version. There is quite a bit to do, but I’m going to push it live in the next month and hopefully get some feedback that will drive continued development.
I also hope to write up a bit more detail on ActiveMerchant and PayPal as I note from the logs that the entry on that topic has received quite a bit of traffic and I think it is definitely a topic that could do with more documentation.