Twitter and new project and stuff
July 1st, 2008
Maybe it’s just me. I really don’t get Twitter. I’ll just assume you know what it is since everyone seems to use it. I don’t have an account and I don’t think I ever will. This is mainly due to the fact that “Twitter” and “addicted” are so often used in the same sentence. Which gives the impression that nobody knows why anyone uses it. It’s like a freak of nature.
In other news, I’ve started another programming project. I’m making an IRC client in .NET/C#. I’m going to model it after the popular mIRC/NNS combo. Basically I’m going to take the best parts of mIRC/NNS, remove the fluff that nobody uses (or that I don’t, at least), and hopefully. It will basically be a client for people who keep IRC open 24/7. For “power users” if you want to put it that way.
This will be my first proper non-web app, and my first time doing sockets (if you don’t count that IRC bot I made in PHP). One thing I’m trying to change with this project is the fact that I never finish anything. Hopefully announcing it like this will help with that. I really wanted to use WPF but I want to opt for “finishing” rather that getting it exactly the way I want it, since I don’t know that much about WPF. Another way I want to accomplish that is by planning out exactly what the first version will look like so I have something to shoot for. Although, I have never done that before. If you have any links or suggestions I’m all ears! (PS, I turned CAPTCHA off) Hopefully I can do proper versioning too. I’m not too big on planning. D:
I’m still working on the new version of the site (in CodeIgniter) but don’t expect it any time soon.
July 1st, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Hey, I sincerely hope you do finish this. There’s needs to be a better IRC client.
I think it should be done in .Net 3.5 with WPF. I’m not a WPF ninja, but I work with it semi-regularly and I offer my assistance with this project if you decide to go that way.
Don’t forget to plan upfront for powerful scripting and plug-in support.
July 2nd, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Twitter sucks for the 90% of people who use it. I believe it should be used by those who actually have something relevant to announce like a new release of something.. breaking news about their product.. etc. Not ‘I’m done going to the bathroom.. now brushing my teeth’. I can’t believe some of the stuff I see people taking the time to tell everyone else about.
Good luck with the IRC client. I was a mIRC junky back in the day mostly because of its awesome scripting support. Looking forward to seeing some updates on it.