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OK, OK, I know, I'm super bad at submitting or journalling or commenting or basically anything social right now. This does not mean however that I'm not lurking or that I'm not unbelievably busy with work.
Oh, you do believe how busy I am? Believably busy doesn't sound as cool and mysterious though...
Let's recap. Over the past year I've been working mostly on the DA Mobile App. It was released in December and actually is doing pretty darn great. I appreciate that I may sound sort of surprised by that, so let me clarify: it was work done by me (and duke and other awesome people of course) and anyone who knows me knows that I'm super bad at self confidence. I've been purposefully avoiding looking at press since the launch for fear that it might get ripped to pieces. Don't read your own press and all that right? So I was pretty floored when yesterday I was told that it has over 1 million downloads and a rating of 4.2 on the android store (not looked at apple store yet). It's so lovely that it's been so well received especially considering it launched without a bunch of features, features which we wanted to include but ran out of time during the first phase of development to include properly. We're addressing that shortfall soon and I'm confident that it'll improve the rating to at least 4.3.... (there's that famous self confidence again).
Honestly though I'm pleased with the App. Punchy new brand, good UX, simple feature set (to fully appreciate it, make sure to log in - you'd be amazed how many people don't try that and miss out on their watch, submitting, notifications...)
We're also working on the main desktop site. I won't talk much about what we're doing suffice to say that all the "you never listen to us" commenters should be very very happy. I might write more on this soon (yeah Ian, in A YEAR MAYBE, you're such a loser...), but if you want to know what's coming up, head over to the new Timeline feature. The more observant of you should pick up on the Profile discussion that's pending on there... I can assure you that this is something you don't want to miss
On a personal note, I moved house last year so any free time I've had has been spent grafting on home improvements. If I'm not creating in my work, I'm creating in the home. Go me. I think.
Also, it appears I've reached that special age where I'm now invisible to pretty much everyone. Which is great for my kleptomania, and probably good for my want of keeping myself to myself. But I kinda feel very... meh... about it.
I miss creating art, but what little I've done recently is not finished, nor is anything I'd post right now. All my energies are going into working within DA (on stuff you'll see REALLY soon...). I think I'm trying to say I'm spread thinly.
Other than that I'm enjoying the summer. I'm fitter and healthier than I've been in a long time and my head is in a reasonable place. It's all good
How 'bout you my friends? How's life with you?
<3
i.
Oh, you do believe how busy I am? Believably busy doesn't sound as cool and mysterious though...
Let's recap. Over the past year I've been working mostly on the DA Mobile App. It was released in December and actually is doing pretty darn great. I appreciate that I may sound sort of surprised by that, so let me clarify: it was work done by me (and duke and other awesome people of course) and anyone who knows me knows that I'm super bad at self confidence. I've been purposefully avoiding looking at press since the launch for fear that it might get ripped to pieces. Don't read your own press and all that right? So I was pretty floored when yesterday I was told that it has over 1 million downloads and a rating of 4.2 on the android store (not looked at apple store yet). It's so lovely that it's been so well received especially considering it launched without a bunch of features, features which we wanted to include but ran out of time during the first phase of development to include properly. We're addressing that shortfall soon and I'm confident that it'll improve the rating to at least 4.3.... (there's that famous self confidence again).
Honestly though I'm pleased with the App. Punchy new brand, good UX, simple feature set (to fully appreciate it, make sure to log in - you'd be amazed how many people don't try that and miss out on their watch, submitting, notifications...)
We're also working on the main desktop site. I won't talk much about what we're doing suffice to say that all the "you never listen to us" commenters should be very very happy. I might write more on this soon (yeah Ian, in A YEAR MAYBE, you're such a loser...), but if you want to know what's coming up, head over to the new Timeline feature. The more observant of you should pick up on the Profile discussion that's pending on there... I can assure you that this is something you don't want to miss
On a personal note, I moved house last year so any free time I've had has been spent grafting on home improvements. If I'm not creating in my work, I'm creating in the home. Go me. I think.
Also, it appears I've reached that special age where I'm now invisible to pretty much everyone. Which is great for my kleptomania, and probably good for my want of keeping myself to myself. But I kinda feel very... meh... about it.
I miss creating art, but what little I've done recently is not finished, nor is anything I'd post right now. All my energies are going into working within DA (on stuff you'll see REALLY soon...). I think I'm trying to say I'm spread thinly.
Other than that I'm enjoying the summer. I'm fitter and healthier than I've been in a long time and my head is in a reasonable place. It's all good
How 'bout you my friends? How's life with you?
<3
i.
New stuff?
For those curious as to what I've been up to in the past couple of years outside of working on DA, you can go check out one of music projects - Outrun The Day - here on Spotify: It's a musical "stream of consciousness" project where I just dump out all the stuff coming out of my fingers when I practice. Which is neat for me because there's a lot of different stuff there, but perhaps not great for the listener because it can be pretty divergent at times. Anyhoo, that's that, for what it's worth. How you doin' ?
...and 5 years goes by
Even for me this is a new low. It's been five years since I last posted a journal and I only just realised. In my head I keep thinking "oh, it's ok, it's only been a few months, maybe 18 at the most" and yet here we are Five. Freakin'. Years. Later. What's worse is that I'm not sure a) I have anything worthwhile to talk about (other than my tardy journal posting nature) or b) anyone who watches me is still active/alive/cares. So let's do a little update shall we? Stuff happened. Mostly it was good. Yup, that's covering it. In all honesty though part of the reason for lack of anything is because I don't feel like I have anything constructive to say here, I don't have time for art, or really a need to make art in the same way I did a few years ago. Every now and then I have the itch to be creative that I scratch in various ways (mostly playing guitar, man that hobby got expensive really quickly... it's an addiction I tell you!! I should probably just write a journal on what I'm
Star Wars The Force Awakens (no spoilers)
I went to a midnight screening of SW:TFA last night.
So does it live up to the hype? Was it better than the prequels? Is it a fitting continuation of the original films? Should you go see it? Am I really tired?
Yes. Omg yes. Totally yes. Absolutely yes. Yes.
Ignoring a few tiny things which made me go "really?", this is a Star Wars film through and through. Absolutely everything is on point, it runs beat perfect and scratches that itch the prequels never did. It makes it feel like the prequels were just a bad dream. And boy is that a good thing.
The lighting, the shot setup, the set pieces, everything will remind you of the original trilo
BETA Watch 2.0 Notes
We just released a BETA preview of the new Watch. Go check out the launch article. There's a host of info there, you can try it out and watch videos of all the new features.
I don't normally comment on any feature release directly in my journals. I prefer to keep them to personal updates, not work related ones. But I'm going to break that habit and give some comments and feedback on this launch. Why? Because whilst I like to jump straight into launch articles and comment directly on people's feedback, it is also super time consuming. As part of this process I see a lot of very similar comments. Some really awesome (both positive and construc
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Awesome stuff! When I downloaded the app, I really liked it. It's a really cool design and flows nicely. There were a few missing things that I'd have liked to have, but you already said that some other features will be added later. I look forward to seeing what is to come. I hope that you'll be able to find the time to create and relax soon. 
Life's got me a bit bummed these days because I'm on the job hunt, but that's normal I guess.
I hope that you'll be able to find the time to create and relax soon. Life's got me a bit bummed these days because I'm on the job hunt, but that's normal I guess.