I have this smaller project that I am pouring some of my free time in, and I am trying different options for motivating myself to finish it.
This is the latest take on it - try and post what I've done last in a form of a screenshot and a commentary that explains the context in some depth. It's not quite blogging, because I am not tracking who reads this and so I can't obsess over the readership size, the likes and the follows. It seems to be working and this intentional lack of a feedback appears to be the key.
I believe my website will be something similar. Not quite a blog but more like a tech journal of projects or whatever with tutorials/screenshots. Something I can look back and say 'yeah I know how to do this and I understand what is happening to explain it (with screens etc)."
Even if nobody ever reads any of it I figure I will get better at writing and communicating, which is always a plus.
My biggest issue is being so green in the personal project department. Most of the 'problems' I want solved are done already.
Journal is a good word. Though I noticed that it's less of "how did I do it" for me and more of "look how much has already been done, so just few more pushes..." kind of benefit.
I can't offer any useful tips on motivating yourself for a personal project, but I have to say that your attention to detail on visual design is amazing!
I love this idea, just a few screenshots with an explanatory caption. Very easy to post and interesting to read. Did you design the theme yourself? I was going to ask how, but I noticed it's only a patterned background and images. Still, very beautifully minimal.
Yeah, it's mine. Take a look at my personal site if you liked this one (link's in the profile). The "how" is just few years of messing with the visual design as a hobby. The good old trial and error :)
It's been years since I used Windows, but these days if I wanted fast incremental backup in Windows, I'd just use LVM or BTRFS mounted in a Linux VM and shared over Samba.
I wish I could claim it as my invention, but I saw it in a collection of loading indicators on zanstra.com. Unfortunately the site is now gone, so I don't even know guy's name.
Slightly silly question, but can anyone tell me what font he uses on the first couple of code screenshots? Something about them look astoundingly clear, and I can't figure out what it is about them.
Also note the website it is hosted on - DonationCoder. Arguably, this is one of the nicest communities that revolves around software and development. I can't compliment it enough, got a ton of useful feedback there, always in a friendly and respectful manner. Not too much unlike the HN actually.
I really love seeing innovation and attention to detail in native Windows API code like this. Storing the 64-bit executable inside the 32-bit executable is a great idea for the reasons you stated. Also it's so rare to see different icons for the different DPI settings in Windows.
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[ 2.4 ms ] story [ 51.6 ms ] threadThis is the latest take on it - try and post what I've done last in a form of a screenshot and a commentary that explains the context in some depth. It's not quite blogging, because I am not tracking who reads this and so I can't obsess over the readership size, the likes and the follows. It seems to be working and this intentional lack of a feedback appears to be the key.
Can anyone relate to this?
Even if nobody ever reads any of it I figure I will get better at writing and communicating, which is always a plus.
My biggest issue is being so green in the personal project department. Most of the 'problems' I want solved are done already.
Simple but fun, nice!
By the way, here it is in JS - http://codepen.io/anon/pen/pijdg
(I wish my code looked like that)
[1]: http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Jibz/Dina/
Also note the website it is hosted on - DonationCoder. Arguably, this is one of the nicest communities that revolves around software and development. I can't compliment it enough, got a ton of useful feedback there, always in a friendly and respectful manner. Not too much unlike the HN actually.
Anyway, I really like this and have tried a similar system in evernote. Except yours looks really nice and mine is really cheap looking.
Finding a mechanism that's helps you continue working on a project is a important thing for some people. (myself included at the moment.)