Blog

More Spheres in Your Neighborhood • February 25, 2010

By far the biggest complaint I hear about Sphericle is that there aren't any spheres around when people search. (Well, for most people... I think Jynne would disagree!)

I'm listening. Minutes ago I released an update to the Sphericle server that should result in people seeing a LOT more spheres in their vicinities. There are still only 360,000 spheres in the world, but now they move around in a way that makes them much more accessible.

NOTE: you may not see more spheres on your first search, but you will see many more over time.

Also, the area that you can see items within is now much larger.

I predict that this is going to cause some big shifts on the Leaderboard! Start searching, folks. There's a lot out there to find.

More Spheres!

Getting Things Together for Glory Math in the App Store • February 24, 2010

Big picture for the App Store

Glory Math for App Store

Screenshots

Glory Math Screenshot 1
Glory Math Screenshot 2
Glory Math Screenshot 3
Glory Math Screenshot 4
Glory Math Screenshot 5

The New Coffeeshopped Website • February 23, 2010

As of yesterday, chadwickwood.com is no more. Long live coffeeshopped.com.

I've moved all of the content from my old website over to here. So, in addition to information about Coffeeshopped products, if you look around you'll find articles for web developers, and other thoughts.

I have to admit, this first design is rushed, but it needed to be done! The site is only going to get prettier.

p.s. It's snowing in Austin! A rare event.

austin_snow.jpg

First Sketch for the Coffeeshopped Website • February 18, 2010

Working on it. read more »

We Need an Easy Way to Correct Others' Spelling and Grammar Mistakes Online • February 18, 2010

Often when I'm reading blogs or news articles online, I notice small spelling mistakes. They're usually the ones that get through spell checkers... the ones where the writer accidentally spelled a different word (e.g. today I saw "cap" instead of "cape"). Every time I encounter a mistake like this, I want to tell the author about it (I'm just that way about spelling). But, I'm too lazy to find a way to contact the author, and describe the mistake. I wish I could just highlight the text, make the correction, and have it sent to the author. read more »

Preview of Glory Math: an Interactive, Generative Art iPhone App • February 16, 2010

Here's a preview of the next Coffeeshopped project: Glory Math. read more »

The Coffeeshopped Email List • February 12, 2010

I'm starting an email list for Coffeeshopped, to announce new product releases and major updates. It'll be very low-volume, maybe 1 or 2 emails per month. You should sign up at the Coffeeshopped Website! I'm working on some pretty cool stuff.

How to Plan Freelance Projects (or, why I built HourPatch) • February 10, 2010

I've been freelancing full-time for 3 years now (although I started freelancing about 6 years ago), and after all this time, I've finally found a method for planning my project schedule and keeping my commitments in check. read more »

A New Software Company in Austin, Texas: Coffeeshopped • January 27, 2010

A few days ago I received the papers from the Texas Secretary of State that made it official: I'm now the proud founder of Coffeeshopped LLC.

I started Coffeeshopped because these days I'm working a lot on releasing my own products (such as Sphericle and HourPatch), and I think they could benefit from having some sort of united branding. Also, ultimately I envision these products being worked on by more people than just me, so it's time to separate my own name from them a little bit. And lastly, it just makes sense for legal and tax purposes.

If anyone is wondering, yes, I'm still doing (a lot of) client work, and that's not changing, for now.

I encourage everyone to check out the slowly-growing online presence of Coffeeshopped:

More on the way!

A Visit to the Texas Secretary of State • January 14, 2010

Yesterday I visited the Secretary of State building here in Austin, to file (in duplicate) my form for creating an LLC. The visit took about, oh, 2 minutes. I should be getting mail back from them in a week or so. I can't wait!

More Pages