2 years and still going.

Tags: blog, mashup, twat

So, I’ve been blogging now for 2 years. On 9 January 2007 I created this blog (which then resided on shotbeakgames.za.net) to detail my blabberings on indie game development. 2007 was full of that. I was heavily into indie game development. 2008 was the year I started university and thus I neglected my game dev and found a new passion, web development. Most of 2008’s blogging was about not blogging.

If you read my 1st post many of the ideas I had regarding indie game dev holds true to web development too in this age.

I was talking about how you get two types of developers. Those who do market research and develop a massive money munching website and people like me who at the moment just develop what I want. I made Roach Toaster years back because it was a game I wanted to play. I made TWAT (a last.fm and twitter mashup), because it is something I want.

And the last lines still hold true. Why should I cater for an audience when I can create my own?

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So, what do I plan to do in 2009? I’m loving the opportunity that mashups provide. You create an application/service that has an instant userbase. It provides functionality. So 2009 will probably be year for more mashups from my side.

On the music side, I still want to know why I’m getting so much hits for my song Crag from Baidu… If only I knew Chinese and could get into Baidu. >_<