Those of you who check on my site regularly probably find yourself saying “wow, this guy needs to update his site more often”. And while I would absolutely love to just write every day, this just isn’t possible with how my life is going these days. As you’ll read below, I am currently engulfed in a couple gigantic projects, some nearing completion and some top-secret. Here’s a little update with what’s going on in my world.
Flipicz
Flipicz is something I’m very, very excited about. A few months back, a good friend of mine, Simeon Dorsey told me about this idea he had for a Facebook application, and asked if I’d want to partner up and handle all design and front-end development. Given his past success with Facebook apps, I was more than happy to give it a shot and see where it took us. Flipicz is about halfway through the development phase, so I can’t reveal much, but simply put, it will be an addictive way to share your photos with the world and your Facebook friends. Even Sim and I have to hold ourselves back from playing around with the Flipicz, and that’s a good sign that it might catch on.
We should be releasing the Beta version sometime in November 2009, and the full-featured version shortly after that, so keep an eye out!
StageBloc
Over the past couple months, I’ve begun work at a great new company called StageBloc, Inc.. I am lucky enough to be a part of the early stages of the company, in which I can lend my skills to help the company grow. StageBloc has built a complete internet platform for the music industry (naturally called “The StageBloc System“) which allows bands/managers/labels/etc to develop, integrate, and maintain their entire online presence from one central location. This is a really exciting product that I think will take the music industry by storm, making it extremely easy for bands to control everything they need to from one place.
Clients will be able to update their own websites with such content as Shows, Journal/Blog, Music/Video Playlists, Fan Sites, Social Networking Status (and much more) from one place, and then watch it automatically sync that information across all of their associated sites. Artists will no longer have to log into 7 different Social Networking sites, just to copy and paste a status update, a blog or even worse a long list of shows! Artists will also have powerful filtering/search of all content and data which provides advanced control over all their information. The possibilities with StageBloc are endless.
With all of that being said, StageBloc also offers custom Web Design and Development services such as Websites, Myspace Layouts, etc. Our in-house team is able to tackle any challenge that arises. Our first design & development client is Smartpunk.com, which just recently launched.
StageBloc officially launches October 5th, 2009.
And finally…
On top of all that, I also work part-time at Starbucks and doing some freelancing, as well as working on some WordPress themes…So as you can see, I’ve been keeping busy. There is also a job I am hoping to get. I can’t say much about it, but IF I do get this job, I will be working full-time as a designer and will be able to travel, get more creative and live life a little more comfortably. Like I said, I can’t say much, but I’m crossing my fingers. You will hear a lot more about this if I get the job. 
I’m crossing my fingers for you as well!
I wish you all the best. Keep it up.