It's been approximately two weeks since the development of Thunder started.
And we're using Scrum with sprints of 2 weeks length. so that means normally, today, we should have a potentially shippable version of Thunder.
Well, we got it !
Thunder's core engine is ready. I mean :
-we've built the engine that converts PDF to audio.
So, now, let the really hard work start. that of wrapping that nice functionality into nice looking pages. that's the part I really dread as lots of programmers.
So, let sprint 2 start !
Friday, February 19, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
such a long road.
you read about it on forums, you talk about it a lot, you even dream about it.
but it's never exactly like you planned it to be.
putting even a little application on the web is hard.
there's just soo many little things to do in a web startup. you've got to code, you've got to blog, you've got to market. as Bob Walsh puts it, you've got to wear 47 hats !
and what's even worse, you've got to actually deal with people. that's the most dreading part.
"Ooooh ! people are actually reading my blog ..."
"what are they going to say about me ?"
"are they going to like it ?"
"are they going to like me , or my style ?"
well, it turns out not everyone will ever agree on what you do, you just have to deal with it.
you're going to get weird and demoralizing messages. almost everyone thinks you're bizarre or even plain stupid.
I think, the key to it all is persistence. it doesn't mean you're never going to get hurt by what people around you say or think or even post as comments. it just means you have to find enough strength to stand back up and continue doing your stuff even if it means failing in the end.
Never ever quit !
don't get me wrong.
it just means even if you fail building your web startup, you haven't failed in the sense that you learned soo much from it.
you just have to keep at it, learn from your mistakes, listen to people and correct your ways.
maybe, if you never give up, there's hope down the road. you'll succeed, maybe !
but it's never exactly like you planned it to be.
putting even a little application on the web is hard.
there's just soo many little things to do in a web startup. you've got to code, you've got to blog, you've got to market. as Bob Walsh puts it, you've got to wear 47 hats !
and what's even worse, you've got to actually deal with people. that's the most dreading part.
"Ooooh ! people are actually reading my blog ..."
"what are they going to say about me ?"
"are they going to like it ?"
"are they going to like me , or my style ?"
well, it turns out not everyone will ever agree on what you do, you just have to deal with it.
you're going to get weird and demoralizing messages. almost everyone thinks you're bizarre or even plain stupid.
I think, the key to it all is persistence. it doesn't mean you're never going to get hurt by what people around you say or think or even post as comments. it just means you have to find enough strength to stand back up and continue doing your stuff even if it means failing in the end.
Never ever quit !
don't get me wrong.
it just means even if you fail building your web startup, you haven't failed in the sense that you learned soo much from it.
you just have to keep at it, learn from your mistakes, listen to people and correct your ways.
maybe, if you never give up, there's hope down the road. you'll succeed, maybe !
Friday, February 5, 2010
Thunder (PDF to mp3 converter) Sprint 1
After reading and learning about Agile Software development (Scrum + eXtreme Programming), I decided it was time to put in practice for developing Thunder (
So after a lot of 'freaking out', the first sprint of Thunder finally started this week. I selected the features and tasks which are going to make it into the first sprint of Thunder :
-the library that will be used to extract text from PDF and convert them.
-the interface that will be used to upload PDF files for conversion later.
-the setup of a build server.
-keywords and SEO analysis (gotta start thinking about marketing now).
So after a lot of 'freaking out', the first sprint of Thunder finally started this week. I selected the features and tasks which are going to make it into the first sprint of Thunder :
-the library that will be used to extract text from PDF and convert them.
-the interface that will be used to upload PDF files for conversion later.
-the setup of a build server.
-keywords and SEO analysis (gotta start thinking about marketing now).
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