The I.T. Life

I never liked MySpace, it was alwayse ugly and full of people I don’t care about. Once Facebook came around MySpace really started to take a hit, to the point that most people don’t realize they still exist. Well, about two months ago MySpace decided to do a bit re-design to try and bring themselves a few blocks further from deaths door…. wait for it…. wait for it…. It didn’t work. MySpace has announced some massive layoffs, how massive? How about half the company. Time to lower the flag to half mast and start burning desks for heat guys, its all over.

Whos with me here? Ever since my time at NSCC, they have pushed the “portfilio” concept. I have seen its use, and lack there of. Yes, a portfolio is a great idea, espically in IT, and web, where we can put all our stuff in one location to show to a potential employer or a contract. Company portfolios are extreemly powerfull, to be able to give a presentation to a client and quickly show what you have down. On the other side, as a IT worker, to beable to show what you have in a very slick way can be just as powerfull. Now, I have never been asked for a portfolio in a interview, however I have been asked for work examples. My idea is for a very quick way to do this. I want basically a purpose driven CMS. I want to develop a product that has a uber slick install like wordpress, has a great backend, has a very customizable front end. I want it to be Ajax driven, PHP/MySQL, I want to use a solid open soruce framework, and I want it to be popular. But will it be? If you had this, would you care? Would the kicker for you be that you have a very powerfull back end, and a front that is so customizable you can create a flash template instantly? or a flex site for that matter? I’d like to hear from some guys in the community right now, users, and developers. What do you want, what do you need? What can make this something that you want to use? So, whos with me?

Sliderocket is a new web app that is promising to be a full powerpoint replacement. It is in private beta currently and excepting emails for possible invites, but it should be launched officially, very soon. I’m waiting for my invite currently to give it a full review, but by the demo it gives already, this looks like a great tool.