Competition

My friend mattstratton just emailed me a link to findmeon.com.

What can I say? I like the idea (obviously), but the interface leaves a bit to be desired. One of the challenging things that I faced when developing onXiam was that I wanted to keep it simple. This is not always easy to do, but I felt that it was imperative that I make every effort to make this as easy to use as possible.

As I move forward and implement more and more features, the ease of use may get a bit more difficult, but I'll always do my best to keep it clean and simple. As for findmeon, well I have to say that I'm partial to onXiam myself. :)

Back in Business...Almost

Hello everyone!

The Chicago Marathon is finished and I'm happy to say that I came through relatively unscathed this year (a few injuries sustained during training, but nothing too horrible) and helped a couple friends complete their first 26.2 mile endeavor. A good time was had by all, and now that it is done, I will have some free time to work on onXiam!

But then...wouldn't you know it? I fire up my development PC the other day and BAM! Bad hard drive. So now I have to get that sorted out before I can get moving on the site again. Frustration!!!

But things will be back up and running soon, and then I'll be able to start rolling out some new features and enhancements to the site. I can't wait to dive into things! It's been too long, friends!

-Kevin

The Silence Is Deafening

What the heck? I know...it's been way too long since I've posted. What can I say? I've just been crazy busy as of late, and I just haven't had time to dedicate to my project. And that my friends is driving me crazy!

What has had me so busy lately? Primarily it has been two things:

1. Marathon Training - On October 22, I'll be running my third consecutive Chicago Marathon. This time my girlfriend and I are both running in honor of Charlotte Rose. For the record, training for a marathon is extremely time consuming! I mean, I'm getting up at 6am, going to work all day, coming home and then I have to run 9 miles after work. By the time I get home from the run, it's dark out and I'm starving. I make dinner, spend an hour with my girlfriend and then it's 10:30 at night and I'm exhausted! This leaves precious little time to code...and when you have such little time, why not take on another challenge...

2. Puppy!!! - Meet M.C. Levee, a hurricane Katrina dog that came to Chicago from Mississippi (hence the M.C. part of her name). My girlfriend and I had been wanting to adopt a dog sometime, and behold one moring I wake up and turn on the TV and there's a news story about PAWS Chicago bringing in animal Katrina survivors from Mississippi that are in need of new homes. The next day we had adopted her and we were scrambling to get our house puppy-ready. We are truly in love with our pup! But as you can guess, she is time consuming also.

In a few short weeks, the marathon will be finished, and our puppy will be adjusted to living with us, so then I should have more time to jump back into developing for onXiam. I have been working a bit here and there, and there is some pretty cool stuff in the pipeline, so please stick with me.

Thank you to everyone who has sent me emails with kind words and comments. I really appreciate it. I'm glad that you are all enjoying onXiam. I can't wait to make it even better.

-Kevin