Once Upon a Time
Image generated by Midjourney. Prompt: kid with curly brown hair dreaming of software development --v 4
Once upon a time, a curious young boy was amazed by his uncle showing him a lunar lander game on an Apple II. The boy asked many questions. How does it work? How does it know to fire the boosters when I press the key? How does it know it touched the ground, and why does it explode when it lands with too much velocity? The uncle showed the code behind the game and patiently explained the inner workings. The boy wanted to know more. That boy was me, and that was the moment I became enamored of software development. Back then, there was no iPhone or game console, and I didn’t know it could become a job or people would be paid to build software. I was fascinated, and my passion was born.
Decades later, I’m still curious and as passionate as that day. In this little corner of the internet I’ll list a few things I’ve built and created over the years. Most of the work I perform noawadays is building private apps for enterprises. Below you will find a few of the websites that I kept around for posterity 🤪
- Daniel WanjaOnRails.org - 2005 to 2012
I fell into Ruby on Rails thanks to my good friend Lee Marlow. As I was learning and discovering new things about Rails, I wanted to share them with the world. I started a blog called OnRails.org. I also wrote about things I was learning in other languages and frameworks, like Flex and Adobe AIR. I ended up writing over two hundred articles on the site.
AppsDen.com - 2009
During the first 360iDev Conference in Denver organized by my friend John Wilker I've created my first iPhone app called "My-Fi" and put it on the AppStore during that conference. I went on to create FuzzyClock, at its peak, which was number 22 in the lifestyle section of the AppStore.
Flex On Rails - 2008 and 2009
- Flex On Rails, the book, was published n January 5, 2009.
- Flex On Rails, the website, is the home of Daniel's and Tony's hub for everything related to using Adobe AIR and Flex with Ruby On Rails
- We aslo gave a Flex On Rails talk at RailsConf 2008 (June 1st, 2008) in Portland, Oregon.
- And I was scheduled to give a talk at Adobe Max 2008 in Los Angeles, California (October 27th, 2008) called Flex with Ruby Rails. This was however delegated to the Unconference but Adobe gracioulsy gave me all the perks of a speaker that year.
Prodesign.ch - 1996 to 2002
I started my second company in 1996 called Prodesign Sàrl in Switzerland. Back then I was doing Microsoft and Borland Delphi devleopment. I dabbled with NeXT development too. As you can see,26 years later I'm still coding and loving every moment of it.
If you made it this far, you're a real trooper. Thanks taking this visit down memory lane with me!