A coupe of months ago I started using tumblr and the 1st thing that got to me was that I couldn’t monetize or track it properly, simply because it was on their servers and I didn’t have proper code access. Call me a control freak, but I like full access to stuff.

At that point I decided to build my own open-source tumblr clone. I got quite far in the process and even though it might not look as pretty as the original it does most of it.

The reason I decided post it on here was because I simply don’t have time to work on this anymore and I hope that by posting it here someone else can get some value form it.

Here’s what it doesn’t do yet:
- even though I started working on this, it doesn’t post to twitter/facebook/other social network yet
- It’s not completely theme-able. I started writing functions for this and it’s about half way done (with some provisions in the DB for this as well)
- It doesn’t have a flashy interface, It does have a usable interface, but it’s not as nice as say WordPress.

Installation:
- Import the DB into MySQL.
- Update the setting in the \config.php file.
- And run that easy
- Admin area can be reached by going to: yourdomain.com/admin (u: admin, p: pa55word)

I decided to put this code on sourceforge in the hopes that people who make updates will upload them and together we can make a rad product.

You can grab the source-code here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/ninjatumble/files/

This code is completely free to use, but if you do something with it that generates money please don’t be a douche ( ) and swing some beer money my way.

Please note that I will not provide any support for this code, at all, and I take no responsibility for anything good, bad or ugly that might happen as a result of it. By downloading this code you acknowledge that.

I normally like someone to explain something to me like I’m 10 years old when I’m new to the thing or concept in question. The reason for this is that I find the details to get in the way when trying to understand the basics.

I decided to write a short article about HTML5, and it’s place in the future, in the way I would have liked it to be explained to me right i the beginning. This is a broad overview and if you don’t agree with anything, please leave a comment.

Even though the specification for HTML5 is expected to reach the candidate recommendation stage in 2012 and only be finalized by 2022, we can already start to see some of the advantage of the new standard in modern web browsers like Google Chrome, Apple’s Safari, Firefox and Even Internet Explorer 9.

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I recently prepared notes for a video interview we did at work and when the actual shoot happened it turned out that none of these notes were relevant to the questions at all, so I decided to publish some of it on here.

Saying anything about the future is always a scary thing, because you can so easily come off as a total idiot six months down the line. I can, however, make a few predictions based on current events and trends in the digital space.

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Let me first start by saying, I am not a designer by trade, but I do enjoy reading about it and trying to understand it better. In general I know what looks good. Getting my own work to look good is the tougher part. I have 3 rules I follow to get the job done and it’s something I learned from a designer friend of mine.

It’s referred to the 3 C’s of design: Consistency, Conservation (Clutter-busting) and Contrast

The one I use the most every day is “consistency”. You can face design pretty darn well by just making sure your layout is consistent.

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OK, so I’m in the process of recoding the Win This! website. This time around I did everything on the site, The design, the HTML/CSS/JavaScript and I’m now busy doing the PHP integration from the back-end I built for the initial launch.

So here are some teaser images for what you can expect from the new site:

Check back soon to see the final product.