2011-10-31

happy halloween - serious costumed coding

THE BIGGIES:
* got a local instance of MySQL running on laptop, with NaviCat tools
* created COMPANY table and populated it
* created company view
* integrated CrunchBase JSON API calls
* transformed this thing into an ap
* created the MATERIAL CONNECTIONS table
* ported entire structure to iPad compatible views, including app icon
* registered 6intel.com

the details: SI-WEBAPP 1031
X- add role color key on masterlist
X- fix role color keys on player dossier menu backgrounds
X- player dossier: design: translate LI 501 to 500+
X- player dossier: design: absolute position the footer at the bottom of the page
X- player dossier: design: add the sixintel background graphic to the dossier
X- design: PeopleDB: add sort and grouping for list
X- GET LOCAL DB ADMIN UP AND RUNNING!!!!!
X- create companies DB table
X- source and process all company logos
X- code to crunchbase JSON API
X- design company index list
X- design company dossier
X- DYNAMICALLY POPULATE COMPANY DOSSIERS
X- DB: create a relations table: ACTIONS
X- create the material connections DB table & populate it
X- create protocode on individual dossiers to show material connections
X- create a front end homepage for the app @/dev
X- create floating SI logo stamp at bottom left - all app pages
X- create floating call to action lower rifght - on all app pages
X- player dossier: remove the noisy text code BG
X- player dossier: make the RETICLE a floating CSS graphic on TOP
X- add gentle fade on bottom of list screens
X- add the generic company logo
X- fix kerning on copyright footer
X- add a favicon
X- make the names link in the PeopleDB
X- add employees to company pages
X- protoptype iPad app /m
X- create new M subdirectory and replicate / optimize all files and html
X- iPad: modify and simplify, remove frames, javascript
X- iPad: creation and optimization of new stylesheet_m.css
X- iPad: optimize for screen resolution
X- iPad: create start-up screen
X- iPad: create app icon
X- instantiate 6intel.com server
X- player dossier: add dynamic link to company dossier
X- fix randybias photo




v51 - roswell

MORE WORK WAS COMPLETED TODAY THAN CAN POSSIBLY BE DOCUMENTED. I WAS ON A CAFFEINE DRIVEN TEAR, IMPROVISING SANS NOTES. IT ROCKED!!!

this is the tattered silliness of the only notes taken that day:


V051 - APP - 1030
X- peopleDB adds:
X-- randy bias (top klout)
X-- aneel
X-- tim o reilly
X-- james urquhart
X-- george reese
X-- scott sanchez
X- companyDB adds to cloud group:
X--- rackspace
X--- IBM

2011-10-30

getting stronger every day

well, with the instantiation of the database, its all fast running from here.
seriously, this was some spreadsheets and some illustrator drawings...
now, and more every day, its an application

it certainly helped that I created a new web server instance on Linux with PHP.

V050 -- APP - 1029
X- BUILD THE FRAME STRUCTURE
X- BUILD TEH DYNAMIC PHP FOR BASEBALL CARDS
X- fix george hulme photo
X- fix vnessa photo
X- add commas or abbreviate 23000 to 23k
X- change header color based on type (journo, exec, mvp)
X- only show tabs that data exists for (nullcheck)
X- find a way to dynamically do prev / next
X---- loop prev/next if at end of DB
X- CREATE THE MASTER BB CARD CSS TEMPLATE
X- RE-DO ALL BB CARDS AS DYNAMIC DB PULLS


Moment of Transformation

Thomas asked me to add 20 more people to the dossiers, and I couldn't fathom hand-tooling all that HTML... so I did the natural thing: brought a server online, registered a domain, loaded up pHp and mySQL, and built a database from scratch. Naturally :)

2011-10-28

1028 - ramping up HARD

CloudMVPs - 1028
X- expand the imagemap click zones for PAIRz : MATERIAL CONNECTIONS
X- INTERNAL : rename ALL files / DBs based on twittername
X- SHOW EXTERNAL LINKS / CONNECTS WITHIN THE SOCIAL GRAPH IN PAIRS
X- ON SOLO CARDS, SHOW ALL AVAILABLE MC DRILL DOWNS
X- brand a footer (stamp and call to action / copyright notice)

2011-10-27

we be Ill(ustrator)in

v033 -- 1027

X- split 3 CSC graphics into 3 separate Illustrator files
X- re-brand large infoGraphic from Social Insights to SixIntel

102X - Cloud Mafia Rising

v12 -- 1027
X- color code all baseball cards
X- upgrade all cards to v2 format

v11c -- 2011-10-26
X- re-render date axis text on cloud buzz graph
X- move lateral nav controls to right side, absolute positioning
X- more tweaks of HTML positioning and layout on baseball cards
X- added v2 cards for lmacvittie and valvarez
X- re-org folders and files

v011b -- 2011-10-25
X- add rarthur and jwatters baseball cards
X- add rarthur YouTube
X- add jmckenty TripIt

v011a -- 2011-10-25
X- baseball cards: create text tabs for social services
X- fill in cards for ckemp, gcurtis, jmckenty
X- add lateral nav between cards

v011 -- 2011-10-2X
X- crop linked in baseball cards to proper size
X- create dossier template for individuals
X- link the master infographic to the dossier pages
X- create HTML template
X- enable cross clicking

2011-10-04

v26 : Interactivation

v026 - 1004 - infographic bug fixes
X- FOOT: get SI image map logo link working at lower left
X- BUZZ: get google red to be on top of black bar
X- BUZZ: fix bottom timeline, make accurate
X- AWARENESS - make search bars actually perform searches
X- COMP - fix colors on percentages to harmonize with bubbles
X- TOP: link to Fortune 500 listing
X- WINS: add links for all bubbles
X- PUBLISH to web

2011-10-03

v23: Fun with Math

v023 -- 1003
X- re-organize layers for template
X- added Cognizant to competitots
X- scaled competitors down by 66% for less overlap
X- made competitors positioning mathmatically accurate
X- add buzz graph
X- add template footer with hyperlinks
X- add grid and axis labels to BUZZ chart
X- re-do competition / linked graph
X- redo entire layout
X- establish header formatting and sublayers
X- added product hyperlinks
X- render and post to web: http://www.blackrocketlabs.com/dev/si/ig/CSC_big.html
X- make webpage with thumbnails: PeopleMap and Competitive Analysis

2011-10-01

v21 : I'm Feelin Lucky

VERSION HISTORY: CSC INFOGRAPHIC for SOCIAL INSIGHTS

v021 -- 1001
X- publish to web: http://www.blackrocketlabs.com/dev/si/ig/
X- add news: Owen being fired

v020 -- 1001
X- make HTML with imagemap -- to twitter accounts, linked in profiles, and press releases
X- owen: change title from Svcs to Services
X- owen: change from 25 to 20 year vet
X- create vCard for Thomas Moewe as lower right click :)
X- center noble exit on today
X- add cloud bg graphic for playfulness