Jiminey Christmas! It’s 2012 already! I’m surprised at the way the year went! I’ve had several great moments and … fell off the blog a while back. I attempted to get back in the game many a times, but either it was work, scheduling, game releases, or probably something of great importance. Still, I had a fantastic year and probably it was the most consistent year that I have had in the field despite falling through the cracks of a buyout. Some of the best moments come to mind as I write this:

• I was able to attend a few developer related events of great importance to the Toronto scene and one of them wasFlash In The Can 2011. The FITC 2011 was a highlight since there was a urge to attend this since 2004. Some of the work was very inspiring. Even though Flash is beginning to see an exit in the rich content realm, it was still good to see some of the Creative talents near and far. I was even privileged to meet my favorite Humber alumni artist at FITC. Adobe Edge was able to get its’ 15 seconds of fame. Edge, bluntly put, is a JQuery animation tool that resembled other Adobe products. The tool gave flash designers a way to animate in exports without knowing much about JQuery or at all. With the talks, demos, and meeting other like-minded folks of various disciplines. ( Tales From A First Time Caller Series)
  
  A souvenir from a design shop in Japan that demonstrated their wares at the Cool Shit hour of the event. Augumented Reality stuff.
• #devTO finally gets released and we pull off 8 sessions - #devTO being #developerTO’s longer and less-memorable name.We’re hoping to explain that out further in February’s Social Media Week Toronto session.We even have a cool logo to boot!
  
• I got to throw down with Dashboard, Bureau, TAXI Canada, and Big Time Design And Communications on some hi-res projects - some of them, such as House Of Innovation(TAXI), Speak Your Mind(Dashboard), and Anthem(Bureau),  are seeing the light of day already. I played a role in the UI development for these sites and even quality assurance - either big or small. A bit challenging, but still, it was an honour with work with them. I learned alot about myself through my experience with them. The sites, themselves, are beautiful in their own light. The designers really know how to deal with the user demographic here.
• I had my first brush with mobile application development AND LIVED -  a first for me, and a realm that I need to explore more. I remembered when I acquired my first Pocket PC and attempted to get one of my sites on there. The tenacity is back. The Hack For A Cause and a few projects can attest to my lack of knowledge in this area. At the current moment, I am sporting 2 Android devices( Motorola Xoom - (Gingerbread) and the LG Optimus 2X(Froyo)) with a micro-HDMI cable(TROUBLE - YES!). I do have a Apple iPod Touch Gen. 2 with iOS 3(or so I think)  and am aiming to make more mobile friendly sites apps. Native didn’t seem to be much of a hassle after I began playing with the XML and luckily, I have an Eclipse Build all the more ready to get myself into jumping in.
• I learned that I lacked what I needed to get to where I’d like to go - realizing that my functionality is still something I needed to finesse. Outside of a basic need, I had other concerns with myself. Not just as a constructor of web, but also as a person. A kung-fu instructor paraphrased this one thing: how you do one thing is how you do everything. Whether it be a punch or a punctuation mark. Case and point - my blog. I stated that I’d be more consistent with my posting, but I have failed at generating good content. Thanks to some well-received nudges, I have decided to stick with my plans of constant blogging. More code related posts would do.

With that all out the way: my only resolution( that I’ll ACTUALLY SHARE) is consistency enough to be more thorough. Hopefully, I’ll top next year.

Until then, let’s see what we can do.

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