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Posted by Brad L'estrange
Brad L'estrange
2,085 Points

Something todo....

Hi,

I have just finished school and now I have a long 13 week summer before I go on and do media production at college. I wanted to spend my time doing something productive and not just sit around playing xbox.

I am learning Ruby on Rails right now so I can code the back-end of a website I can already code the front-end.

I want to beable to get slighly known and have a website which gets visited and could earn money (that is not important to me) but I do not know what to do. That is why I am posting here to see if you know anything I could spend my time doing I already have a design blog. I am willing to work with people if you want.

Thanks Brad

3 Answers

Freddy Heppell
Freddy Heppell
9,753 Points
Freddy Heppell
Freddy Heppell
9,753 Points

Try rewriting treebook to be more like twitter than facebook. eg: character limit, @mentions ect.

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Brad L'estrange - I'd spend your time working your way through the learn Ruby on Rails learning adventure.

Brad L'estrange
Brad L'estrange
2,085 Points
Brad L'estrange
Brad L'estrange
2,085 Points

I didn't see that I know most of the stuff on that but it is always good to have a recap. But I don't like to just learn I want to make something to put my skills to the test and see what others think.

I did have the idea to create a community based CSS framework. Where it is like the website Dribbble.com but for CSS coders to add then you can find elements on the website and crate them. Then the website creates you a stylesheet you can use.

But I am not sure if that is a good idea or not.