A coworker sent me a link to an interesting programming challenge. It's a project from the CDC trying to raise awareness of influenza through innovative technological means.
They supply the datasets and from there pretty much let you run with the idea. I like how this type of challenge inspires real thinking.
This weekend I drew up some design documents and started on the User Interface programming of my application. I'm trying to remember to keep it small and to scale the project up only after I meet my previous goals. I already know that the database portion will be the most challenging aspect.
It's a little difficult working on a project by yourself. I find it really fun to cut sounds, draw graphics, and program the same project. However, I'm pretty terrible at Photoshop now and it is kind of frustrating when you're stuck debugging code that you've been staring at for hours. And for some reason, the worst part is that it always gets lonely doing this.
I'm sure other people have teams, but I can't seem to interest any of my friends. They either seem pretty content working for someone else or they don't have a relevant skill set (and lack the motivation to pick one up).
We'll see how this goes. I gotta remember; think big, but take small steps (and compile frequently).
Once I'm done with this, if anyone has an Android phone, I'll buy you a beer to download and test the program (on anything other than a Nexus One).
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