Swimming in Code

I remember way back in middle school I got into programming with Chris Atkinson, wreaking all kinds of havoc. We even made a little program that would write out our compound interest homework for math, if you don't know what I'm talking about, compound interest is the longest and most boring kind of "show your work" math homework known to man.

Since those days I've dropped programming for the most part, only coming back to it once in a while in one form or another. Now I find that a lot of my ideas these days require the skill once again, only this time on the web. Some things require simple html or little scripts here and there which anyone can handle, but larger projects, like Music Slice, require much more.

Wanting to focus my attention on creativity and the necessary business side, I went to seek out programmers who loved programming when I started Music Slice. It's not too easy when you have no money to pay them, and have to find someone with enough faith in your idea to take ownership with you.

Music Slice is still my number one priority, but as more time goes on I can't help but have more ideas, ideas I want to test out right away. Enter Secret Project 2. Secret Project 2 is much smaller in scope than Music Slice, the definition of a side project, but it requires just enough programming talent to be beyond what I can do. If you think it's hard to find someone to get on board with you when you have a great idea like Music Slice, try finding someone to get on board with a tiny idea like this new one. Ouch.

I actually did find someone, they aren't as much help as I'd wanted, but help none the less. Either way, I've found myself trying to jump back into the sea of coding again these past couple days, bringing me back to those middle school days. It just seems a bit more confusing these days, as there's several languages you have to learn, and it's not always clear what languages those have to be. I think I've narrowed it down to PHP, XML, Javascript, and CSS... and hey, if you know all those and have a few free hours a day to spare, I have an idea for you.