Hey, I'm Wil Everts. I'm an User Experience Web Developer. You could just as easily say that I’m obsessed with building intuitive, pragmatic, and surprising web experiences that are as beautiful as they are functional. I'm also known to be a snowboarder, art lover, St. Louis Cardinals fan, poker player, tinkerer, and smart-ass.
Node Knockout is over!! Check out what 3 dudes interrupted by planes, hurricanes, & chickens built in 48-hours!
Phew... I just competed in the Node Knockout competition this weekend. Myself and two guys I have never met (Nick Campbell and Tim Mansfield), came together without ever meeting face-to-face (Nick is in VA and Tim is in Long Beach) to build a web app in 48-hours starting Friday at 5pm Pacific! It was my first dive into a full-scale Node.js application which meant I got to play with some new stuff like jade and linode. I'm sure I'll have some time to expound on all that later, but here's a quick glimpse at what we built:
Greetings, Cardling!
Our app is a real-time, collaborative, greeting card application that allows you to create a greeting card for someone. You can include a typed message, a doodle (via your iPad, mouse, or laptop trackpad), and a voice greeting.
Then, once you're done there is an animated card with a secret URL (which you receive via email) that you can share with friends so that they too can sign the card. Meanwhile, the recipient receives an email informing them of their card's location, etc. We didn't have a ton of time to work on card artwork, but we also have a feature that allows users to create their own card themes and upload them!
As you might expect it isn't fully polished, but there are a lot of interesting bits of web tech at work here and it was a lot of fun to build! Am I tired as hell? Yes. Would I do it again? Yes. Go ahead and sign my card, or create a new one! While you're there go vote for us using the little button in the upper right corner of the app!
