There’s a certain tension that builds up when I haven’t made something in a while. It’s not always loud, but it’s always there – that feeling that something wants to get out. It doesn’t always take the same form. It could be a tool that solves a problem, a random idea I had for a game, or anything in between. The important thing is the act of creating. Making something new.
This has been a long time in the making, but today I’m ready to unveil a little project I’ve been working on. Building video games is hard. Building an MMORPG? That’s the hardest genre you could possibly build. Most game developers would tell you building an MMORPG alone is a terrible idea. And they’d be absolutely right. The content, the interconnected systems, the networking, the server management, the endless balancing, the list goes on and on.
As a long-time fan of the POSSE (Publish on your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere) model, I've always believed in maintaining control over my content. However, I've never been good at the second part: making sure my content reaches as many people as possible. Over the last few weeks I've done a major rebuild of my personal website, and I used it as an opportunity to try and tackle this problem.
It's been a long time since I've had my own blog. Too long, in fact. In a world ruled by social media, it's easy to let go of owning your own little corner of the Internet. I'll start with a quick introduction: I'm Ivo. I'm a software engineer at heart, working with a brilliant team of engineers at GoProposal by Sage. I'm also known by some as having a particular weakness for guitars.
Birdie 1.1 "Flugas" is now available. It features performance optimizations, better thumbnails, bug fixes and updated translations. In addition, it now compiles on ARM architectures (tested on armv7). This minor release is recommended to all Birdie 1.0 users.
About a month after our latest announcement, we can say that Birdie 1.0 "Roko" is ready. Excited? We are, because we believe Birdie 1.0 is the best release we have ever had. Lists have arrived to Birdie. Performance is better than ever. The app is much more stable than it ever was. We've got a refreshed user interface, which not only allows us to have a better optimized application, but also provides a more polished user interface.
Today, I'd like to let you know what the future looks like for Birdie. As some of you may have noticed, development has got back on track during the last few weeks and today I'd like to announce Birdie 1.0 "Roko". This is a little unusual, as we usually announce new versions on the release day, but this new version won't be out for at least a few weeks. I just couldn't wait to tell you the exciting new features and improvements that the future will bring.
Birdie 0.3 "Konversacio" is now available. Since the last release, we've been refining Birdie to meet the high standards our users expect. We don't want it to crash or slow down, just like our users don't. This releases implements a long-awaited feature, threaded conversations, and comes with the usual bug fixes and improvements. Translations have been updated, bugs have been squashed and Birdie's reliability is better than ever. We've made Granite optional, so you can enjoy Birdie on more distributions.
About two months ago, we released the first version of Birdie. We definitely didn't expect the huge amount of attention we got, but we were very happy with it. However, as good as Birdie was, it still wasn't good enough for us. Today we're releasing Birdie 0.2 "Kompano". It is everything Birdie 0.1 was but also a whole lot more. With this release of Birdie, we bring you a much faster Twitter experience, a refreshed, modern user interface and overall a much better app.
Today, we are releasing the first version of Birdie. Birdie 0.1 "Tweety" has got all the basic Twitter features, from tweeting to searching. We believe it is the best Twitter client available for elementary OS and it is only going to get better in the future. It provides a level of integration with the operating system that you can't easily find elsewhere. With its easy to use interface, its fast performance and solid experience, you're going to feel at home while using it.