Livin' the life...

So I went from "waP Plans" to "waP on the waY", and now, I'm posting "waP uP and running"!

I'm stating all of this to say that I've finished the wap site and it's available to all (but only from your mobiles). If you've got the net set up on your mobile, type in http://wap.jasonnurse.com .

Mainly, this site is to act as a "central" news point to supply information "on the go". It contains news from Barbados and the World, but not only that - i.e. by location - it has news by genres from Christian to Humour, Science to Technology. All at your fingertips! I've also included 2 other small features which I found "neat" and useful, however I'll leave them for you to find out. . By the way, you can see a pic I took of the site on my mobile on the left.

To ramble a bit on the development of mobile sites in .NET, I must say that it is really quite simple and fairly easy to learn, given the right resources (sites, msdn library, software mostly).

Sadly however, there are some drawbacks I must note.. First, I don't think any improvements were made on the development tools/controls/documentation in moving from .NET 1.1 to .NET 2.0. So really I can't help but think that I'm working with "ancient" technology.

Secondly, the asp net forum.. to help me through my work on the site, I posted a couple what I consider, "n00b questions"... to this date, I'm still waiting for a reply. Doesn't seem like that "Mobile and Handheld Devices" forum gets much attention at all.

Finally, somehow.. .NET does not recognise my mobile as a mobile device.. This therefore rules out the use of "nice" properties such as IsMobileDevice (for redirects).

Anyway enough of that.. hmm, I think that overall this is my third "Personal Project" thus far... the other two being the Photo site and the Mashup. Three personal projects in a couple months? Hmm.. I can't say that's a bad average.. I wonder what else I'll be able to get myself into now! Well.. besides the updates of the other 3 projects.. *eek*!