I had some spare time today (keep that a secret) and decided to string together a new lifestream for jeremyjaymes.com using Simple Pie and a few other little tricks.

Update: This project has been moved to jeremyjaymes.com/lifestream

Very minimal (of course), very simple, done more as an experiment than anything else. I was pretty happy with Simple Pie and how easy it was to use. I did run into some issues surrounding Twitter, which is why for now I had to use alternative methods for pulling my updates in. Unfortunately I could not seem to get this workaround to pan out for me. The alternative method causes a few validation errors which bothers me, so we’ll see if we can’t get that worked out.

Oh and for good measure I decided experiment with Typekit. Although I was pretty subtle with my implementation I have a good feeling the Typekit service is going to have a lot to offer us in the future. No doubt it is extremely easy to use. I am excited to explore this further when I have the time and the need.

Like with everything this project may undergo some changes in the days to come, but not a bad way to wind down on a Friday afternoon.

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