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.

I have been toying with different ideas on how to incorporate some sort of a lifestream or “quick glimpse” of all my web doings for quite some time so when I ran across Chris’s article I had to at least give it a shot and see what it was capable of. I downloaded the program, ran a quick install through my MAMP set up and was good to go in about 10 mins. Then I went about adding a few feeds from my various social gatherings and walla I had a fully functional lifestream in under 20mins. Check it out.

Then I went ahead and decided to try my hand at a quick customization of the included Sandbox theme and a brief look at the stylesheet told me it would be a pretty easy task. Another 10mins or so and I crafted a quick and simple adaptation that might fit rather well with my soon to be released redesign for Papertree.

You can take a look at a few screenshots here on Flickr (sorry that’s where all of the images are going until I get this redesign fully sorted out).

With the coming redesign I will be sticking with WordPress for obvious reasons but I am definitely looking at the possibility of adding Sweetcron to the mix, possibly as an alternative page for quick viewing… perhaps. Either way I had a lot of fun working with the platform thus far it has a lot of promise. Come on someone give me the chance to put one together for ya… please!?