This weekend I launched the initial version of waslreport.com, my first Ruby on Rails application. *phew*
Anyone who thinks the problem is that there aren't enough good ideas should write some software. Ideas are easy. Executing ideas, even really simple ones, is a biatch.
As I worked this weekend I was reminded of those many 80/20 rules. If it takes x amount of time and effort to get a website working; it takes another 4x to get it cleaned up enough to actually share with the public. And even then your implementation will fall far short of your original idea.
The good news is that I finally finished that 4x and waslreport.com is alive.
The district search is not working yet and there are still problems (after three data scrubbing attempts) with some school locations but it works. Its useful. Its fun to look at. (At least it is for me since Im a map junkie.) Most of all, it is live on the web and no longer an idea in my head that I talk about at parties.
Check it out and let me know what you think. I still plan to add stuff but the next 4x might take a while. \:^)-
