My current web project is called geo.pick, which is basically a web site that picks a city and country at random from anywhere in the world. A far as I knew when I started the project, nothing like it existed anywhere on the Internet.
I had actually launched geo.pick back in March, where it was called “Geo-Pick”. I remember it took an incredibly long time to decide on a name for the site, and when it came to purchasing a domain name only the hyphenated version of “geopick” was available.
This new version, which was launched this morning, has a nicer interface than the previous version, but unfortunately it has the same level of functionality. I had hoped to launch a fuller-featured site by this morning, but it was a lot harder than I’d expected – the site runs on an alpha version of my Foley Engine, which is still in a disorganised mess.
I decided to upload everything I had at the time this morning, having set myself an artificial deadline of today, because I couldn’t stand to see the site in its former state. Even so, I found myself being incredibly stressed that things weren’t moving as quickly (or as reliably) as I’d liked. I think I’ll have to spend a lot of time working on how to streamline things, and make them more efficient in future.
Anyhow, please visit the new geo.pick site if you have a spare moment, and provide some feedback and your suggestions for the site’s future.
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