Genome Work Log

• Working on modifying some low level stuff with Genome's Control Events. When the dust settles, Genome will have hooks for automation.
• Part of this change will also allow for 'meta patterns'.. Ie, a pattern that may be composed of several different sub patterns patterns.
  
• As per the comments in my last post, Ben from Curverider was kind enough to inform me that Elgg is in fact close to it's 1.0 release (though no specifics yet on when that will be, and they haven't set me up as a beta tester.. *cries* :) I am very closely watching developments with both Elgg (which is hitting 1.0) and Social Engine (which is hitting 3.0). Based on Screenshots of Elgg 1.0, they have definately made some great UI improvements. Also, the underlying code changes promise to make writing plugins even easier and allow for easier sharing and displaying of user generated artifacts. The new social engine is also looking extremely sexy over at it's public beta site even though no plugins have made available yet (elgg people: put up a public beta!).
  

Genome Work Log

• Select / drag, Select / resize controls on control surfaces now working
• Began implementing OSC control for parameters.
  
• Created OSC classes using Juce's networking classes. Had to add some stuff to Juce's DatagramSocket. Will post on the juce forum for Jules to consider adding.. My classes are a simple wrapper for Oscpack
  
• Evaluating SocialEngine for use as my website software for the upcoming Genome community site. It's light years ahead of Elgg in terms of usability, but the discussion forums and overall comment posting system is pretty weak (Elgg's is weak too). Development on Elgg is also going way too slow. Social Engine also offers a great admin with a good amount of control, and a decent amount of quality plugins. Best solution might be SocialEngine + Phpbb (there are some tutorials for integrating the two). In my view a lot of social network sites fall short in the forum area. They focus too much on profiles and not enough on discussions. Some of the best community sites I've seen are little more than a forum. Social engine V3 is coming soon, so I will wait for that before purchasing it. It's a little on the expensive side, as far as website software goes, but I've seen companies charge orders of magnitude more money for basically the same thing (by doing customization work).