Exploring the latest goings-on in the world of web technologies is great fun, so in my spare time I like to build with new languages and try different approaches to past problems. This is a list of some of things I'm currently working on.

• Rails Shop

  Rails Shop Item Index Rails Shop Basket

  A shop built with Ruby on Rails, which is progressing very well. Currently, items can have various options, images are hosted using Amazon's S3 cloud storage service, and basic store functionality such as a shopping basket have been implemented. Soon, the shop will integrate with PayPal and Google Checkout and allow order tracking. My main priority is a very simple and clean interface for both users and administrators.

• JavaScript

  

  Although JavaScript has become incredibly accessible thanks to fantastic libraries such as jQuery, it is easy to forget the pure language these libraries are created from. So, as I develop sites, I like to try to write plugins and functions from scratch. For example, the lightbox on this site was created from scratch.

• Cocoa

  My most in-depth knowledge is in web development, so I am pushing myself to diversify and create some desktop applications. The Objective-C language allows both desktop and iOS application development. Progress is limited by my web development work, but working apps aren't too far off.