bsoist's work » automation http://whsjr.soistmann.com/work My name is Bill. This is a place for me to keep track of my work and personal programming projects. Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:35:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Archetype http://whsjr.soistmann.com/work/2010/07/06/archetype/ http://whsjr.soistmann.com/work/2010/07/06/archetype/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:30:02 +0000 bsoist http://whsjr.soistmann.com/work/?p=304 Archetype is a full-featured multiplayer first person shooter for iPhone and iPod touch. We call it the best fragging deal on iPhone and iPod touch.

I was contracted by Villian, LLC to do the following:

  • database design
  • matchmaking API
  • APIs for other game support – tag creation, buddies, stats, etc.
  • APIs for game website
  • a scalable server and dB infrastructure for deployment
  • data analysis during testing and release

I’ve worked on this at some level for more than 18 months and I’m excited to say it is now available in the app store.

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]]> http://whsjr.soistmann.com/work/2010/07/06/villain-llc/feed/ 1 Scraping The iTunes Store http://whsjr.soistmann.com/work/2009/03/27/scraping-the-itunes-store/ http://whsjr.soistmann.com/work/2009/03/27/scraping-the-itunes-store/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:58:59 +0000 bsoist http://whsjr.soistmann.com/work/?p=239 I recently wrote a series of posts detailing the way I chose to scrape iTunes for ratings information for Bailout America, an iPhone game we released recently.

Read more at thedoedoeblog.

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This guy rocks!Strongly recommended.Have the exceptional skills required as a programmer to complete my project in time.Very patience and easy to work with.

massive webpage edits

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Excellent to work with. Great customer service, and willing to do what is necessary to get you what you need. Would work with again. Highly recommended.


YouTube Video Mining

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Worked hard to get my project functioning. Excellent programmer.

Perl Script Install and Customization

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This client sold complete osCommerce sites pre-loaded with inventory and I wrote an application that would accept FTP credentials as input and fully automate the process where the host supported SQL access http. If not, a database could be created first and then the process would work.

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M@D 2 Host

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A guru in every sense of the word! This guy should be given a goverment national asset award for services to the United States! Hire him now!

Website Replication

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This client sold new websites to clients – what has become known as splogs (spam blogs) – and he wanted an easy way to replicate them on demand.

That’s where I came in. :)

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You sir are a genius. This is going to save SOOO much time and it looks like we’re down to the final bit.

Did a really good job getting my script put together with very little to work with! Easy to get ahold of via IM and replies to emails quickly. No complaints at all.

parsing and rebuilding pages

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I don’t have a link.

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I found an unfinished version of this script over here.

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Fantastic to work with this gentleman. Does his job well and goes above and beyond. I will definately use him again. Infact, I have already offered him another project.

ThirdSphere :: Web hosting for small business success! | bsoist’s work

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ThirdSphere :: Web hosting for small business success!

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