So I am taking a little time away from games development at the moment to explore a few other projects and ideas. I want to solve real problems that either I or others have had. I want the projects to be short so I don't get bored and frustrated and I want to also learn new techniques and technologies as I build them.



The first of these little projects is called [Trello Tasks](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/trello-tasks/icedfgfhjcnidibolnnfbjnjbkbfgcic).

[![screenshot-01-640x400](https://www.mikecann.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/screenshot-01-640x400.png)](https://www.mikecann.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/screenshot-01-640x400.png)

The TL;DR of Trello Tasks is: it augments Trello by turning Cards into "completable" tasks.

I have [spoken about Trello before](https://www.mikecann.co.uk/misc/indie-game-project-management-with-trello/) but if you arent familiar with Trello its a super simple, popular and free [Kanban](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanban) style app designed to organise any data. You can create any number of "Lists" which you then populate with "Cards". You can add images, links, comments etc to cards which allows you to organise just about any sort of project.

![](https://www.mikecann.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/drag-drop-trello.gif)

One of the most common ways to use Trello is in the "ToDo" style. In this style you have three lists, ToDo, Doing and Done:

[![2015-11-25_08-28-57](https://www.mikecann.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-25_08-28-57.png)](https://www.mikecann.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-25_08-28-57.png)

In this style, when you start work on something, you move it from the "ToDo" List to "Doing" List then when its complete you move it to "Done" List.

This is all well and good but what if you use a different system of organisation such as arranging the items by category:

[![2015-11-25_08-31-45](https://www.mikecann.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-25_08-31-45.png)](https://www.mikecann.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-25_08-31-45.png)

Now if you want to indicate that you have read a book or watched a movie you would have to either drag it into the "Done" list (and loose the categorisation) or create a "Done" list for each category. One other option is to "Archive" the card but doing this removes it from the list altogether.

[![2015-11-25_08-36-50](https://www.mikecann.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-25_08-36-50.gif)](https://www.mikecann.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-25_08-36-50.gif)

So I decided to try and solve this very particular but annoying problem. My solution is to add a checkbox to each card. Now cards can be marked "complete" and "uncomplete" by simply checking the checkbox.

[![2015-11-25_08-41-18](https://www.mikecann.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-25_08-41-18.png)](https://www.mikecann.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-25_08-41-18.png)

The extension works by piggybacking on Trello's comments system. So each time you complete or uncomplete a task the extension adds a comment to the card.

[![2015-11-25_08-43-25](https://www.mikecann.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-25_08-43-25.png)](https://www.mikecann.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-25_08-43-25.png)

This means that in a multi-user board you can tell who completed or uncompleted a task and syncing "just works":

[![2015-11-25_08-47-32](https://www.mikecann.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-25_08-47-32.gif)](https://www.mikecann.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-25_08-47-32.gif)

So I think its a pretty neat solution to a problem that I personally have had while using Trello. You can grab the extension now and for free from the Chrome store:

[https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/trello-tasks/icedfgfhjcnidibolnnfbjnjbkbfgcic](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/trello-tasks/icedfgfhjcnidibolnnfbjnjbkbfgcic)

I have a few more ideas like this I would love to explore and solve over the coming weeks so stay tuned!

Finally! Apple approved the iOS version of the game this morning, and this evening I finished off the site, so the holy trinity of game availability; iOS, Android and the browser is now complete!



Check it out:

[![app store](https://www.mr-nibbles.com/AppStoreBadgeFree.png)](https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/mr-nibbles/id552109003?mt=8)
[![google play](https://www.mr-nibbles.com/GooglePlayBadge.png)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.mikecann.MrNibbles)

or at: [https://www.mr-nibbles.com](https://www.mr-nibbles.com)

[![](/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/insert.jpg "insert")](https://www.mr-nibbles.com)

For once I actually finished one of my projects :) Im really happy with how the whole thing went, sure it went a couple of weeks over my original three-week estimate but still im happy with the result. Of course there is so much that could be improved, but for a free game made in a very short time I think it has done

Checkout more mr-nibbles posts: [https://www.mikecann.co.uk/category/myprojects/mr-nibbles-myprojects/](https://www.mikecann.co.uk/category/myprojects/mr-nibbles-myprojects/)

[![](/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Shot_004.png "Shot_004")](/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Shot_004.png)

Just made a quick little update to my chrome extension "Post To Tumblr".



In this update I finally worked out how to catch bad username or password returns from the Tumbr API. Basically it just involved me using the ajax rather than the post jQuery function and using "async:false" like so:

```javascript
\$.ajax({
  url: "https://www.tumblr.com/api/write",
  type: "POST",
  data: o,
  async: false,
  complete: function (transport) {
    if (transport.status == 200 || transport.status == 201) {
      postingNote.cancel();
      var postedNote = webkitNotifications.createNotification(
        "images/icon48.png",
        "Image Posted!",
        info.srcUrl
      );
      setTimeout(function () {
        postedNote.cancel();
      }, 5000);
      postedNote.show();
    } else if (transport.status == 403) {
      postingNote.cancel();
      var errorNote = webkitNotifications.createNotification(
        "images/icon48.png",
        "Posting Error!",
        "Bad email or password"
      );
      setTimeout(function () {
        errorNote.cancel();
      }, 5000);
      errorNote.show();
    }
  },
});
```

In addition I have added some notifications to indicate when the extension is doing something.

I have made a little demo video below to show this off:

<iframe width="100%" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rr7JxuUmZt8" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Chrome should auto update for you. If you dont have the extension yet [head over to the extension gallery to grab it now](https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/dbpicbbcpanckagpdjflgojlknomoiah)!