In the about section of this site I say: “I am a web designer by trade and self confessed geek by personality. I spend most of my waking hours in front of a computer, whether it is my mac at work or my mac at home. I like coding and designing and trying to organise the display of information, not only in a way that looks good, but in a way it makes sense. This might be a side effect of the “information engineering” part of my university course back when I was young and impressionable.…...
Lately, or maybe not so lately, the last couple of years really, my writing started suffering. Not enough time to write, not enough motivation to do so when I made the time. Many excuses, some of them valid, most of them just another “reason” to procrastinate. You might remember my previous entry where I was complaining about the lack of engaging content in general on the web. While I was writing…...
For those of you who read me from your rss come and take a look, I’ve changed the website’ looks again. This might be a little bit weird but I’ve succumbed to the itchy fingers and gave the site its 6 monthly change. I got .net issue 194 yesterday and the intro on Eliot J’s piece on design, rang very true to me. I always am more motivated to post when I’ve changed the site. So I change the site nearly as frequently as I change desktop…...
Tags: 2009 - loose thoughts - site changelog
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This entry has been floating in my head for days. A little bit of a check list, a little bit a collection of things I have to do or say repeatedly over the course of my days. A few things I want to impress on self and others. I am after all a control freak. As well as being a little bit of a developer and a little bit of a designer (I want to think). I was in reality writing a note to self. But here it is on the blog as my ideal work cycle. What I preach and try to practice sort…...
Michael Jackson, the Elvis of my generation, is dead. It takes something like this to get me back to blogging after a month of being very quite and very busy. My b/f woke me up last night to tell me that Michael Jackson is dead. He never dares wake me up, especially when I’ve had a rough day and really need to sleep. It takes something like this for him to disregard the fact that I’m sleeping and wake me to impart the news. Every single person on this planet has an opinion about…...
Tags: 2009 - michael jackson - loose thoughts
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@katmitchell den einai oloi san & mas pou prepei na einai anwtera bia gia na paroun adeia, iparxei & i "adeia" adeia pou pairnoun merikoi?:P
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Follow me on twitterI have a dream that all my websites will one day exist in a Web where they will not be judged by how they look and behave in each browser, because all browsers will follow the same standards and display them the same.
This is my hope. With this faith in Web Standards and Accessibility for all people and devices we will be able to make a better Web. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of the browsers to a beautiful symphony of design, functionality and content. With this faith we will be able to work better, to play better, to struggle less, knowing that all devices will treat our work equally & with respect.
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