The guys from Google are really cool (not just because they bought a round of drinks and had the meeting in a kick ass sushi bar).
Healthy competition in the market (regardless of what market) is a good thing. It encourages innovation and benefits everyone.
Sometimes people don’t have complex motives, they just want to simplify the way that we have to deal with things.
If someone gives you all the ingredients to make the world’s greatest cake, they shouldn’t be expected to advertise it for you. If you create something that is a good product, people will find it and use it.
Be honest about what you know. More importantly, be honest about what you don’t know, but point people in the right direction to find the answers they need.
There are times when doing something for the right reasons outweighs doing something for a profit.
Broadcasting how great you are can only get you so far. Engaging in a dialog and proving that you know what you’re talking about is much more valuable in the long run.
The net is going to change. Communication and sharing information is going to change. Get ready to deal with the future now, because it’s going to happen whether you’re ready or not.
I’ve gotten sucked into some conversations lately on social media and it’s triggering the idiot detector in full force. I’m working on some posts, it’s just taking a bit longer than I expected. It’s been a while since I’ve tried to do a bit more than just spew out what I’m doing in game or around the house. I’m also making a point of trying not to use my typical vocabulary (ya know…the f, s, d, c, and p words) because I would actually like to prove that I can converse with normal people occasionally.
It’s funny that I started getting back into the idea of building templates and throwing myself on the market for some basic work, and I find myself throwing my two cents in on a lot more than I had intended. I am still as passionate about coding as I’ve always been, and making something that is standards compliant is a goal that I’m sticking with. I’m learning the hard way that not everyone does this, as you can see by the lack of third party plugins that I am using. I’m also taking this time to learn some new things as well, and hopefully I’m going to start trying to get some things up here for others to use.
We’ve hit a tight spot here in regards to bills and cashflow, so we’re cutting back on just about everything, including games that have subscriptions. While I thought I would miss that socialization, I don’t, because I’m too busy working on other things right now and I’m seeing a better use of my time during the day. I’m actually getting things done more often than not, except for the yard, and that’s because it’s hot as hell and I’m not going out there.
What this all boils down to, is that the focus of things around here is probably going to change a bit as I get back into doing more web related posts instead of gaming and nose picking by my teenager. I’m sure it won’t stop altogether, because frankly, he’s not going to stop doing stupid things, and I’m not going to want to stop posting them. That’s the joy of being a parent.
There’s nothing quite as satisfying as meeting up with a bunch of geeks. I think one of the things I love about this group is the diversity of the members. We’ve got hard core programers/designers and casual people that are building personal sites for themselves. It’s always great when you get a bunch of people together and conversation just rolls. I didn’t realize how late it was until we got out to the car.
The web gods appear to be happy with the offering as everything on this end looks ok. Please let me know if anything looks out of sorts and I’ll see if I can get it corrected quickly /sarcasm
There are still bits for the right hand bar, but I have to finish cleaning up some images and being creatively OCD. It will get there eventually. The only thing major is the fact that I have 2 errors in my search function that need to be fixed. Other than that, the entire site currently validates as 1.0 strict which was the goal. Of course I can’t add any 3rd party plugins, or upload from my phone without post editing because other people don’t think about things like that.
Front page is done with just a few details and artsy bits to finish off. Working on the off pages tonight. I’m making extensive use of transparent png files. It really adds so much to what we can do with design now. I’m also using the new tags for rounded corners, granted only Mozilla/Firefox and Safari 3 users are going to be able to see them but I see that as incentive to get a standards compliant browser (IE I’m looking at your slack ass here) that is making the new CSS3 and HTML 5 tags available. More: Read the rest of this entry…