BeMused » design

Slacker no more (hopefully!)

Shad — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:59:19 +0000

Updating here has come pretty much to a standstill, but I’m hoping to remedy that soon. I’ve decided that rather than bemoan the fact that I have too many interests (writing, music, photography, web design, etc…), and then get overwhelmed and not do anything towards being creative, I’m going to instead set aside time for each pursuit. Rather than focus on one, I’m going to dabble in all.

What’ll make this fun/frustrating is that I’m horrible with time management, and I can be seriously lazy. So we’ll see where this gets me. I’ve been thinking about this for the better part of two weeks, so I’m hoping when my 40th birthday rolls around (23rd of December for those keeping track at home and want to buy me something), that I’ll have a basic list of the things I want to accomplish, and a basic schedule of how I’m going to accomplish it.

Wish me luck.

Chrome

Shad — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:56:44 +0000

So it looks as if Google is entering the browser market with their new open source browser, Google Chrome. As the cutesy comic they released indicates, it sounds as if they have some good ideas concerning browsers. All I see out of this, however, is another version of the browser wars. I can see a time in the futures where not only will designs and layouts be different in Chrome, IE, Firefox, Opera, Safari, etc… but apps won’t work either. I guess that happens now, to some extent, but it’ll be worse.

I honestly think it’s faster to design and build a new site, than to tweak it into working across platforms nowadays.

Hybrids are everywhere

Shad — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:23:58 +0000

It’s no secret that I’m a Mac fanboy, and have been for several years. I use a Windows machine at work, and it gets the job done. I honestly have very few complaints about Windows boxen (assuming it’s not Vista. Don’t get me started on Vista). I think my biggest gripe is lack of aesthetics in your typical Windows computer.

Dell just might change that though. Their new Studio Hybrids are quite sexy.

I think any of these would be a compliment to any room of the house. Nice.

Assuming I can install XP or Linux on it.