Life Serenity Now!
Holy Crap
I walked past this car and it instantly made me laugh. What did those birds eat – and what did the person do to them that owns this car?
From Twitter
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-11-14
@explorechicago I have family in town who have been here several times. What would you reccomend for something fun? (no kids) # @explorechicago we love interesting tours. Have done architecture by boat and the gangster tour. Anything interesting walking or n the loop #
From Twitter
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-11-07
I voted. Did you? # @htoddcarter How is it going over there? in reply to htoddcarter # @htoddcarter good to hear. We have been thinking about you. in reply to htoddcarter # Bookmarkable jQuery UI Tabs http://icio.us/iii3fk #
Places
Our Broken Political System: Fixed Jappler Style
Tomorrow is mid-term elections and over the last few weeks I have grown more and more disgusted with the campaign tactics and politicians in generally. Not only do we have to put up with horrible attack ads, we have to also put up with “well they are not going to do anything with issue y […]
From Twitter
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-31
Patterns http://icio.us/zs0yuh # It is so windy here in Chicago – I just saw a blown over Port-a-potty. Yuck. # 25 Years of Super Mario Bros: http://mario25.nintendo.com/index2.html #
Life
Too Busy for…
The last two years or so I feel like I have been constantly saying “I am too busy for this” and “I am too busy for that” – both of which I really want to do (enter in golf, relax, drink more water, exercise even send something in the mail. I know – it is […]
From Twitter
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-24
I am enjoying some pumpkin seeds and some cider. I love this time of year! # jQuery bubble popups http://icio.us/ptimia #
Games
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
Recently I have been playing a lot of Sonic the Hedgehog 3. It was one of my favorite games of all time and pretty much defined the summer of 1996 when I lived with a friend of mine who played that and NHL 96 with me day in and day out.
From Twitter
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-17
New WordPress plugin by my company for easily adding slideshows (jQuery Cycle) into posts: http://bit.ly/9IVlke # Taking new feature requests for the Post Slideshows plugin: http://bit.ly/aUOtmV I want to make it exactly how you want it 😉 # Agh Perry… http://icio.us/ckzyfi #
Business Hints User Interfaces
When Designing – Use Real Content
There are many lessons to learn out there as a designer, and please let this be at the top of your list: when designing something – whether it be a business card, a brochure, or a web site – use real content. Lately – when doing any design work for a client – we always […]
From Twitter
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-10
Amazing desktop pictures http://icio.us/42wwg1 # @thecobblr let me know what games you play so we can play online in reply to thecobblr # Pretty form elements http://icio.us/hrmxdc # jQuery pretty form elements http://icio.us/b4mj5f # @localaaron Very cool and happy birthday! in reply to localaaron #
Business
Managing Time (Pre-Contract)
Over the past year – I have been really trying to tighten down a lot of processes/functions in my company – and wanted to talk a little bit about managing what I call “pre-contract” time. When potential clients first contact us – I generally spend thrity minutes to an hour getting the initial project information. […]