August 2009
1 post
“Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.”
– Dr. Wayne Dyer
July 2009
4 posts
Social Network Design: Examples and Best Practices...
There is a great article over on Smashing Magazine about best practices in Social Network design that also includes plenty of examples. I highly recommend reading through it if you build, or ever plan to build, a Social Networking site.
A simple study in increasing site performance
Lately in my free time I’ve been working on optimizing the portfolio site of Maria Aponte to perform better with load times (and do some general experimenting). Maria is a Philadelphia Fashion Stylist and has been in the fashion photography industry for nearly 10 years. The site itself is a single page comprised of mostly image thumbnails and a few chunks of text content that are...
June 2009
2 posts
“I don’t know the rules of grammar. If you’re trying to persuade...”
– David Ogilvy
“God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion. The people...”
– Thomas Jefferson
April 2009
3 posts
Intelligent conversation
gonzo10010: scared
dfiant05: you're scared
gonzo10010: of skateboarding?
gonzo10010: never.
dfiant05: you're scared
gonzo10010: never
dfiant05: scared
gonzo10010: scared
dfiant05: you're scared
gonzo10010: most intelligent conversation i've had all day
gonzo10010: not scared
March 2009
3 posts
Is Marc Brownstein relevant online?
In short, no. I recently read this posting published in the “small agency diary” over at Advertising Age and I wrote a fairly detailed response in the comments. Thus far it has not been published and I don’t really expect it to be. I was very civil in my comment and purposefully left out all of the inside information of Brownstein Group that I know about. Information that...
“If you can’t be a good example, then you’ll just have to serve as a horrible...”
– Catherine Aird
February 2009
12 posts
Social Slacking
I just noticed last night that it’s been nearly 4 months since I uploaded a photo to my Flickr account. I’ve taken a ton of photos since then but for some reason haven’t been compelled to upload any for whatever reason. From here on out I’m going to start uploading them as soon as I take them off the camera.
In other social news I finally broke down and signed up for...
“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in...”
– Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Detroit is...
Detroit is a mess. I can’t even begin to describe this article in the Detroit News.
The 2009 Grammys
Award shows are boring, period. It seems that they get even more boring year after year. The authentcity fades and it becomes apparent that you’re just watching a giant production that hardly even seems like a celebration at all. The genuine emotion is gone, mostly replaced by zombie-esk celebrities telling poorly scripted jokes and now blatant political ass kissing.
On the subject of...
FlatPak System
Just ran across this FlatPak house over at Materialicious. The entire system is prefab and you select all the elements you want in your house and how you want the exterior to look. The eterior is built in 8’ wide increments while the interior is done in 2’ increments. If I ever move to the suburbs, or the middle of no where (makes me cringe just thinking about it), I might have to...
“To be modern is not a fashion, it is a state. It is necessary to understand...”
– Le Corbusier
“By way of deception thou shalt do war”
– Mossad
Holding yourself accountable
The President of the United States admitted he screwed up today. Absolutely incredible! Accountability in politics… who would have thought?