Firstly I apologise to all of you who expected the jury’s words on the winner of the contest. They’re still crunchin’, but it shouldn’t be too long now!
Now, why “poo”? Internet Explorer, that’s poo. I was quite late to this post, but I feel like saying something about it. I’m going to try and think of what the bumming hell was going on…
It’s 3PM, and work’s been quite boring. But that’s just an illusion. Secretly he’s been working on something groundbreaking. Rounded corners! Oh my frikken’ god! I am so going to post about this on our collaborative blog and show the world our amazing web development skills!
With childish glee and for the onlooker the parental melancholy when seeing a boy’s smile, doomed to fade and fail, the chap publishes his post. Only to be torn apart by people who have been online for the past five years. Who have read weblogs. Ouch!
Markus, your attempt is cute, but don’t think you’ve made this an enjoyable read. Or that you made the world a better place by publishing this post. Okay, I admit, I don’t know who wrote the MSDN article or how old it is and all, but purrr-lease… Oh, and Markus? Avalon is throwing people back to 1998. But now with slightly more modern graphics. Thanks a bundle.
Lastly, sorry about having neglected this site for a bit, but I had a rather difficult week. I hope more good stuff will be coming up, though.
First of all, all of you who just plain loved my article on pleasing the user: the follow-up won’t be around for at least a week. In the meanwhile, read other great content.
On a more personal note, I got hit by a car last Monday. Painful experience. Also, school’s keeping me busy enough, but the good news is, I have less than 10 days to go. After that, I will be on a small trip to England for about four days. More on that next week though.
I finished some client work last week, and it seems that the results will be online soon. I will write a post on them when they’re both there (two sites I can talk about at least). Oh, and now the cat’s kind of out of the bag, my redesign will be quite nice, I think. If anything, blame Jeremy.
More from me tonight, when I have a new post with some nice stuff for all of us here.
(Sorry to those who dislike puns, but rest assured, it was highly unintentional.)
The mini is awesome. No words for it. I want to thank those of you who commented on my post requesting recommendations (and you—slightly taking over my Dock with the awesome iconry) and thanks also go to Will, awesome person and employer of sorts. I have been keeping myself rather busy with work and school, and it keeps on going. Various personal projects went on holiday to more restful part of my brain, and they’re likely to stay away for another while. What I will do now, in lieu of doing cool shit, is post a bit about stuff I noticed. Yes, back to the blog basics!
Web 2.0, as “they” like to call it, is booming. The first Ajax Summit is just over and I have to say that I’m impressed. I followed it a bit on Ajaxian and it’s very inspiring.
New designs came like mad, mostly due to a certain reboot the other day. When I get the time (not likely to be soon), I will redesign, or at least restyle a bit. I have the logo now, and I think it works. Andy did a great job and made me realise that my work once again stinks. I really need the time for it, and like I said, it won’t occur soon. But don’t be surprised when it pops up.
I have been reading more than ever. It’s mighty interesting to read the Slashdot interview with Jeffrey Zeldman, almost five years old. The points he made are still true, though our scope has moved a lot. Still worth a (re)read. I’m also totally digging the stories people tend to blather nowadays on their sites, and they keep me going. I shall have to try and promise that my next big post will be one of substance, so what to expect? Exactly, the obvious ones: design, markup and style, semantics, usability, UI, IA and other web pro curmudgeonry ;)
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