Archive for February 2006

Technorati, Favorites, and Moving Forward

In Life, Technorati on 22 February 2006 with Comments Off

As a designer, I like big challenges. Sure, you can pay the bills endlessly tweaking a pixel here and there, but it’s much more fun to be on the bleeding edge. In my career thus far, I’ve been lucky to have had a hand in some pretty major web happenings: HotWired, Electric Minds, Blogger. Some [...]

Infinite Gates

In Blogging, Geek, Internet, Weblogs on 14 February 2006 with Comments Off

A small note to all those staring deeply into their navels and fretting about the role of gatekeepers in the blogosphere.
This is a gatekeeper.

Her name is Dana Barrett and she’s waiting for the Keymaster to bring about the return of Gozer the Gozerian, who will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification [...]

Playing iTunes to Multiple Speakers

In Apple, Music on 8 February 2006 with Comments Off

Hot on the heels of my iTunes conversion comes this great post (brought to my attention by this fine gentleman) with this great news.
iTunes can now broadcast to more than one set of speakers at the same time. Previously, you were limited to sending your tunes to the speakers in your computer, or to the [...]

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

In Life, Music, Stories, iPod on 4 February 2006 with Comments Off

I’m 32 years old. That means I missed reel-to-reel. I never owned an 8-track. But I remember vinyl. In this modern world of MP3s and iPods, there’s something romantic about records.
It’s the ritual that I miss. I remember flipping through my dad’s albums until the immense cover art of one drew me in. I remember [...]