Reviewed, by yours truly on The Apple Blog
I just got back from Seattle and had a fantastic time up there. I just love hanging out with other web design folk. It’s just so refreshing. An Event Apart itself was great, but I’m used to a longer conference like SXSWi. When An Event Apart was over I was totally ready for another day. All of the talks were great; some of them had me laughing pretty hard. I loved seeing the personalities coming out.
I got into Seattle a couple days early to hang out with my sister and see the sights. Every time I go to Seattle, within a couple hours, I’m ready to pack up my stuff and move there. It’s a beautiful city with lots to see and do. Mark and I visited the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame on Saturday, which was a really interesting experience. You get to see tons of the cool gear from sci-fi history. The phasers from Star Trek, the cyborg arm from terminator, the embroidered (!) shirt …
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This falls under the category, in my book anyway, of “The Stupidest Things, Ever”.
(Via Gruber.)
The daily grind has changed a bit here since quitting the day job. As you can imagine, some things are the same, and others are quite different.
The old grind was characterized by being at the office most of the day. The office wasn’t bad. In fact, the people are great, and we had great coffee. One legacy I’ll leave at the day job is switching the house coffee from Starbucks to noticeably better, locally roasted beans. The only problem was that I had to be there eight hours a day. This left only my evenings and weekends for freelance work.
The new grind is much better. Ask me what I did this weekend… I went camping with my godson and his dad. We had a blast! Work? No, I didn’t do any of that.
I get to work all day, with few interruptions. The evenings and weekends? Well, I wont lie to you, they aren’t entirely work-free, but we are talking about huge improvements in this area. This is the best benefit …
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I’m so glad to hear that Apple bought them rather than just snatching the idea. Congrats to the folks at Steel Skies.
Basecamp Time Tracking Widget. I’ve been using this in beta and it’s fabulous. Nice icon too by Mark
An eBay auction benefitting the First Amendment Project. If I had the coin, and the desire to see my name (and likeness) in print, I’d be all over this.
(Via gruber.)
Brilliant Ze for today.
Now with more impact to your wallet!
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Be Good Not Bad is all about really good web design, based on the utmost respect for web standards, accessibility and respect for the user. Based in Denver, Colorado, Be Good Not Bad is run by Brian Warren, freelance designer, blogger, homebrewer and coffee nut.
