This is just a bit of an experiment in making a mix tape for you. I got inspired by Keith’s mix tape that he made. Maybe this will be a meme or something. Or not. Either way. I hope you enjoy it. Please let me know if you do.
My Summer Mix Tape [32mb / aac]
I’ve put together a playlist below. I definitely encourage you to buy the music if you like it. I put some iTunes/emusic links in there (the iTunes ones are affiliate links, so I stand to make a good nickel or two if you buy them. Woo!)
Back when working on the web first became a viable profession, designers had to do everything from branding to programming. It was a do-it-all type of job that definitely attracted a certain kind of mindset to the profession. Things have changed a bit since then, and people are often more specialized, doing a few things really well and finding others to partner with to do the rest.
Over the past year or so I’ve kind of done some ad-hoc interviewing of my colleagues finding out where they are on this spectrum between doing everything and finding a niche. Last year at SXSW I was encouraged by a few of my mates to participate in a panel along these lines, so I put together a panel submission. It will be a good discussion on doing it all vs. finding a niche.
I’ve spoken with and gotten a “yes” from the following brilliant minds to be on this prestigious pane: Mark Bixby, Scott Boms, Kevin Tamura, and Veerle Pieters. So if the topic alone wasn’t …
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Three years or so ago I mentioned on my blog about a few guys who were riding a Segway across the country and making a film about it. Last night I got to go to a screening of that film here in Denver. It was a really great film.
These guys spent 100 days traveling across the country, from Seattle to Boston, riding at just 10 miles per hour. They met a ton of really interesting people along the way, often staying at their houses, cooking on their grills and helping in the kitchen. It seemed like the Segway helped them make fast friends, in that people would pull over their cars to meet them and find out what the heck they were doing. However, in their travels it was obvious that this wasn’t a story about a Segway. It was about people. It’s about doing your own thing and taking life as slow as you can.
A good example is that Kansas was one of their favorite states. I know I wouldn’t have predicted this, as more often …
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Anna’s so sweet. She bought me a “new” grill for my birthday. What a woman! She snagged it off Craigslist for $60. Not too shabby, especially when you consider that you gotta spend a couple hundred to get something decent new.
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.