Archive for October, 2005

Googlopia

Saturday, October 29th, 2005

Derek Yu recently put this up on his blog. I adore it. If you haven’t seen Google’s Master Plan, be sure to check that out as well.

Create New

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

Have you ever noticed Apple is much better at using verbs in the labels of their command buttons than Microsoft? Apple uses the labels “Go Back” and “Continue” in their wizards, where Microsoft would use “Back” and “Next.” I love this. It was one of the first things I noticed when I switched to OS […]

Web 2.0 and Decentralization

Sunday, October 16th, 2005

Hopefully I can put a more unique spin on my interpretation of Web 2.0. I definitely like to talk about decentralization, so I’ll try to put them together.
The Web 2.0 definition argument is about asking questions more than finding an answer. Nobody has the definitive answer, but that’s not the point. What I like […]

The Animated GIF

Thursday, October 13th, 2005

yeah, last thing I ever want to see is a freaking animated gif
Apparently there are people who disable animated GIF images in their browser. Call me ignorant, but until today, I didn’t know that was something you’d want to do. I’m not sure how serious he was, but hearing the above today from somebody I […]

Life Intention: Make Games

Monday, October 10th, 2005

I just got a chance to read the interview with Derek Yu over at 4 color rebellion. I recently helped Derek launch version 2 of TIGSource, an awesome indie game review site. I had been somewhat of a fan of Derek since he made Eternal Daughter. To me, he’s like a young indie version of […]

My TextDrive Story

Thursday, October 6th, 2005

Today I bought a lifetime supply of hosting from TextDrive. Yep. For a good number of months, I’ve been praising them as the best shared hosting service for developers and elite techies alike, but only today have I put my money where my mouth is. Cool beans, eh? Now allow me to indulge in writing […]