Since I post so much here, I’ve decided to start a new addition to this blog. My, Of course / Why? section will be just kind of a thumbs up/down of things I come across on the Interwebs.
Of course: Will have things I find interesting/good/fun/worthwhile.
Why?: Should include anything that makes me question the motives/thought process/build out of most anything.
I might include descriptions, and then again I might include nothing at all. And with everything else on this blog, this may never happen again.
Probably one of my most favorite websites ever. And a fantastic display of all your talents on your own projects. Not easy to do. Once in, use the menus at the top of the Flash. Of course: http://www.mediaboom.com/
As I have said before, I am in the business of making your business look better. It’s what I do. If you were to hire me, part of my job would entail helping you find the right ways to market your business.
For my business, I have a sticker that I could put on my truck if I wanted to. It is my (former) logo, custom made by a company who does such work. I say could, because I have never done it. I’m not really in the business of getting business on the highway. Plus, my driving record could probably prove that I wouldn’t obtain much business even if I was. While I am not a fan of window stickers/car decals/magnets for my business, I might recommend them for you and your business if I knew it would attract the right clients. Who knows.
What I wouldn’t do though is any form of the following:
I wouldn’t put any sort of advertising on your car if it isn’t a professional looking vehicle. Meaning, if we are fighting for window space with your ‘Calvin, doing anything inappropriate to any other brand,’ it ain’t happening.
We aren’t moving, but I feel like my work-life is. This is my new toy:
Hopefully to become less and less of a toy and more of a tool over the next couple of weeks. It’s beautiful both in form and function. But it’s not a PC.
Everything I know about computers is about to change. So much so that I will have to do it slowly. I have a new 15-inch MacBook Pro but have already loaded Windows on to it. I had to. For my sanity and my budget.
My sanity will be saved when I just get caught up in the inevitable ‘I know just how to make this work on Windows,’ and my budget was saved in the way that I already have Windows versions of the software that Adobe is willing to sell me for $1700 for my new Mac.
Slowly over time, I hope to move a larger percentage of work time away from the PC. Right now I would probably guess the ratio of my work will be 85/15 PC to Mac. As I get more comfortable (and as my budget allows), I hope to get those numbers closer to 50/50 and then possibly even 25/75 PC to Mac. There are a few things that will only run on Windows so I will probably never be able to fully rid myself of it.
So, for the next couple of weeks, I am moving. Files. Emails. Bookmarks. Music. Pictures. Videos. Plugins. Software. And I am meeting my new neighbors. FTP clients. ZIP extractors. Clocks. Red, Yellow, and Green buttons. Title bars that don’t expand a window on double-click. Programs that don’t actually close when you hit the Red close button. Keystrokes. Entourage. Virtual Machines. Widgets. Dashboards. Text Editors. Hi neighbors, I’m the new guy. Please be kind.
Here’s to new adventures and a good riddance of BSOD (blue screens of death).
