Archive for March, 2008
Out of Office Reply
by Jon on Mar.14, 2008, under General
Dear <$name>,
I will be out of my office from Friday, March 14th until next Saturday, the 22nd. I’ll be spending my spring break on the gorgeous white beaches of the Gulf Coast.
Your email has been forwarded to no one. I don’t have a Blackberry. In case of emergency, you may reach me by mobile phone if it isn’t buried under twelve feet of sand.
If it seems like I’ve been on vacay for a while now, it’s because blogging has been shifted to the backburner. I’ve been busy hatching little PHP minions at the foundry, and finding gainful employment to occupy my time after graduation. These times are becoming more stressful than busy, per se which should be remedied by some time away from my LCD screen.
I’ve built lots and hope to share it with the world soon. See you on the other side of the ides of March!
Jon
Doing Web Design Well
by Jon on Mar.04, 2008, under General
Below is a paper I wrote several semesters back for my telecomm class. Our task was to pick a topic in the book — my case, of course, web design — and extend it. Half of it (well, my favorite half) deals with the philosophy of the web, and trying to tame a beast as wild & woolly beast as the Internet. It’s good for anyone who’s familiar with the web, HTML and things, but wants to know some of the inner-workings of the tubes. It also features probably my best crafted metaphor to date.
It’s a short read; four pages. I’ll get a HTML version up here soon.
DoingWebDesignWell.doc (108kb)
