Forget religion and politics. I would venture that the Mac/PC debate has ended as many relationships as any other taboo topic. For most people with an opinion on the subject it is utterly incomprehensible that anyone could come to a conclusion opposite to what they believe. I happen to be an Apple fanboy and understanding the Apple hater is something I have been trying to do for years. I am finally starting to understand how people end up on the other side of the debate. Of all the Apple haters... [Continue Reading]
I have been thinking about the term “problem solver” today. Problem solving seems like such a desirable trait, but is it really all it’s cracked up to be? Isn’t that just the entry level skill that everyone must posses just to be considered qualified to do the most basic of tasks? While the education system [...]
A few weeks ago my relationship with MediaTemple came to an end. I used to be a huge fan of MediaTemple. Huge. They were innovators. They appreciated and supported great design. Their customer service was great. I was more than happy paying a little more for their product because in my opinion it was much [...]
iPhone 4g Photos of the alleged next generation iPhone leaked recently and unlike the vast majority of people who don’t like the change, my first response is nothing but positive. Now, I proudly where my Apple fanboy status on my sleeve, so you have to trust me when I say that I think this new [...]
This is a post from the ongoing blog-to-blog conversation between myself and my friend Jason Simanek. If you need to catch up, here are our previous posts: 1. In Search of a Truly Creative Occupation 2. Fine Art in Museums: Tigers in Zoos 3. Invisible Artwork: If we ignore it maybe it will go away [...]
I just finished my WordPress plugin for Google Fonts and after a weekend of playing with Google’s new font service I thought I would share some thoughts on Google’s system as well as on the state of web fonts in general. Since I have so much invested in Font Burner it may come as a [...]
I haven’t made a post in a while and I wanted to give you an update on some of my projects. You may have heard about Google’s announcment of a Google Font Directory and the Google Font API. It is huge news for the web and finally we are one step closer to font freedom [...]