Here are my somewhat bold but somewhat boring predictions for the year of 2006. In no particular order:
- Design-wise: More gradients and the resurgence of neons
- A new Apple.com
- TiVo will find new life
- Seahawks and Broncos in the Superbowl … or at least the ‘Hawks
- Yet another friend of mine will be wed (congrats Matt and Rachel!)
- Superman will flop, X-Men III will rock, MI-3 will bore
- At least two Grammys for Imogen Heap
- Four “iPod killers” will step and fall
- One “iPod killer” will finally take some market share, but only because some superstar pushes it (besides Elton John, com’on people)
- Vista will be delayed yet again and receive even more bad press
- Narnia will be nominated, but not win, several awards from the Academy – because the Academy are idiots
- More politically-bias movies
- Faster-than-broadband wireless data will continue to gain popularity while VoIP and Skype-like mechanisms will begin showing their weaknesses
- More AJAX and the rebirth of Flash in a brand new Adobe-branded diaper
- A digital camera and phone from Apple, as well as the Intel PowerBooks
That’s all I got for now. Gimme a break, half of that stuff I came up with in the shower this morning.
UX Magazine beta. Looking good so far. I’m starting to think the world is “beta.”
It is finished. “… as of January 31st, 2006, Internet Explorer for the Mac will no longer be available for download …” Cue the Hallelujah chorus.
Please forgive my lack of updates (or, at least, substantial updates) lately. I’m under a tight deadline and a lot of pressure at work. Things will probably resume to normal after Christmas.
Oh yeah, Merry Christmas.
Latte Art. Drink it! Love it! Appreciate it!
Lean XHTML and Precise CSS is a good read for those developing their own (CSS and HTML) coding styles. This one’s for you, Josh. ;)
Behold, Symphony!. Looks like we’ve found a happy medium here, boys.
I’m taking an Illustrator class right now. It’s a two-day crash course that I registered for almost three month ago; I would have completely spaced it out except for I got a reminder email last week from the school.
I’ve taken these type of crash courses before so I knew what to expect today when I arrived. The room is small, which is a nice fit for the 8 of us enrolled. They put me on a Mac mini (with a Dell monitor), which I was surprised to find was somewhat snappy during the 8-hour training. I did, of course, what any well-mannered Mac fanatic would do as soon as I hopped on the machine: Checked the specs. They had put in 1GB of RAM and outfitted the thing with an AirPort card and Bluetooth. I had to change the resolution from the standard 1024x768 … what were they thinking? It’s an Illustrator class!
The instructor is knowledgable and friendly enough, and most of my classmates are keeping up well. Since my pen tool skillz have been on permanent campout in Suckville, I’m taking some of the extra time I have during the class (after finishing the exercises in half the time allotted) to polish them up.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m learning a lot and having a good time – I’ve just used Adobe products and Photoshop’s paths so much that most of the stuff being taught (so far) is review. Most of the stuff we covered today is almost second nature to me already. I’m sure I’ll be a bit more challenged tomorrow, as we begin more complex techniques.
Here’s a flower I made for my wife when I got home:
It took about 90 seconds.