Geek & Mild by Sean Sperte
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Release 2 from Rob Goodlatte. Great attention to detail. Check out the ampersand in the “about” section of the homepage, and the comment styles.
§ July 18, 2007
Corporate Web Standards, explaining what happens after initial acceptance.
Getting corporate web standards in place is a sign that the real relationship is about to begin. The honeymoon is over, and now it’s time to figure out what has gone wrong and why the prince and princess now seem to be constantly bickering—when they were meant to live happily ever after.
Great article. Worth an afternoon or evening of reading.
§ July 18, 2007
When Shawn Blanc pointed out that Ben Grey (of openswitch.org) would be reviewing 100 blogs in 100 days, I thought to myself, “It’d be cool to make that list.” Needless to say, I’m very excited to not only have made the list, but be the first one!
When I showed The Wife, her response was: “You are the poor-man’s Josh Groban” – I think she meant John Gruber. I’m still laughing.
§ July 18, 2007
Announcing Leaflets!. Great set of mini web-based apps, such as Feeds, Upcoming.org, Flickr, and del.icio.us. Very, very cool.
§ July 16, 2007
Firefighters battle lightning-caused blazes as another storm looms.
Close to 2,700 lightning strikes were reported in Washington and Oregon on Friday and early Saturday, sparking 212 fires
I thought that was an abnormal amount of lightning yesterday.
§ July 14, 2007
HTML elements index. A table-list of all the available elements for various HTML document types.
§ July 14, 2007
Announcing: The Mac OS X Resolution Independence Utilities Project. With help like this, maybe I should design a Mac utility.
§ July 14, 2007
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/FlatHicks. This just screams for a sequel: Revenge of the Cardboard Cutout.
§ July 12, 2007
Giant Gray Goiter. I can attest to the hideousness of the Belkin headphone adapter for the iPhone. The iPhone I demoed last weekend at the Apple Store had the adapter in it, and gosh did it ruin the whole sexy-gadget appeal. Definitely one for the “What Were They Thinking?!” list.
§ July 12, 2007
It didn’t take very long, but [YouTube] has lodged itself into our consumer psyche as a recognizable visual, aural and narrative convention.
I think it took longer than Khoi realizes, as the so-called YouTube aesthetic really has its roots in “reality TV.” Still, mad props to him for using the word “bamboozlement” in a post. (What does that mean, anyway?)
§ July 12, 2007
Some of those are laugh out loud funny. Honestly, who names their wireless network “breasts”?
§ July 12, 2007
The Sperte Interview. My first official interview!
§ July 12, 2007
Single Line CSS. Interesting thoughts on using a one-line-per-selector convention.
§ July 12, 2007
mezzoblue § Icon Design: Anti-Aliasing. College-worthy education sans student-loans and exams.
§ July 11, 2007
Lucy Mae Bennett-Chamberlain. She’s absolutely beautiful, Jesse (and Heather). Congratulations!
§ July 10, 2007
Wow. I was getting huffy and about to peg this site as a chic but obvious play-off of Geek & Mild – until I checked the Wayback Machine and saw the design predates mine.
Eerily weird; like meeting another person with the same first and middle name as your own.
Time for a redesign?
§ July 8, 2007
Review: Apple iPhone leaves users wanting more - CNN.com.
Good review except for a few, pretty misleading errors:
- “the iPhone’s SIM card will not work in other AT&T phones” – no, owners can, in fact, use the iPhone’s SIM card in another AT&T or unlocked GSM phone.
- “you can use the calendar as an event reminder or a to-do list as well” – actually, the iPhone doesn’t have the ability to sync or display to-do lists.
- “AT&T’s EDGE network just doesn’t cut it for all other surfing” – a completely subjective statement. I would bet it does cut it for some people.
- “[the iPod app is] trapped within a device that will cost you more than $1,000 a year just to own.” – technically this is incorrect, as you can immediately cancel your AT&T account after activating the iPhone; it will still work as an iPod and internet device.
- “if you cancel your AT&T contract, the iPhone becomes a paperweight” – again incorrect. Canceling your AT&T contract does not render the iPhone inoperative.
They did get a lot right though, including this statement:
Even iTunes users who may already be jaded about using the Cover Flow mode on their personal computer will be surprised at how the experience is changed by using the iPhone’s intuitive touch screen.
I totally agree.