I really like this article, almost as much as I hate it:
Deadly Web Design Sins
I like it because:
1. It has the name ‘dwight’.
2. It has all the things I hate that people ask me to do, including:
Blinking Text *SideNote: Please tell me why this was ever cool?!? I don’t get it!
Marquee text.
Stupid, stupid […]
I had to laugh when I was reading Gmail’s custom time joke this morning:
Gmail Custom Time April Fools Joke
The idea is that you can send an email in the past.
Here at the college, the students all have gmail accounts. Google didn’t add the joke to their personal accounts, but many of the students have personal […]
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At this time in the semester, some of my students are asked to create a quote for a fictitious client.
I receive many emails asking “I don’t know how much to charge”.
Never tell someone that you charge $10/hour. Even if you make an ugly page that only the client likes, $10/hour is a slap in […]
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There are some rules to remember when emailing.
Here’s a list of my pet peeves:
1. Writing in all caps: I am not going to read one more thing that is sent to me in all caps. I MEAN IT! See…I was shouting there. IT IS SO ANNOYING!
2. Emails without any white space, punctuations, or breaks: […]
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I am up to 50% complete on the hard level on Guitar Hero. The hard level is going way slower than the medium level.
In other, better news - my son (Gavin, 7 years old) is doing awesomely at Guitar Hero. He has been competing against people online and not doing too bad. I am pretty […]
Well, I am officially bored with the look of this site. I have had enough.
So be prepared for some new looks on the site, and some old links that may not work as I have re-worked the site. Check out the sitemap if you need to.
* UPDATE: All links should now work - if […]
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I came home today looking forward to playing Guitar Hero and battling a friend of mine from TKG -(Gibatronic!).
The kids have a four day weekend so I knew no homework help was necessary tonight. Had some Red-Bull earlier …so no worries about getting sleepy too soon.
After making supper for my kids (homemade pizza…yum) - […]
Most addicts do not ask for an intervention. But I am asking…
I admit it. I am addicted to Guitar Hero. I think about it all the time.
When I am at work, I am thinking about how to beat the song that I couldn’t beat last night. Last week, when the kids were out with Grandma, […]
Here are my goals for 2008:
1. Learn Ruby on Rails - (if anyone can recommend a good book for newbies let me know).
2. Attend at least one meetup meeting!
3. Update all of my videos for all of my classes (ick).
4. Get off the computer more. This is probably the hardest thing on my list to […]
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I recently parted ways with my web host. Why?
Check this out:
TO: newwebsite.com
Hi,
All of my sites are down.
Thanks,
Valerie
FROM: newwebsite.com
“We know it before you do. We are working on it.”
What kind of customer service is this? I used to work for a web development company. We NEVER treated our customers this poorly - and the company […]
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