The past few weeks have been nuts. NUTS, I say. But the nutty ones make you appreciate the smooth and creamy ones all the more. So I’m definitely not complaining.
On another note, I just read this article that answers the question: “Couldn’t anyone do what you do?” (Thanks Natalie.) If nothing else, reading this article will let non-web-types in on a little secret: This is the Worst Question to Ask a Web Designer or Developer. Unless you have some strange need to make an enemy in about two seconds flat.
You know, adhering to web standards really isn’t all about ranting. Maybe only two-thirds.
I cannot WAIT for Adobe Photoshop CS4 to come out. I never hopped on the CS3 train…just couldn’t get excited about it. But CS4’s 3D imaging capabilities look mind-blowing. Take a look at CreativeTechs’ sneak peek at some of the new developments in CS4…way cool. I wonder if the software will come bundled with its very own pair of 3D glasses.
I am trying, trying not to say it. But it’s just so. hard.
Carolyn Wood of A List Apart recently wrote an article describing how us “web folk” are pretty…umm…committed to our beliefs. I think she mentioned nine millimeter handguns somewhere in there. For shame!
Anyway, she’s completely right on the money. Funny thing is, I’d never thought about it before. And then I was reading an article by Natalie Jost that was jabbing at us webophiles for speaking above our clients…using big words to feed our superiority complex, basically. Ouch! But that was on target, too.
I’d love to say “Except for me. I’ve never done either of those things. I’m just way too cool for all of that.” But just the other day, I did it. Without even thinking, I was babbling on and on about CSS and web standards and the importance of usability…blah dee blah. I could see my listener’s eyes glazing over, but I was not about to stop. Nuh-uh. I knew what I was talking about after all.
So anyway, there’s my kick in the pants for the day. I’m going to try to go a whole week without saying “Content Management System.” Because really…that label does not help anyone at all. Except for me, apparently. 
I think I’m going to attempt this. I really do. I mean, my little PowerBook has been suffering silently, unused in the corner of my home for the past 6 months. I have been giving my iMac all of the attention, when really, my PowerBook served me flawlessly for five years until I dropped it on its poor mutilated head.
I tried to overlook its deformity. I really did. But when half the screen was completely gone, it was a hard thing to overlook. And now that I find that it can still be used…with my flashy new iMac screen, even…I am practically delirious. But I have to ask myself…how much of a geek am I?
Because once you start performing surgery on your computers, attaching a part here and detaching a part there, I think you enter into a whole new level of geekdom. Am I ready for that yet?
