Year: 2008
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Nancy is a great reader
She read her biggest word ever today– “Wonderful” She sounded it out beautifully. She is becoming an amazing reader.
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Perfection and lazy day
2 hockey games done with, now we’re reading counterpane fairy and playing perfection.
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The extra icons
I did a ton of icons for the project icon contest, here’s a chart of ones that didn’t make the cut:
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Wordcast
Last night I was on wordcast, the podcast for wordpress users. David and Kym and I talked about the whole icon project. You can listen to the podcast at http://www.wordcast.com
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Just won the wordpress 2.7 icon competition!
So psyched I won; I really busted my butt on these, and I’m glad it paid off. So happy to be involoved with such a cool project as WordPress: http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/the-results-of-project-icon/
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Logos
I’ve given up asking clients for logos before just checking for them at from brandsoftheworld.com. I can’t fathom why every company’s logo ends up as a jpeg.
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Trip to CT
Just got back, it was fun and another landmark in my long string of trips down there. The drive bakc was great. The sunset coming down the 90 was very intense, augmented by a nice Annie Lennox channel on Pandora. I broke down and gave Nancy my pristine new Moleskin which she proceeded to fill…
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Rethinking web design instruction
I’ve taught Web Design for many years now. I started out teaching students how to use the now defunct Adobe GoLive. I realized quickly that wysiwyg editors such as GoLive and Dreamweaver were effectively bad ways to teach students how to build websites, and moved into html and css. I”m seeing a new trend in…
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xmas
Xmas in the 70s seemed warm. Maybe it was the smell of pine or what always seemed like bright sun outside. I liked all the electronic games we got.
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Speakers
The speakers are good, but it is hard to sit still for hours at a time. I like workshops much better.
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WordPress
So I spent the night getting the basics down of wordpress theme customization and as I figured it is easy, but there were a few hurdles. It was definitely easier than Drupal, and I think this will be my focus of study for a while…
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Typography
I’m at the typecon conference and a lot of people are talking about how to teach typography in the education forum. My take: Tap into the love of typography students had when they first learned how to write. My kids all scribbled and stuff, but the revelation came when they learned how to write their…
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The Circles in Powerpoint
In the upper-right cornerof the screenare some little circlesarranged in a gridthey are different colors—maroon, sky-blue, tan They remind meof circles I sawwhen I was very youngvery tactileI could almost taste them
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Swimming
So I started swimming. Last night I went 3000 yards in an hour. Not bad for being out of it for a year. I’ve always loved swimming on a certain level. There’s no impact, just a “plodding along” type of thing. People hate it because it’s boring compared to running or biking. There’s nothing to…