Holiday Update and Random Thoughts
December 05, 2005 | 
17 Comments
I’ve got little time or energy to put down indepth thoughts, so here are some random bits from my world. ;0)
- Blue Flavor is looking for freelancers to help us out with some projects starting after the first of the year. We’re looking for developers and designers. If you’re interested, contact us with your rates, availibility and any related portfolio work.
- I just became an offical home owner! For the second time.
- If you’re in Seattle and want to get crazy we’re having an Idea Day/Blue Flavor holiday party on Dec 13th.
- Am I the only one who is worried about the terms ‘Web 2.0 Design” and “Ajax Application”?
- We’re getting ready for SXSW with 3 of the 4 Blue Favor guys on the bill (at this point in time) and a potential party in the works.
- I’ve decided that IM is the devil. If you have been looking for me there all I can say is “sorry” and “send me an e-mail.”
Have a very happy holiday everyone!
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Comments
1. JD said:
If by “worred about the term[…] web 2.0”, do you mean the same thing as “not caring whatsoever” ?
Every time I read someone commenting on web 2.0 and ajax, I smile as I realize I have less competition than I thought I did. Clients don’t know what these terms mean, and probably wouldn’t care even if they did.
As for ditching IM, it’s the ONLY way to live. I got rid of my IM client a year ago and have never looked back.
Posted on December 5, 2005 10:02 AM | #
2. Keith said:
JD – “Clients don’t know what these terms mean, and probably wouldn’t care even if they did.” That’s what worries me. I’ve heard this stuff from clients! Otherwise, I’m right there with ya.
Posted on December 5, 2005 11:22 AM | #
3. Brandon said:
Very excited to see that you’re looking for freelancers - I submitted my info but the contact form didn’t have any feedback. If you didn’t recieve it, please let me know.
Posted on December 5, 2005 11:35 AM | #
4. Lea said:
Like Brandon, I pressed the contact button and it looked like it sent to MT that says “comment pending.” I hope that means it got sent! :-)
Posted on December 5, 2005 12:11 PM | #
5. Jonathan Snook said:
“AJAX application” is a reality. I’ve seen it on a recent project… I’ll hold comment on whether it’s a good thing or bad thing. ;)
Posted on December 5, 2005 01:06 PM | #
6. Keith said:
re: contact feedback. Sorry about that. Rest assured we’re getting the e-mails. We’ll be fixing that soon.
Posted on December 5, 2005 01:49 PM | #
7. Philip said:
speaking of email - you’re on dreamhost, have you been having issues often with their email servers giong down or ‘password corruption’?
i just signed a client up with them and bam! just after the dns switches i can’t access email. this client has a lot of email coming in and out so naturally the client is very annoyed. I would rather not switch hosts after a week. i know this isn’t a dreamhost post, but i was wondering if you could comment on your expierence with them?
thanks
Posted on December 5, 2005 02:16 PM | #
8. Keith said:
Philip – Actual Blue Flavor doesn’t use Dreamhost as of right now. We’re switching to Dreamhost from Textdrive because *their* e-mail was always down. Dreamhost has been fine for me…they’re service has been pretty good as well, I’d give ‘em a call.
Posted on December 5, 2005 02:52 PM | #
9. Lance E. Leonard said:
The thing that bugs me about the hype & buzzword frenzy surrounding AJAX is how many times I hear people say “programming in AJAX” as if it were a language unto itself. It’s not really even a framework. Give an abstract concept a name and all of a sudden it has life.
Posted on December 6, 2005 09:32 AM | #
10. Kevin said:
I was on Dreamhost for years. (For some reason we Seattle folks liked Dreamhost). I’d suggest moving to LunarPages.com though. Dreamhost became a nightmare with support and lack of features (at the time I left, no SuPHP, no phone support). I now have many domains with LunarPages.com and many more clients with them. For a low cost host, LunarPages.com is superior to Dreamhost in many ways.
AJAX, lots of hype, but we’ll see?.. I’ve used more than one AJAX app when I wish the back button worked. http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2005/03/11/applicationsButton
IM, never used it, never will : ) - but I’m one of those dudes that sets Outlook to NOT check mail automatically. It’s too distracting.
“Web 2.0” - this article defines it well http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html although, talking about “Web 2.0” is a little academic. “Web 2.0” is not a phrase I use with clients.
Posted on December 7, 2005 12:25 PM | #
11. Sam said:
the ‘looking for freelancers’ link is broken. looks like it only works with an appended ‘www’.
Posted on December 8, 2005 05:46 AM | #
13. Philip said:
I received a 404 error, couldn’t find the mt-comments.cgi page…
should I from this site?
Posted on December 12, 2005 09:36 PM | #
14. Keith said:
Sorry, we were switching our hosting provider, that’s why there were a few errors. It’s all fixed now.
Posted on December 13, 2005 10:03 AM | #
15. charles said:
This blog is simply great. Got to know many interesting things.
Posted on December 16, 2005 06:14 AM | #
16. hannah said:
I hope you’ll get the developers and designers soon and enjoy your holidays.
Posted on December 30, 2005 01:37 AM | #
17. madison said:
Happy New Year to all. I’m also looking out for getting my work done soon.
Posted on January 3, 2006 03:05 AM | #
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