Dana Rockel http://dana.rockel.com WordPress Expert, Digital Designer and Technologist Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:21:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Sources for live coverage of Apple’s “latest creation” tablet event http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/danarockel/~3/Lz0Y8nhmGR4/ http://dana.rockel.com/sources-for-live-coverage-of-apples-latest-creation-tablet-event/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:35:56 +0000 Dana http://dana.rockel.com/?p=345 apple-tablet-conceptHere’s my current list of places that I will be monitoring for live coverage of Apple’s “latest creation” tablet announcement… (post event notes on coverage below)

Know of any other good sources? Comment below.

*For optimal Twitter Search following, I suggest creating a Fluid App SSB using the Twitter link above and install the “TwitterSearch” Userscript – this will auto refresh the Twitter search and also fire off Growl notifications. (growl killed my system CPU usage)

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Here are my favorites for 2009….

  1. Apollo (Live On Your TV) by Apoptygma Berzerk
  2. Angels & Demons by Assemblage 23
  3. Sister Marie by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
  4. Still Waters by VNV Nation
  5. Love Drunk by Boys Like Girls
  6. Lips Like Morphine by Kill Hannah
  7. Major Tom by Shiny Toy Guns
  8. Love You to the End by And One
  9. Tomorrow Never Comes by VNV Nation
  10. Timekiller by Project Pitchfork
  11. Can’t Change the Beat by Combichrist
  12. All Pain Is Gone by Combichrist
]]> http://dana.rockel.com/x09-danas-favorite-tunes-from-2009/feed/ 1 http://dana.rockel.com/x09-danas-favorite-tunes-from-2009/ Welcome To The Latest Iteration Of My Blog http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/danarockel/~3/GAFFZrLQnhc/ http://dana.rockel.com/welcome-to-the-latest-iteration-of-my-blog/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:52:05 +0000 Dana http://dana.rockel.com/?p=306 new-siteI recently took a look at this blog and realized I hadn’t posted it quite some time, so I figured an update was in order. While I may not post as often as I like on here, I do post in other ways (Twitter) and in other places (my companies’ blogs). My goal was to consolidate all this info into my personal blog.

I found a great lifestreaming theme called “Seven Five” from Press75 that was easy to customize. What you now see on this site is the “hacked” version I created from the base Seven Five theme. Some of my modifications include…

  • Widened the page to the full browser width (liquid design) and added some color.
  • Added a tagline that pulls from the WP admin Tagline field
  • Revamped the main navigation to only show selected pages (via a custom field). Redirecting to other external sites with the excellent “Page Link to” plugin by Mark Jaquith
  • Added an “About” section that gets displayed by pulling from my about page. Also added a Gravatar so you can see my freaky mug.
  • Added a contact form powered by the awesome Gravity Forms plugin.
  • Added a link to get to all my blog posts and added paging to that blog page.
  • Added a second blog area to the theme so I could pull posts from both of my companies’ blogs
  • Reorganized the order of some of the items (moved my blogs above photo and links – which I update less frequently)

I will continue to noodle a bit more, but I think it is looking pretty good. Hope you like it!

]]> http://dana.rockel.com/welcome-to-the-latest-iteration-of-my-blog/feed/ 0 http://dana.rockel.com/welcome-to-the-latest-iteration-of-my-blog/ These tools really DO suck… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/danarockel/~3/XfbNekHXPI0/ http://dana.rockel.com/these-tools-really-do-suck/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:03:27 +0000 Dana http://dana.rockel.com/these-tools-really-do-suck/ These tools really DO suck… Suck colors out of images with ColorSuckr (sample). Suck colors out of websites with the DOM color analyzer in ColorZilla (sample).

]]> http://dana.rockel.com/these-tools-really-do-suck/feed/ 0 http://dana.rockel.com/these-tools-really-do-suck/ Following some new UI/icon designers today in search of inspiration. Know of anyone amazing? (@mike9r thanks for the list to get me started) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/danarockel/~3/BAxzEyUBlSA/ http://dana.rockel.com/following-some-new-uiicon-designers-today-in-search-of-inspiration-know-of-anyone-amazing-mike9r-thanks-for-the-list-to-get-me-started/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:33:01 +0000 Dana http://dana.rockel.com/following-some-new-uiicon-designers-today-in-search-of-inspiration-know-of-anyone-amazing-mike9r-thanks-for-the-list-to-get-me-started/ Following some new UI/icon designers today in search of inspiration. Know of anyone amazing? (@mike9r thanks for the list to get me started)

]]> http://dana.rockel.com/following-some-new-uiicon-designers-today-in-search-of-inspiration-know-of-anyone-amazing-mike9r-thanks-for-the-list-to-get-me-started/feed/ 0 http://dana.rockel.com/following-some-new-uiicon-designers-today-in-search-of-inspiration-know-of-anyone-amazing-mike9r-thanks-for-the-list-to-get-me-started/ For all you neat freaks (like … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/danarockel/~3/sqVc7AzIk6g/ http://dana.rockel.com/for-all-you-neat-freaks-like/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:39:38 +0000 Dana http://dana.rockel.com/for-all-you-neat-freaks-like/ For all you neat freaks (like myself), keep those cables from dropping with CableDrop – http://bit.ly/16NLfi #shouldbecheapertho

]]> http://dana.rockel.com/for-all-you-neat-freaks-like/feed/ 0 http://dana.rockel.com/for-all-you-neat-freaks-like/ Could the MacTablet run both O… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/danarockel/~3/R6TLFs1odSg/ http://dana.rockel.com/could-the-mactablet-run-both-o-2/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:30:05 +0000 Dana http://dana.rockel.com/could-the-mactablet-run-both-o-2/ Could the MacTablet run both OS X and the iPhone OS? Interesting thought – http://bit.ly/wxZoE #thatwouldrock

]]> http://dana.rockel.com/could-the-mactablet-run-both-o-2/feed/ 0 http://dana.rockel.com/could-the-mactablet-run-both-o-2/ Reviewing WordPress theme fram… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/danarockel/~3/zZ-w1V1zPxA/ http://dana.rockel.com/reviewing-wordpress-theme-fram-2/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:41:47 +0000 Dana http://dana.rockel.com/reviewing-wordpress-theme-fram-2/ Reviewing WordPress theme frameworks – Thematic, ThemeHybrid, Carrington and WP Framework. Any others I should check out?

]]> http://dana.rockel.com/reviewing-wordpress-theme-fram-2/feed/ 0 http://dana.rockel.com/reviewing-wordpress-theme-fram-2/ If you are a Twitter and iPhon… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/danarockel/~3/3jjJMbgYHqg/ http://dana.rockel.com/if-you-are-a-twitter-and-iphon/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:39:26 +0000 Dana http://dana.rockel.com/if-you-are-a-twitter-and-iphon/ If you are a Twitter and iPhone junkie, you need to check out Birdbrain, it rocks – http://birdbrainapp.com/

]]> http://dana.rockel.com/if-you-are-a-twitter-and-iphon/feed/ 0 http://dana.rockel.com/if-you-are-a-twitter-and-iphon/ Neat! I never knew a 9-volt ba… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/danarockel/~3/A2EZ7bxNW24/ http://dana.rockel.com/neat-i-never-knew-a-9-volt-ba-2/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:22:42 +0000 Dana http://dana.rockel.com/neat-i-never-knew-a-9-volt-ba-2/ Neat! I never knew a 9-volt battery is just six AAA chained together. You can hack them apart to use if needed. http://bit.ly/qVO6A

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