focus on the clouds

New Photos!

...on my Flickr account, as normal:

Cherry Blossoms, Friends & Tulips
Vacation 2008 – Western Carribean Cruise & Key West
Memorial Day Weekend 2008

Photos from Lakeshore

I just returned from a week at Lakeshore where my wife led a Senior & Junior High Arts Camp. I worked during the day and played with the campers at night – quite an experience.

Anyway, I’ve posted some photos on my Flickr Account: Lakeshore Arts Camp.

Differentiation

37signals bring up a great interview about the right time of differentiation. Check it out here .

Going Google

Michael Calore at one of the Wired Blogs is going Google. He will be replacing all of his desktop applications with their Google counterparts for the next month.

This is something I’ve very interested in, but have no way to do, since I’m so tied to the features of Microsoft Exchange and OneNote.

Here is the link to his articles on the subject: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/thegooglelife/index.html

Apple: America's best retailer

Fortune has written a insightful article on why Apple is America’s best retailer. I especially like this quote:

“One of the best pieces of advice Mickey ever gave us was to go rent a warehouse and build a prototype of a store, and not, you know, just design it, go build 20 of them, then discover it didn’t work,” says Jobs.

Flickr

All right, I’ve given in. I like Flickr’s photo interface so much, that I’m going to try only using it from for my online photo management.

Gotta love the truth

“We were trying to make the email experience better for our users. We ended up making it better for yours, too,” stated Gmail guru Paul Buchheit at a Wall Street Journal joint interview with the guys behind the email apps at Google, Microsoft and Yahoo.

Cirrus Detail 4

Even more giant paintbrush strokes in the sky…

Cirrus Detail 3

More giant paintbrush strokes in the sky…

Cirrus Detail 2

Giant paintbrush strokes in the sky…

Cumulus Detail 17

Cumulus cloud detail backlit by the sun.

Live Redesign

Just wanted to let you know that I’m in the middle of a live redesign. Bear with me – the new version should be complete soon.

In the mean time – Happy Thanksgiving!

Fall 2005 CSS Reboot List

I haven’t posted any comments in a while, so I thought I would list my favorite CSS Rebooters for the Fall 2005 session.

In no particular alphabetical order:

Photo Feed

Yes, it seems that photos have been updated much more often than articles in, oh.. the last three months. So, per request, I have added an XML/RSS feed for my photos. Enjoy! Also, I’m considering adding a direct link to the location of my photos on Google Maps. Does that sound like a good idea?

DC-169-1

The bridge marker under the north-bound I-395 bridge on Ohio Drive SW in downtown DC.

DC-1133

The bridge marker under the south-bound I-395 bridge on Ohio Drive SW in DC.

Jefferson Memorial Columns III

The columns wrapping around the outside of the Jefferson Memorial.

Jefferson Memorial Text

One of the quotes on the wall of the Jefferson Memorial.

Jefferson

Jefferson presiding over his monument.

Jefferson Memorial Columns & Ceiling

Out of the four gateway in the Jefferson Memorial, only two of them were without some type of construction at the top.