Brainspill

In October I was all gush and good feelings about Steve Krug’s “Don’t Make Me Think” seminar that I attended in Chicago. I even wrote about it, I had so many good things to say, and try to remember.

A fantastic offer Mr. Krug made at the seminar was, “If I don’t cover your website at the seminar, then I’ll make myself available to you for a phone call to go over it afterward.” That’s quite an unbelievable offer; an expert, looking at your stuff, giving you pointers!

No, really. Unbelievable. As in, “Did not happen”.

Continue reading “Don’t Make Me Think… of Ways To Ignore You.”

There’s a silly competition going on for WordPress Themes.

I’ve decided to go ahead and give them the link notoriety they’re asking for, since I’ll probably end up adopting one of the entries as the appearance of this website, but my linking them doesn’t come without some commentary.

Here’s a short list of why I call it “silly”

• The judges identities are secret
• The entries are secret
• The homepage doesn’t mention the secrecy of the identities
• The homepage doesn’t mention the prizes.

Continue reading “WordPress Theme Competition”

Heard an audio clip of Ray Nagin – Mayor of New Orleans – saying during MLK day (paraphrased): “God is angry with the US… likely over the war in Iraq… and that’s why He sends hurricane after hurricane to beat up New Orleans.” I was driving, I couldn’t write it down or record it.

But I couldn’t help but wonder… “Mayor Nagin, are you sure that wrath isn’t over… Mardi Gras? God’s got pretty good aim. I’m pretty sure he’d punish our presence in Iraq in… um, Iraq. After all – when He was upset over Sodom and Gomorrah, he didn’t torch Jerusalem.”