Minor Blog Difficulties
Another day, another update to WordPress, another update to my WordPress theme – and another bunch of bugs. Plus something fun this weekend with Service Design.
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Design events and bigger boats
Dear AIGA-SF,
No disrespect – I’m trying to attend more of your events – no really, I am. And one day, I’ll even purchase a membership in your organization. But with membership in the Bay Area of 1,600 designers in “graphics, interaction, experience, motion, and affiliated fields in the Greater Bay Area”, if your events consistently sell out, can we find you larger venues so you can accommodate the members and general public?
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Collecting the Intelligence, for better or for worse.
Via Metafilter I came across a Tumblr called “The Internet Wishlist”. As usual, I find great and not so great things to consider about this. To be fair, there’s part of me that loves this. I have a few ideas I’d love to come to fruition, including one I submitted via email about event aggregation. …
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Using another design instead of your own
No, the title doesn’t refer to stealing other people’s creative property – while that hasn’t happened to me, I’ve seen it happen to a friend, and it’s horrible when it happens. No amount of watermarking will ever stop someone who doesn’t value the creative output of another. What I’m referring to in this case is using the final output of someone else’s design, with their permission – and the issues that raises.
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She’s Geeky and how new forms build stronger structures
Had an interesting time at She’s Geeky over the weekend – the feeling that I’m still ‘computing’ and processing all I heard and learned is a good sign for me of a great event. It will be interesting to see how the community around the conference develops and how technology aids or doesn’t aid in fostering that community – any community, really. There are clearly some great lessons to learn from this event.
