Welcome Swedes!

Posted on 19th May, 2005 at 10:57pm by joel

I’m a shortstat addict. I like to keep an eye on the [paltry] traffic to my site, so I routinely check my shortstats all day long. Today shortly after 4pm, a huge string of referrals from cssdesign.se showed up. A quick click later and I discovered that I’d been singled out for…well, I’m not sure. I don’t know a lick of Swedish. All I know is that my site was posted on cssdesign.se and a whole bunch of people were coming to check it out. Judging from my typical visitation (which is rather pathetic), chances are you’re one of those people. If so, welcome! I’m Joel. Someone in your country decided my site was worth seeing. I’m attempting to fulfill that. Keep reading, please.

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I’ve Been Baton’d!

Posted on 19th May, 2005 at 7:27pm by joel

I’ve been watching with amusement as the musical baton made it’s way around the “webdev geek circle” these past few days. I kept hoping that some big important guy or gal somewhere would spontaneously pass it to me, but alas, it would not happen. However, a really cool orange frog came through today. I am finally cool…at least until people see what I’m listening to…

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Portfolio Expansion II

Posted on 16th May, 2005 at 1:44pm by joel

As I mentioned two nights ago, I was going to try to add even more items to my portfolio over the weekend. Unfortunately, a friend of mine sent me a link to an incredibly addictive game last night and I wasted a few hours playing that game when I could have been working on this article (this was the only part left of the expansion. Everything else was done). Without further ado, I’d like to introduce the new subsection “ads & direct marketing”.

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Time Saved

Posted on 15th May, 2005 at 8:08pm by joel

Note, this is my official endorsement for the Dakota Watch Company���and qualifies as complete and total off-topic commentary.

I put on my watch this morning only to discover that it wasn’t ticking. I had to get to church, though, so I couldn’t remedy the situation right away. (Of course, I wore the watch anyway, because I don’t know what I’d do with an empty left wrist.) This afternoon, I stopped at the mall on my way to the grocery store. I walked into Marshall Field’s, as that’s where this particular watch had been purchased. The woman was very nice as she told me that they send out batteries and the guy who deals with them comes in once a week���on Thursdays. I wouldn’t have my watch back for 11 days! Ugh.

The other woman at the counter pointed me to the Dakota Watch Company’s little stand between Marshall Field’s and Target. I walked over and the woman at the stand asked if it was a battery problem. I responded, “I hope that’s all it is” as I handed her my watch. Barely five minutes later, I’d paid her $8.51 and had a freshly ticking watch on my wrist and a two-year battery guarantee in my pocket. Hot damn. Thank you Dakota Watch Company.

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Creating: Three Stationery Packages

Posted on 14th May, 2005 at 8:10pm by joel

Rather than post this as three individual “Creating:” journal entries, I have decided to combine these three pieces into one entry. All of these stationery packages share a lot of features and characteristics and by discussing them all at once, you the reader can compare and contrast the different solutions and design features employed.

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Portfolio Expansion I

Posted on 14th May, 2005 at 7:58pm by joel

Back when I launched this web site on April 4, I promised a few things. Two of those promises were fulfilled shortly after the launch. Today I am fulfilling a portion of another of the promises. I said that I would be expanding my portfolio and adding several more sections and pieces to it. This is the first part of the expansion and if all goes well, there will be a few additional parts to follow this weekend (perhaps even this evening). The subsection “stationery & identity” is the first to be added.

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