I recently quit my full time job in the hopes of finding more exciting work and finding myself as a developer. But what I was completely unaware of, was how much I suck at being social (Seriously). I can’t think of anyone I know that is less sociable than I, and this worries me.

To be a good freelancer, you really need social skills. That’s your only way to find work, interacting with people. So I’ve come up with a plan;

1. I will force myself everyday to get out and talk to at least 3 business owners about their web presence.
2. Of those 3 people, I will (at the least) contact them again, with or without motive to sell anything.
3. I will blog every two weeks, regardless of whether or not I have anything to say.
4. I will be more socially interactive online. (Twitter, Facebook, etc.)

Here’s to better days, and less socially awkward experiences.

Let me explain when I came to this conclusion.

Creativity has a hard time finding it’s way to me.
– Me

What sprouted from that thought was much more pondering on it.

Oh, and cookies.

But I digress

I can sit with a piece of paper in front of me forever (can’t anybody?) and still not ‘create’ anything.
Basically, what I’m saying is, I can’t “get creative!” so I have to work toward my goal, without a goal in sight. This can be perilous at times because the design of the site changes so much in the process that it can take a considerable amount of time to produce something that I’m happy with.

Maybe I’m just too picky…

But nonetheless, it’s how I’ve always done it.

So, now for the point! (yay, I was really waiting for this)

I recently read this article and it became apparent to me that I hadn’t been designing in the browser, I was merely Designing in the browser!?

Here’s the scoop

Whether you dream on a page or dream in code, it’s all the same! I see no difference from starting with a blank slate in Photoshop or a text editor, It all depends on your taste or rather your skillset.
So when someone says, “Hey, you gotta do ____ this way to actually design!?” tell ‘em you could design with mustard on a hamburger if you wanted to.

So, good things happening in the world…

Firefox is dropping the vendor-prefixes on CSS3 Animations, Transitions, Transforms and Gradients {Resource}
And this makes me all giddy inside.

ZIPPIDY DO DA FOR THE WEB!!!

So things are looking up

and down…

• I was just removed from one of the most meaningful relationships of my life, no biggie. (commence sadness…)

• I’ve been put in charge of a responsive design at work. Hope I can make it happen and show my boss that Responsive Design Isn’t Scary.

• I seem to be growing at my new job, but not in the way I anticipated. Most of my techniques are seen as “unnecessary” or “sceptical” and maybe I’m wrong about them, but I’m pretty sure I know my WEB.

I’m updating the my work section soon

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent.
It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction.”
– Albert Einstein

Witches Ride Broomsticks

How Weird is That!?
How do you ride a broom?

1. Well, guess you find and/or buy a broom.
2. Then you get on it? Perhaps you enchant it first. Hmm…
3. Ok, so after the broom is “flight ready” you jump on top of it, hopefully you don’t look like an idiot while your up/down there.
4. You take flight! Maybe with a destination, maybe not, hey it’s cool, your flying a freaking broom.
5. Once you fly around for awhile, you show it off too your friends, of course, their the ones you really want to tell whos boss.
6. I’m pretty sure if you have a broom, you could rule the world, so I guess I would go give some government leader a run for his/her money.
7. After I took the contry for ransom, I would give all of the money that the government held to the people, hell it’s theirs anyway.

So, this started out as my instructions on how to ride a broom, but now it’s turned into my itenerary for when I take over the world.
I hope this is helpful, whether you want to fly a broom or become an awesome dictator.

Bye.