http://mynameisjay.com Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:07:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hey, guess what? I'm still alive! Yeah I know my last blog post has been over EIGHT MONTHS ago, but I'm still alive and kicking. On the bright side, since then, I landed a job at iRacing.com, and redesigned/coded their website and built a second site, inRacingNews.com which is starting ... http://mynameisjay.com/2010/technology/what-does-the-apple-tablet-mean-for-web-design/ I started this blog with really high hopes of writing at least one entry a week, building up a community, and creating a personal online identity. I think that’s what all bloggers want in the beginning. You set up a site, start typing, then get recognized, then make money. Unfortunately ... http://mynameisjay.com/2009/uncategorized/does-anyone-really-%e2%80%9cblog%e2%80%9d-anymore/ Well the inevitable finally happened. I was working in a nice contract gig until last week. Business started to slow down and of course being the only contractor there, I was the first to unceremoniously get the axe. I figured it would happen sooner or later for reasons I will ... http://mynameisjay.com/2009/design/indie-pixelscom-is-in-the-oven/ A short while ago nobody really knew what it mean’t to be “Web 2.0”. It started with a very broad definition. To put it into really basic terms, compared to the traditional web, or I guess “Web 1.0”, Web 2.0 utilized collaborative possibilities, easy information sharing, and more unified ... http://mynameisjay.com/2009/gaming/remember-web-20/ Once again I have been neglecting my blog... It’s not that I haven’t had anything interesting to talk about (though many people may not agree with what I find interesting) I just can’t stand to look at code after I’ve coded all day. I managed to snag a job a ... http://mynameisjay.com/2008/apple/where-are-those-new-headphones-apple/ As usual I have lots of big plans. One of them as I mentioned before is to revamp my site. One thing I dislike about my site now is how long the url is.  At eleven characters, in my opinon its pretty bloated and unreadable, especially when you want to ... http://mynameisjay.com/2008/design/i-hate-web-squatters/ I’m always keeping an eye out for trends especially when it comes to web design. Lately I’ve been noticing something very interesting. There is something that almost all of the really “new age” sites have in common nowadays stylistically. Go to sites like Flickr, Twitter, Digg, Vimeo, or Facebook and ... http://mynameisjay.com/2008/design/matte-is-the-new-shine/ Wow, has it really been almost a month since I’ve posted on my blog? I knew it had been a while, but I had no idea it’s been this long! Things have been so crazy lately that I just haven’t had the free time to add much content. Not much ... http://mynameisjay.com/2008/design/this-is-getting-old/ Back in the day I used to think about what interviewing and working for a design job would be like. I would always picture a real laid back agency with bean bag chairs (I don’t know why I always pictured bean bag chairs...), a wide open studio with lots of ... http://mynameisjay.com/2008/design/if-you-want-a-design-job-you-may-want-to-read-this/ Wow, I’ve really neglected my shiny new blog.  Well, I guess it’s not so new any more, but it sure is shiny.  It’s just been a crazy couple of weeks.  I graduated from the University of Massachusetts Lowell on May 31st. To commemorate, I bought myself a huge LCD television that ... http://mynameisjay.com/2008/apple/im-officially-an-apple-developer/