By {ns} | January 19, 2007
i used to have a clear idea of what urban10 was to become. that, of course, was a long time ago before i found myself enveloped at a confluence of ideas, desires and goals. however, as school progressed that vision began falling by the wayside due to severe time constraints and simply focusing on getting [...]
By {ns} | January 13, 2007
well of course apple does it again… leading the industry with extremely well-thought out innovation. earlier this week at macworld, steve jobs announced the new iphone, which is a “touch-screen ipod, mobile phone and internet communications device.” this product is simply amazing and is finally moving in the right direction in how we need to [...]
By {ns} | December 14, 2006
recall that interactive developer and the company it was for that i had the interview with back in late july? yeah, that’s the one… fantasy interactive. no, they did not contact me recently begging me to come work for them (though i wish!). no, they didn’t make any kind of offer for me. they did, [...]
By {ns} | November 18, 2006
getting paid for large projects is nice! i have been able to pay off a considerable amount of credit card debt that accumulated during college and have recently made fairly large purchases during the last week…purchases that were badly needed but never had the funds available.
i finally ordered my new mac book pro with the [...]
By {ns} | November 10, 2006
yesterday microsoft signed off on their code for their new vista os, declaring it ‘golden’ and ready to go…first to hardware/software manufacturers and then to consumers by january 30th of next year. first off, i’m sure many of you are aware that i have grown discontent with microsoft and their lack of innovation over the [...]
By {ns} | October 24, 2006
FINALLY! apple has upgraded their mac book pros with the new intel core 2 duo processors and they are awesome (drool)! i have been waiting to buy a new one until this upgrade… hoping that it would be released before the end of the year so i can deduct $3k on my taxes since it’s [...]
By {ns} | August 28, 2006
for many, design is simply how things look. is it cool looking? ugly? sleek? however, this it totally wrong. design is more about how it functions and how it works, which ultimately leads to its appearance. good functionality will ultimately leads to good design. i came across the following blog post which dives further into [...]
By {ns} | August 27, 2006
i was rather disturbed by an article in the nytimes this morning… words of wisdom vs. words from our sponsor which discusses how companies are now taking advantage of electronic versions of books, a shift that will take years to complete but is inevitable nonetheless. these companies, one being Freeload Press in st. paul, seeks [...]
By {ns} | August 21, 2006
i have recently found myself living in a cheap imitation of the matrix, or perhaps living among a large population who desire to play space shuttle commander or something like that. it seems that with the latest craze in gadetry also comes a degrading mockery of its overly-exaggerated usage. now this certain demographic of our [...]
By {ns} | August 11, 2006
drool… apple recently released their new desktop powerhouse machines utilizing the new Intel Dual Core technology and damn they are awesome. just check out the stats. although i am still going to end up buying the new macbook pro, i still love this machine nonetheless and would definitely consider buying one later on down the [...]
