SXSW Highlights
I don’t even know where to begin. I’ve spent the last few days in the darkness of my own room, still reeling from the social high and sense of awe that was SXSW.
For starters Breaking Bread with Brad was a highlight in itself. The blogging energy was electrifying, as digital cameras popped up like meerkats on ecstasy. I had the good fortune of sitting next to Davezilla and Natalie, amongst many others. It was nice to put faces on the blogging voices that I have become so addicted to.
Tina was sweet enough to buy me a Shiner (the local Texan brew), which I unfortunately had to decline. I am able to hold more alcohol in my navel than in my system. Tina rocks.
After the dinner we headed down Sixth St. to a piano bar where I saw Min Jung down her fifth and sixth Shiner. Jessica kept busy by pulling out camera after camera from what seemed like her magic camera bag. At last count there were four. We left the bar and headed to the Omni. Just in time too - the pianist began to belt out his rendition of Michael Jackson’s Man in the Mirror. The horror!
At the Omni Rannie and Christine hit the Internet on a borrowed TiBook. Just touching the machine brought out inclinations to switch. Seems like I’m the not the only one who has been considering the move. Rannie has too.
Spent the rest of the night talking to Matt about our anal-retentiveness in our quest for pixel perfection, and he said that he had developed a zenlike approach to it. He’s more at peace now. My zenlike approach? Screw this, I’m going to sleep.
Not quite the case with my latest redesign of Tribolum. Guess the practice of Zen will just have to wait till my next design iteration. Give me some feedback on how the site looks on your browsers, or how you find the appearance etc. See all Zen dissipate as I strive endlessly to please you!
So that was day one of SXSW. I’ll write about the other days another day.
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erm, honest comments, sorry if they sound too un-tactful. this layout is very cold and impersonal, a break from your previous layout which was... simple, clean, but still with your personal touch(from the photos/banner like thingie). This is soooo run-of-mill!
I sort of have to disagree. I opened up the comments because I wanted to mention that I find this layout really attractive. It looks a touch stereotypical to me - BUT, I can't figure out if it looks too close to a standard MT layout, or if I've just been looking at Tribolum long enough that it's become a staple layout. :) So it may be that it looks like Tribolum, and I'm just on crack.
Either way, I think it looks nice. The best way I know of to evaluate a design is to not look at it for a week or two, then bring it up, and be very attuned to the gut feelings it brings up THAT VERY SECOND. Keep it for a while, see what happens.
After letting it sit for a while I realised the design is a huge tribute to all Canadian bloggers...
Either that or it's a huge "MY NAME IS..." sticker that happens to be a weblog.
You think?
Well, thought the old page had a more luciany feel to it. The new one looks more professional... depends on what you want.
Lucian! The design looks groovy to me, but I don't remember or didn't see the old one. It was great talking to you and ever since I got back into town I've been showing everyone your photographs, and they all go "Oooo."