This is an early iteration of the system but I think it’s at a good point to publish. I just saw Mario Klingerman present at the FITC, and now I have a ton of new ideas to continue exploring and experimenting. If only I had some more free time.

Eventually I plan to release the code, but not until I’ve explored the possibility a little further.

Here’s an online conversation with a good friend of mine on IM!

oculart:      hows it going with you these days
ghostmonk:  good man
ghostmonk: busy
oculart:     that’s the word on the streets isn’t it
ghostmonk: Myron and I are making this crazy ass site
oculart:     sweet, for who
ghostmonk: same one we’ve been working on for the last 8 months
ghostmonk: for this at risk women’s group in Winnipeg
ghostmonk: funded by ***
oculart:      ah cool, is an interactive story?
ghostmonk: no
ghostmonk: it’s a content site
ghostmonk: interactive story would be awesome
ghostmonk: nice idea
ghostmonk: I can show you
ghostmonk: beta.**********.com
ghostmonk: runs completely off a cms
ghostmonk: that’s why there is dummy content in there right now
ghostmonk: there is still a ton of work left to do
oculart:     alright let me check it out
oculart:      i like the resizing browser animation snap thing
ghostmonk: There’s more there than meets the eye
ghostmonk: the content is completely managed
ghostmonk: there is a back end
oculart:     do they have a lot of content they are going to be adding
ghostmonk: I guess so
oculart:     i don’t really believe in having cms for a lot of sites
oculart:     seems like a waste of programming time unless content is updated hourly
oculart:      I think it’s foolish when more resources are used on building a back end application when its just as easy to republish updated content unless it needs to be dynamic content (more…)

A friend, a designer in the business for nearly a decade now, said something poignant the other day. It was powerful, because many creative professionals probably experience his same sense of disillusion working in the creative field. Heck, it’s a damn mine field out there, even for the exceptionally gifted, and in the subjective world of design and taste, one person’s Picasso, is another person’s… well… Picasso. (Not everyone loves Picasso people!)

This friend made a very simple statement,

“Everyone thinks they know everything”. (more…)