Posts Categorized "Life"

Tech Resolutions for 2009

Happy new years everyone! Last year I posted some of my resolutions for last year (2008) and so I thought that this would be a good time to look at 2008 in review and introduce my 2009 resolutions. Read more

Status Update

Tonight I have been burning the late night early morning oil (3:14) as usual on various projects and listening to good ole’ The Association but I thought I should take some time to update you guys on what’s going on and why things have been rather bleak lately… Read more

Stop the Cliche Madness!

So I was reading an article for Systems Analysis & Design class that said “It has become a cliche to talk about IT project cost overruns and blown deadlines.” And for some reason I found myself in this thought pattern:

So it is sometimes a cliche to talk about something.
What about it being sometimes cliche to talk about something else being cliche to talk about?
But then, what about it being cliche to talk about how cliche it is to talk about something being cliche to talk about? Stop the cliche craziness! It’s cliche for me to even be talking about this

Consistency and Usability

I forgot one of my other resolutions and just in the nick of time: Consistency and Usability!

I’m going to try to make a post on this blog every day, but only if I have quality content. I got this tip from Jakob Nielsen’s Top 10 Design Mistakes. I highly recommend taking a look at his list if you are starting your own blog or want to do a checkup of your current site.

Usability

I noticed this article in my RSS feeds a few days ago from The New York Times: Innovative Minds Don’t Think Alike. I found this article very interesting and particularly true personally. As a programmer, I do find myself getting carried away with the code and what makes sense to me leaving little thought to what everyone else (professors, friends, etc.) think of the same interface. So, when I create my official website design I will keep you guys, my future (hopefully loyal) readers in mind.

Happy New Years!

The new year is finally here and I’m declaring the year of 2008 “The Year of Jon’s View.” Beginning 2008 will be the first official year of this Blog and I hope that it’s a great success. And what would a new year be without a new years resolution.

Focus - Make it happen

I tend to let my mind wander when I really could be doing things more useful with my time. I’ve found that I “daydream” excessively, which is nice because I get a lot of ideas, but I never spend anytime pursuing any of them. This year I’m going to focus on some of those ideas and work on making them become a reality. This blog happens to be one of those ideas that’s been sitting in the back of my mind so it’s time to blow away the dust and shine it up a bit.