Hi. Darren Pearson here from DNP Consulting. Please feel free to leave feedback on any of my blog postings. I especially encourage feedback from Disqus users.
Jul
26
Found a great website I have to remember to include in my Visualization Portfolio class called called The Design Cubicle. Lots of good, practical articles like:
Jul
19
Just added StumbleUpon to my blog. StumbleUpon has been around for a long time and is a nice way to find new content if you find yourself in a rut visiting the same old websites everyday. While it is a little similar to Digg, the results tend to show up a lot longer by comparison. If you like a blog posting and have a StumbleUpon account (it’s free by the way), just press the “Stumble It” button and choose the which topic it should be filed under.
BTW, once you signup to StumbleUpon, you’ll automatically get a profile page. If you find someone with similar interests as you, it’s nice to check out their profile for new ideas of places to go on the web.
Jul
13
In the past, I’ve used the tried and true method of pressing Print Screen and pasting the results into Paint/Gimp/Photoshop when ever I wanted to do a still capture of a website. I recently heard about Talon from Aviary while listening to Amber MacArthur and Leo Laport on the Net@Nite podcast so I thought I’d give it a try. Works like a charm. Just place “http://aviary.com” in front of the URL you want to capture and you’ll get a ton of options to capture, edit and store your screen grabs. Very simple to use and they even have a Talon plugin for Firefox. Below are a couple of screen captures of web intern job posting I plan to pass along to my web design students.
Jul
8
Looks like Google is going to go head to head with Microsoft and develop a Google Operating System based off of Chrome. The article says it could be release in mid 2010 and will be open source. This could really change things for Microsoft. Google Docs, along with Open Office have taken a good size bite out of Microsoft Office and now this. Curious to see how this plays out.
While I’ve really liked the products Google has created, I worry that they are getting just a little too powerful. Let’s hope they stick to the informal company motto “Don’t Be Evil“. Guess we will have to wait and see.
Jul
1
Minnesota Public Radio recently had a podcast with Google CEO Eric Schmidt at the Aspen Ideas Festival. Had some very interesting insights/comments on Cloud Computing, where Social Media is heading, Energy Policy and the current state of the US & global economy.
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