So, i thought i'd try and do a little post using the wii. It seems to be going ok. The keyboard is a bit tricky but it works. In fact there's something to be said for checking your e-mail using a tv in your living room.
So, still early days with the wii, but love playing the sports games, and cultivating Mii's. Bug me if you want my code.
*actually, now I'm editing it with the mac, because there were loads of spelling mistakes and strange errors. mmm.
Some of the more observant of you have noticed that this site responds to a new address - you can now find dots and spaces at the usual typepad address and now at the new sparkly www.dotsandspaces.co.uk. This is because I now have a hosting package where I can play around with a few website ideas, host my portfolio at www.giantparty.net and sort out my email.
The last couple of years have been a huge learning experience in terms of the web and I now feel very confident building sites using html and css (old skool), and now cms packages such as joomla and drupal, and specialist blogging tools like wordpress and typepad (which is what has driven this little site since February 2004). There is plenty of advice out there to support these web tools and if you have a problem, or need a little fix, you can be sure someone out there has already beaten you to it.
If you think that you'd like a blog then drop me a line. I've already set up a few sites for various people who use their blogs to do everything from keep in touch with friends, talk about important issues, sell their wares, rap about life or just put up some pictures. It can look professional or low-fi, personal or minimalist - you choose. Remember, the revolution will not be televised...it will be blogged.
Just in case anyone fancies it - my blog is now a widget that you can get here. I don't really know the point of it yet, but as with all these things it just takes a little time.
A couple of weeks ago I attended a seminar run by the design council which explored the ways in which to encourage small businesses to use design as part of their strategic thinking. The idea being that investing in design should be thought of in terms of benefit and investment just as much as say, employing more staff, investing in technology etc.
I've set up a little site very quickly using the free google.pages tool - its very easy to use and has allowed me to trail a new idea I have. I'm still not very sure what its about, but I'm thinking about it as an experiment. I would welcome your comments and appeal for hypothetical problems to solve. These are strategic problems where design would play a role in solving them.
This is very different to the usual route I take as a graphic designer, (less image-maker, more conceptual) but the idea is to allow yourself to multi-task - to be the creative - the solution could be product, print, web-based or simply a concept. I know that many people do this already, but as I think more about this, it could become quite interesting.
we'll see - I wanted to explain the appearance of these new pages and hope you'll forgive me as I have a little play.
