Seeking Expert Front-End Coders

Nov 28, 2006

Ideacodes is currently seeking expert front-end XHTML, CSS and AJAX coder(s) on a contract-to-hire basis. This isn’t a design position, rather, you’ll be coding designs and prototypes into XHTML/CSS, implementing AJAX interactions, and working closely with a designer. If you’re a hybrid designer-developer, all the better. You’ll be an integral part of our team on ...

Dreamlands

Dreamlands

Nov 27, 2006

“Aurora borealis casting it’s glow over Seltún geothermal area in SW-Iceland.” By Helga Kvam, All Rights Reserved. Visit Helga’s flickr page to see more of her stunning photography from Iceland.

The Shift

Nov 22, 2006

Many of the trends we’ve been seeing in Web 2.0 aren’t limited to the internet, as much the Valley likes to think so :) Ideas that arise from subcultures do so for a reason. Sometimes because one person rises up to claim it, but more often because a collective group of people are feeling and ...

Suggested Reading, November 18, 2006

Nov 18, 2006

A round-up of some articles and ideas that I’ve enjoyed recently with a focus on global change, community, action, and design thinking. Worldchanging: A Users Guide for the 21st Century “A groundbreaking compendium of the most innovative solutions, ideas and inventions emerging today for building a sustainable, livable, prosperous future. From consumer consciousness to a ...

Hacking the System

Hacking the System

Nov 11, 2006

A few bits of other news caught my eye this last week amid the flurry of activity here in San Francisco around the Web 2.0 Summit. Power to the People Creative Commons is hacking the ad system to fundraise. CC put their new video on Revver, the online video site with revenue-sharing. Every time someone ...

The Cloud

The Cloud

Nov 10, 2006

This combines so many elements that I’m drawn to into one functional environment – beyond object.  It’s meditative, ethereal, and draws from camping technology (rip-stop nylon, portable).  Camping in my tent has always been highly meditative and creative for me.  At one point many years ago, we even had our tent set up in our ...

Rumsfeld Resignation

Rumsfeld Resignation

Nov 9, 2006

Summarized in a Mac OSX screenshot… Via Boing Boing

A Good Day for America

A Good Day for America

Nov 9, 2006

The Democrats finally make the move to regain power and I couldn’t be more excited.  My parents live in Northen Virginia so it was a victory on many levels.  San Francisco’s Nancy Pelosi becomes the first woman Speaker of the House.  She’s also the first speaker to post to a blog.

Widgets Live!

Widgets Live!

Nov 7, 2006

I’m at the Widgets Live! conference this afternoon with a sold-out crowd of widget geeks, technologists, developers, bloggers and execs at the Marines’ Club in San Francisco. Widgets Live! is the first conference by GigaOM, hosted by Om Malik (my client) in partnership with Niall Kennedy. It’s also the first conference I’ve been to recently ...