understanding technology

Getting It Real and Really Getting It

Monday, April 21st, 2008

I recently jumped ship on a project that seemed destined to hit the rocky shores of missed deadlines and then sink in the swirling eddies of communication breakdown. I wasn’t on board for long - about a week and a half really - but during that time I spent far too many days trying to […]

Demand More

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

What is a software application?
When we think of a software application, most of us will conjure up the image of some sort of user interface splashed across a computer screen. As far as most of us are concerned, whatever is on the screen is the software. Period.
Engineers will tend to look at it […]

Turning New Pages

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

As a software artist who is focused on ‘bridging the gap between end users and engineers’ I have always found it necessary and worthwhile to explore the ‘materials’ that I work with. In doing so I can better control the emotional impact of an application on the user: the more I know about how the […]

The Meaning of Art, The Purpose of Technology

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

As a software artist I am a beast with two heads. I am an artist by compulsion and I am a software designer/engineer both by choice and sheer determination to understand technology. Most people tend to address one head or the other, depending upon whether they meet me first as an artist or as an […]

Road Blocks and Code Blocks

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

A couple of weeks ago I alluded to my journey of discovery into server side web programming as being like an expedition over perilous, rocky terrain. Certainly the learning curve has been steep in places but I really enjoy the view from the top – when the answers to previously daunting questions can be finally […]

Coast Lines and Code Lines

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

Suddenly summer is over. Whoops! I forgot to go to the beach!
Time flies when you’re growing a new business and this summer I chose to spend a lot of my time building a data driven web site from the ground up. I’ve done lots of desktop software development but I’ve never really gotten into […]

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