Writings on web design and higher education from Missoula, MT

Cool Tide Commercial.  Reminds me of the effect those flashing ads have on how I view a website. Thank God Firefox has it’s own version of the Tide Stick for websites.

Via Authentic Boredom.

I’ve uploaded a unique set of pictures to flickr of my roommates cat. Check it out.

Life has been busy, and I need some motivation to finish up some quality posts… help me out by showing some support and de-lurking (posting a comment). Comments with post ideas will be keenly listened to.

Don’t worry, I’m still working on a good write-up of the new UM Admissions site mentioned earlier.

Starbucks seems to be off the deep end here, and slightly less offensively here.

If you think your coffee shouldn’t be saying that to the masses, take your words here or leave a comment.

It would seem that spammers are getting even more tricky. Today I noticed my first trackback spam.

I guess when I upgrade Wordpress and apply a new theme (long over due) I won’t allow trackbacks to be posted in the comments. Such a shame, spammers are really ruining the internet in every possible way.

Dear Google,

I use Gmail for Your Domain, and since the calendar function has finally been added, I am in love with this service. I do have a small request though, one that I believe many customers would like to utilize.

My suggestion is simple, integrate the calendar and email clients more fully; give me a checkbox when I set up an appointment to activate the email auto-responder during the time that I am scheduled for that event.

Thank you,

Dan Bowling

This year I graduate from Northland College. As I walk on May 27th I, along with many of my classmates, will be wearing a little green ribbon. This ribbon is worn by members of over 10 colleges around the US as an emblem of the following pledge:

“I pledge to explore and take into account the social and environmental consequences of any job I consider and will try to improve these aspects of any organizations for which I work.”

Going into this world as a professional from this point forward, I strongly consider my obligations to look at my actions in a holistic sense with a mind to social and environmental factors, among others. All too often do we look at the most near-sighted of goals with little respect to the varied levels of changes it makes in the daily lives of ourselves, our co-workers, and others.

I just realized that people who call themselves realists are simply pessimists that think they are optimists. It blew my mind.

On a side note, I would like to remind you that it is the non-conformist that conforms most rigorously to the rules of non-conformity.

I haven’t suffered the problems of finding career goals like many of my generation, I have known what my goals are for years, but as I approach my graduation date, I find myself wondering where I am going to work, and how I am going to achieve those goals. Read the rest of this entry »