http://www.mynameisjay.com The Personal Site of Developer/Designer Jay Scullin Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:57:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.mynameisjay.com/apple/what-does-the-apple-tablet-mean-for-web-design/ http://www.mynameisjay.com/web-design/does-anyone-really-blog-any-more/ Well the inevitable finally happened. I was working in a nice contract gig until last week. Business started to slow down and of course being the only contractor there, I was the first to unceremoniously get the axe. I figured it would happen sooner or later for reasons I will not discuss. I even took [...]]]> http://www.mynameisjay.com/design/indiepixels-is-in-the-oven/ A short while ago nobody really knew what it mean’t to be “Web 2.0”. It started with a very broad definition. To put it into really basic terms, compared to the traditional web, or I guess “Web 1.0”, Web 2.0 utilized collaborative possibilities, easy information sharing, and more unified standards. I’ve noticed that within the [...]]]> http://www.mynameisjay.com/web-design/remember-web-2-0/ Once again I have been neglecting my blog… It’s not that I haven’t had anything interesting to talk about (though many people may not agree with what I find interesting) I just can’t stand to look at code after I’ve coded all day. I managed to snag a job a few months ago at a [...]]]> http://www.mynameisjay.com/miscellaneous/apple-flavored-headphones/ http://www.mynameisjay.com/web-design/i-hate-web-squatters/ http://www.mynameisjay.com/miscellaneous/this-is-getting-old/ I’m always keeping an eye out for trends especially when it comes to web design. Lately I’ve been noticing something very interesting. There is something that almost all of the really “new age” sites have in common nowadays stylistically. Go to sites like Flickr, Twitter, Digg, Vimeo, or Facebook and and you’ll see what I’m [...]]]> http://www.mynameisjay.com/design/matte-is-the-new-shine/ Back in the day I used to think about what interviewing and working for a design job would be like. I would always picture a real laid back agency with bean bag chairs (I don’t know why I always pictured bean bag chairs…), a wide open studio with lots of Macs and expensive equipment. As [...]]]> http://www.mynameisjay.com/design/if-you-want-a-design-job-you-may-want-to-read-this/ Wow, I’ve really neglected my shiny new blog.  Well, I guess it’s not so new any more, but it sure is shiny.  It’s just been a crazy couple of weeks.  I graduated from the University of Massachusetts Lowell on May 31st. To commemorate, I bought myself a huge LCD television that gave me days of fun [...]]]> http://www.mynameisjay.com/apple/im-officially-an-apple-developer/