Monthly Archives: December 2009

Am I just a Web Designer?

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This occurred to me as I was taking the ‘A List Apart Survey’….

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Even though I solidly checked ‘Web Designer’ as a profession, I do actually perform all these tasks…daily

  • Graphic design
  • Page layout, interface design
  • Information architecture, wireframing, sitemapping
  • Markup, e.g., HTML, XHTML, XML
  • CSS coding
  • Usability testing/knowledge
  • Accessibility testing/knowledge
  • Findability/search engine optimization/search engine marketing
  • Front-end programming, e.g., JavaScript
  • Image editing and production
  • Writing, editing
  • Project management

So can I change my title…to Web Site Super-Maker or something ?

Best Album of the Year

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NME put out their list of the best albums of 2009. As I expected, it’s full of noisy, obscure Indie bands whose hipster factor outweighs their actual musical talent. I hadn’t heard of most of the bands (not surprising. I’m not British and I don’t read the NME) but I had a few of the albums on the list. Here’s my rankings, based on the music and how much I listened to that album:

Artist Album My Rank   
NME Rank
Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand Tonight: 1 43
Lily Allen It’s Not Me, It’s You 2 25
Kasabian West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum 3 11
Arctic Monkeys Humbug 4 12
Yeah Yeah Yeahs It’s Blitz! 5 3
Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 6 34
Florence And The Machine Lungs 7 26
Empire Of The Sun Walking On A Dream 8 42
Passion Pit Manners 9 37
Bat For Lashes Two Suns 10 22

So me and the NME don’t agree… At all. I listened to the top 10 and was not impressed. Methinks their writers are just trying to one-up each another in an inter-office indie battle of artfullness, disregarding what the listeners think.




Becoming an American

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Backstory:I got my Greencard in 2006…and just became eligible for Citizenship this year.

So many people think that you get handed a passport a few months after you marry an American. That could NOT be further from the truth!!

The Greencard process involved an expensive Lawyer, and Mike proving that he could ‘sponsor’ my Residency. We had to produce tax Returns and paychecks, I had to go for a physical to test for AIDS and Tuberculosis, and then we had a swift interview where we had to prove the validity of our relationship. Continue reading →

Christmas Party Outfit Season

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(This post is really for Rebecca)

December is upon us and so are the functions.
Personally, in the next two weeks, I have

  • Fort Lauderdale Christmas Pageant (theater-like show)
  • Miami Rugby Christmas Night Out
  • Holiday Cocktail Party at David’s house
  • INS Interview
  • Possible Citizenship Ceremony
  • Networking meeting
  • Client meeting
  • A Happy Hour
  • Art Basel
  • Buzz Bake Sale concert thing outdoors

AND that’s not to mention stuff that will spring up in 2 weeks, Christmas, New Years, the Loophounds show in Jan, Mike’s Birthday……….

And of course I also have a tiny, teensy clothes budget ($60) Continue reading →