Scammy Scammy Scam Scam

I love me a good scam just like the next guy, but the lesson to be learned from the following is not that companies who sounds like scammer are usually, in fact, scammers.

The best part is their attempt at bribe a blogger who wrote bad stuff about them. Seems like a bad precedent to set. Maybe instead they should just NOT BE SCAMMERS! Sounds to me to be along the lines of marketing being a tax on the unremarkable.

But I digress, I’m mostly just amused by people like this.
Plus, I think it’s important to remember @williac’s memorable line.

Check out the full article on cockeyed

More related links at waxy.org

At the Crossroads…Crossroads

Been all over the place lately. Learning lots. Have done a lot of UI / UX reading and have been truly inspired to think of every interaction as an EXPERIENCE. Spending time in Florida observing my 90 year old grandmother interact with my iPhone or explaining Twitter to her was a humbling moment of understanding what usable technology really means.

I’m trying to decide which way to go, I have a large back pocket filled with expertise at front-end web work, but I’ve also really enjoying the Rich Internet Application work I’ve been doing, mostly with the Air Framework. I’ve also been playing around with iPhone dev and some cool visualization stuff in my spare time.

I’ve had a couple of amazing mentors these past few months and have learned a ton about the process of defining a problem and how to go about solving it, from an architecture as well as user interaction point of view. But I’m not sure where I’m going next. I’ve been annoyed by some of the feedback I’ve received from recruiters who have told me to “re-imagine my resume to fit the major qualities of the job description” I’ve also gotten the bait and switch. I’ve found most don’t know what they’re looking for and don’t seem to care, although there are several recruiters I’ve worked with in my life who are both genuine people and care about finding the right fit.

I’ve also gotten some skeptical questions as to people questioning my decision and commitment to wanting to come on with them full-time. I learned an incredible amount in the past year of freelancing – clearly identified my strengths and weaknesses as a programmer, communicator, facilitator, teammate and employee. I think I’d be equally suited to do AS3 / Flex work as I would to do Rails dev, PHP dev, User Interaction Design or teach Math.

The fact of the matter is I’ve had the time to explore, learn to manage clients, learn to solve technical challenges and now I want to work with a team with vision, that is trying to do great things and who I can challenge as well. And if I can bike to your office in downtown Columbus, even better.

Anyway, just throwing that out there.

As an aside – every time I tell somebody that I moved to Columbus from New York, the first question I get is “city?” the second is “why?” and the third is “how long do you plan on staying?” Well I’m here, I own a home and love it. So stop asking.

2009 – Time for some new things.

I’ve realized that I fallen way behind in blogging about work I’ve done, although I think a fairly good representation of my work is in my portfolio.  My Twitter stream seems to be more up to date on my daily goings ons.  I’m completely refreshed from a great time see lots of good friends in NYC and Maine.

I just launched a cool new project for The Fuse Factory here in Columbus, with special design and moral support from Atom and Jon. Anyway, I spent my break playing around with iPhone dev (dirty) and Flex hacks (powerful!)  And I’m working on some good small projects, but have realized that I’m much happier working on the Interface Design / Analysis side of things than on the programming side.

So I’ve been applying to more full-time / contract positions rather than try and continue on a steady stream of freelance gigs.  I’m also working on my own endeavors in the meantime.

Also, my buddy Jim told me this reminded him of me.