Just funny. Good linkage.

http://www.formfiftyfive.com/

http://www.theamazingshape.co.uk/2008/01/28/thanks-formfiftyfive/

http://www.theamazingshape.co.uk/

Artist unattributed.

Just over two years ago, Nate came up with the idea (well, Steve Jobs told him what the next big thing was in a keynote, but Nate knows a good idea when he hears it sometimes), and that was podcasting. Podcasting about design, and since Debbie’s show wasn’t on iTunes yet, Nate had nowhere to go hear all of the design talk, so he decided we’d start a show.

I was interested enough that it didn’t take long for them to convince me to join in, especially since the thought was simply to record something we’d find entertaining, more like just talking about design like we always ended up doing, just with a microphone in front of us. And me, Nate and Tom were off on our venture.

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To follow-up my last post about using a free blog as a portfolio site, I offer the following recommendation: be careful what you wish for.

For those of you who didn’t read it, when I found myself out on my posterior a few weeks ago I needed a cheap and easy solution to showcase my work and availability for creative projects. I did not know how to program much more than basic and frankly outdated HTML and needed an easy content management solution. I’d seen so many industry sites fall apart because they we too difficult to maintain, and I was determined to utilize he modern age of blogs to make sure I didn’t become one of them. So I made a free blog site. I used a free blog site template. It worked just fine.

Then, disaster struck.

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Why not, right?
Might as well make websites too.

For all those people who want that good ol’ “Sam’s Club Quality” website.

Check the header in the browser. I wonder if the service is as good as it reads.