Sunshocked

Two years since its conception, my “modular solar” project is now up-and-running. Here’s how I did it and how I’d do it differently if I started today.

My darkest secret was recently revealed at a dinner party: I’m a roleplayer. When asked why, I said I had an answer but it was a long one. Here it is.

Before making resolutions for 2010, I reviewed those I had made each January 1st throughout the ‘Naughties. While many had been checked off, those that remained suggested a new strategy.

Yesterday, the California Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Proposition 8, which denies same-sex couples the right to marry. Reaction in San Francisco was swift and severe, if not strategic.

I tried to describe the logo my mother should look for—a half-black, half-white, double-bucketed asexual figure in front of a 3d globe—and suddenly realized how to better support the Fair Trade movement.

Although opening night of the new Star Trek reboot was sold out, I won’t let that stop me from reviewing it. Here is my best guess of what my reflections would have been, had I actually made it in last night…

Has Metallica has squandered any cultural relevancy it has had over the past twenty-five years? I make the case, using Google search results.

Since I’ve leaked that one of Diligent Creative’s goals is to pull non-profits to the bleeding edge of online strategy, some might appreciate my defining exactly what that is.

Veteran web designers are proud to tell stories from the Great Separation of Style and Content during the early ’00s. But the emancipation of content, illustrated most profoundly by the RSS feed, has left many of us searching for the line where content ends and style begins.

I had three goals when I started Diligent Creative last October. The first was to pull non-profits closer to the bleeding edge of online strategy. The second was to provide a home for ethically-minded creative types. The third was an office. Yay for small victories.