Personal Rants

I apologize for the delay on the promised Illustrator tutorials. I had a couple started that I had needed to edit but unfortunately, my iMac has been in and out of the shop a lot lately and haven't been able to get them finished.

The good news is I have a brand new iMac and just got everything reinstalled and setup again. I should be able to post some videos soon.

Back in June this year, I had issues with my Nikon D200 DSLR camera and was bad enough to require repair. The problem I experienced came during a photo walk in downtown Dayton.

I started shooting bracketed shots for exposure of this really nice modern building when the shutter stuck closed during the fourth shot. The LCD readout on top flashed "ERR". Powering it off and on did nothing and still gave error message.

Reluctantly, I sent it of to Nikon for repair. I said that because I had heard some bad stories about Nikon service and wasn't really in a spot to pay for the repair.

I honestly love it when a client is happy with my work because that means I did something right. Often, as an artist or designer, we don't always completely understand what the client has communicated to us. Sometimes, we think we understand but later, we find how wrong we were.

This was one of those times when I had a good working relationship with the client. I had already done many sliding billboards, 300x250 banners, and 728x90 banners throughout spring and summer for the advertiser so I knew what he liked which gave me an advantage.

So, it seems a few software companies have gotten into the race for their next big version. I understand the need for providing user updates especially in the world of internet browsers because of the continuous discovery of security issues and exploits but there is a downside to have such rapid updates. It alienates the third party developers whom can't keep up with the fast changes.

Let me first say, yes I am an Apple fan. Call me a fanboy and I will kick you in the crotch, nuts or no nuts! Kidding. Seriously, as much as I love Apple, I don't love everything they do and don't instantly claim to love each new gadget or version of a gadget they create.