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Grand Opening: Apple Store, Bayshore 6:00 p.m., Friday, June 29, 2007. Yup, that’s right! Another Milwaukee Apple Store. A good friend of mine works at this one. Sadly, I don’t think I can make the opening, but I do look forward to stopping by as soon as I can.
Blogging may be light for the next few days, as I am getting married.
No, really. I am. I’m getting married to the lovely Dana today. Hooray for us! :)
Don’t worry, things will be back to normal next week, and then I’ll be writing posts as a married man.
Have a great weekend everyone!
(Oh yeah, there’s more coverage at pete+dana)
We just launched the brand new z-2.org, which is the first step in the re-branding of Z2 Marketing + Design. This site was a real challenge compared to most of the other sites I’ve worked on in the past year. There’s a decent amount of Javascripty/Ajax stuff, without overdoing it, and while we used some Flash-like things here and there, the only place Flash is currently used is for playing the audio and video pieces in the portfolio.
Take a look around, and let me know what you think. We’ll be doing various tweaks as time goes by, but all in all, we are pretty damn happy with the outcome. We hope you enjoy it.
Remember back in 2003 when I proposed Google-Free Fridays?
Looks like it’s making a comeback. See: This July: Try Google-Free Fridays!
Honestly I’m probably one of the few people I know who doesn’t completely rely on GMail, Google Docs & Spreadsheets, Google Floor Wax, Google AdSense, Google YouTube, Google Blogger, Google Sandwich Spread, Google Picasa, Google Groups, Google Shoelace Tying Machine, Google Analytics, Google Earth, Google Calendar, or Google Master Chef on a daily basis.
I do quite like their search and maps though…
I first mentioned the Blogging Summit put on by local broadcasters WTMJ 620 on June 12th, 2007 in a post title Citizen Blogging Summit.
The Summit was on June 14, 2007, and I recapped in a post title Citizen Blogging Summit Report.
There is a very good chance that in a few years, those links will still work. There are links to this site that still work nearly 10 years after I first created them. There’s an old saying: Cool URIs don’t change. WTMJ 620 doesn’t get that.
When we were at the Summit, someone mentioned they were re-launching their site in the next few days. The second I heard this, I was pretty sure all the bloggers they invited, who actually linked to the Summit page, would have dead links within a week. I was right.
I’m really hoping they fix this, but as of right now, links to http://www.620wtmj.com/blog_summit.asp get a 404.
And there are links pointing there. I mean, we’re bloggers! You invite us to talk about something, and we will, by linking to it. Will I link to anything on 620wtmj.com again? I don’t know, since there is a good chance it’ll disappear with the next web site re-design.
I might just be a little sensitive about this issue because I’m in the middle of doing some URL re-writing for a site that just underwent a major rebuild. But really, is a permalink so much to ask for? Honestly, I’m pretty disappointed. Just when you think someone is starting to get it, they let you down.