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Getting Back to Basics
As some readers may know, I’ve been doing this dual presence thing for the past couple years; the Jim Mitchell Design business where I offer Yasu and FileMaker development services, and the Jim Mitchell dot-org presence where I give a glimpse into my personal life as well as offering my silly little WordPress themes and other whatnot to whoever wanted it.
Last week, I came to the realization that I’m no longer being as productive in my personal life as I’d like because of the “duality” I’ve created with maintaining two online presences, and that each has suffered because of it. So I’ve decided to make the change back to the way I found myself most productive and fulfilled… And that is to simply offer it all under “jimmitchell.org” again. That means one site, one email address, one place to download everything from, etcetera.
The truth is, my day job has changed so dramatically over the last 5 years that I’m not anywhere near where I was when I chose to split my personality. Back then, I was working as an in-house FileMaker developer and Mac systems support specialist. Now, I’m working as a business analyst and handling special projects for my employer — and have found myself busier than I’ve ever been. Trying to keep that many balls in the air at one time has been causing me more stress than I think I was aware of.
So, I’ve decided to get simple again. I have projects I like to dink with. WordPress themes, Yasu, AppleScripts, and even some small FileMaker projects — but I’ve made the choice that they are not going to dictate how my personal life is spent anymore. Family is far more important right now, especially with my youngest son entering the formative teen years.
What does this mean to you, the reader? Probably more “personalized” content, with more of a view into my real life. You’ll see some updates to my WordPress themes (Plane Jane is in bad need of modernization – I’ve got some killer CSS3 ideas for it). You’ll see updates to Yasu (one is “thisclose” to being released), and maybe even a new app this summer (I’ve got a great idea for a freebie app).
Thanks to all who’ve hung around, keeping me in their RSS feeds. I promise there will be more than just twitter updates from this point forward.
Tweets for the Week
- RT @usermac: "then" is the new "than". Just as "prolly" is the new "probably". #
- Dentist visit this morning. He commented how much grayer my hair has gotten over the past 2 years. Thanks for adding insult to injury, doc. #
- Going to brave the local Fry's Electronic store to *maybe* buy a new LCD monitor. If you don't hear from me in three days, send help… #
- Forgot MS Remote Desktop kills filename capitalization. Just overwrote 45 files w/ weird #CamelCase naming patterns. Wish MS would fix that. #
- Ever have one of those mornings where mopping up the hot spots for others impedes progress on what you really need to do? Yeah, me either. #
Tweets for the Week
- Working on new personal site #Wordpress theme. The future is now: Designing it with html5, css3 and @font-face. Gonna be tasty… #
- Sometimes, it's sooo hard to convince dotNet nerds about the pros of design aesthetics. If I hear "it's good enough" one more time… #
- Effin' #Intuit! Updated my shipping address more than a week ago for TurboTax, but they shipped it to my old address anyway! #Morons #
Tweets for the Week
- has bought more furniture in the past month than anticipated. Doing my part to stimulate your economy. No need to thank, but you're welcome. #
- Amazed at #FileMaker devs who don't know their local competition. Spoke to 2 in SoCal this week with no clue of other area "big gun" devs. #
Tweets for the Week
- Just got an awesome proof of concept UI from a user. It's always nice to get well thought-out visuals. Makes my job half as tough. #
- Try it with other extensions of apps that save their documents as packages (which are really folders – just special folders). #
- Yes, it's actually normal behavior (launches the Chess.app), but it was interesting none the less. #
- Run that bit of #AppleScript code in Script Editor on a #Mac (sorry #Win users, this isn't for you), and you'll be "board" to death… #
- #Mac #AppleScript tell application "Finder" set x to make new folder at (path to desktop) with properties {name:"My.game"} open x end tell #
- Discovered #AppleScript anomaly. When making folders, beware that you don't suffix them with certain file extensions. See next tweet… #
- Anyone using a Magic Mouse: How's the weight to form factor ratio? Much heavier than a cabled Apple Mouse? How's the tracking? Precise? No? #
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