Here are some headings from the mockups I’m finishing up for a photography site.  Some of them suck, but that’s what mockups are for.

See Zoe’s work at Flickr or Facebook and soon at zoebrownphotography.com.  She’s very talented and is one of my favorite people ever.  Here’s a couple of Zoe’s photos that I absolutely love:

This is my mom, at my wedding rehearsal.  She’s hates being photographed and is pretty good at blink-sabotaging when I try to sneak photos of her.  A shot of her alone is VERY rare, especially one where she appears to be looking at the camera.

That’s Meredith, my college roommate (and, non-consecutively, my current roommate).  She’s been dancing since she was a little girl; I don’t know how long … since she was an infant or something.

That’s Dan.  He joined the Navy – I’ve been told (perhaps wrongly) that he joined to meet (and presumably bang) girls in foreign countries.

I could pretty much sit here all night and post awesome Zoe photos.  I’m feel exceptionally lucky to be the one to get to develop a website for her to start her photography business full time.

Here’s some art I made for a shirt art contest.

I googled “tentacles” in Google image search to get ideas.  Then I immediately modified my search query to “tentacles -porn.”  Oh Internet, don’t ever change.

This is Brighton, East Sussex, UK, where I’ll be living for a month.  Maybe when I get back all the damn snow will have melted.  Our front walk still looks like this:

I got this card in the mail from my Grandma yesterday.  I’ve had that number memorized since I was four.

It worked though; I did call her.

Another fake album.  (photo credit)

So, there’s this new project in the UK called Wondermart.  You wear headphones and take an interactive tour through a grocery store.  This is both awesome and irritating at the same time. (link)

London Calling

Dolla dolla bill, y’all.

I finally got an iPhone, so consider this the first of many postings of crappy low-res photos taken with it.

Here are some gifts I sent to friends & relatives, some grossly overdue (better late than never, right guys?)

I’ve been following news on the Droid since it was announced, hoping it would live up to the iPhone and I wouldn’t have to dump Verizon for AT&T.  I got an email regarding the phone’s new website, and I hate it.  Not the phone (jury’s still out) – but the site.

Here’s a screenshot of the site – which overall isn’t that bad – kind of clever actually.  Once you sit through or skip the “DROID>IPHONE” apple commercial spoof intro, this big ball loads and we’re meant to click on the concepts surrounding it.  When you click on one the big ball shows info about that item.  I like this concept.  I loathe the execution.

Yes, after some concentration, I can read that white text – but it ain’t easy.  There’s also an animation rolling around behind the letters – the red dots pulsing in and out.  Seriously?! Why should I have to squint to read about the phone’s features?  Shouldn’t they get top billing?

Additionally, the only thing that changes when you pick a new link from the wheel is that white text.  The DROID DOES logo and phone image don’t change.  Couldn’t you have put some hardware photos, or some OS screenshots in there?  I don’t want to read a two-sentence paragraph about the Droid’s GPS features.  I want to SEE the damn map.

One of the Droid’s biggest “I’m better than iPhone” claims is it’s 5 megapixel camera.  Here’s an unconventional idea – SHOW SOME SAMPLE PHOTOS.  Even if they’re fakes.  Nobody will know the difference and you’ve at least embedded the idea in your customer’s heads that the thing takes decent photos.

Seriously.  There’s a link that says “calendars” and no pictures of the calendar interface.  The God of the Internet is weeping.

Congrats, however, on making it all shiny and pretty.  That’s definitely more important than actually delivering any content.