Just so you know, I’ve been posting on another site that’s just for cool people. You can’t see it because you’re just not cool. This site is for people that suck. Since I can’t keep posting regularly to save my life; I suck too. That’s why we’re here.
Obviously I’ve been busy. I branched out and grabbed some logo work in addition to my coding. It was an eye opener to say the least. It also was the highest level of work I ever produced. Unfortunately since the project isn’t finished, I can’t talk much more about it.
Onto things I can talk about but you don’t want to hear, I’ve been busy trying things out on the app front as well.
A big one that stands out for me is Curio. It’s a combination of several different programs, but for those of us that really enjoyed OneNote from the Office Suite it’s the closest thing I’ve found for OSX. I abhor nearly the entire suite except for that little gem of a digital notebook. I can put down my thoughts like I would in a sketchbook, brainstorm, and take notes during client meetings. It even has a decent mind-mapping element that does the trick when needed. The only thing that it’s truly lacking is security. I’d really like to have the ability to lock down a certain page like you could in OneNote. Perhaps that’s in the future.
Another icon in my dock is the sexy leaf of Coda from Panic.
I’ve completely made the switch from Dreamweaver and it’s been relatively easy. I’ll admit there are a few things that I enjoy form DW that I’m missing in Coda; mainly the ability to save and upload the page file I’m presently working on (Cmd+Shift+U I think), but that’s just a small thing in comparison. I have to admit that some impetus to make the transition was that I wanted to code with the cool kids. Too many people whose work I respected were hooked on it and I figured there has to be something deeper. The biggest thing for me has been the sites page. Double click on the screenshot and all the pages you were previously working on are loaded, and your FTP hierarchy is instantly set up. That’s so genius that I can forgive having to click on the little arrow next to the file to upload it.
I don’t however utilize the CSS editor in Coda. I’m working with CSSEdit and loving it. Moving things around on the page has never been easier since giving this app a try. I’m still hand-coding, but it’s MUCH easier to debug and correct things as you go. The biggest help is actually seeing the site change in real-time as you alter the code. The X-Ray tool allows you to focus on specific areas pointing you its corresponding CSS rule. For me it’s simply guiding you to where you want to go faster than scrolling through several hundred+ lines of code.
