And, guess what… Yours truly (well, this blog, at least) is featured on page 66!

Here’s the description from Amazon:

The Web Designer’s Idea Book includes more than 700 websites arranged thematically, so you can find inspiration for layout, color, style and more. Author Patrick McNeil has cataloged more than 20,000 sites on his website, and showcased in this book are the very best examples.

Sites are organized by color, design style, type, theme, element and structure. It’s easy to use and reference again and again, whether you’re talking with a co-worker or discussing website design options with a client. As a handy desk reference for design layout, color and style, this book is a must-have for starting new projects.

I’ve been frequenting McNeil’s DesignMeltdown site for quite some time now and I’m really looking forward to checking out his new book. You should too!

Pre-orders and T-shirt bundles are available here.

I am excited for several reasons:

1. OSiM World is rad.
2. I get to meet a bunch of my fellow maemo.org cohort. (I can’t wait to see all of you!)
3. I get to immerse myself in two straight days of Maemo goodness. (Maybe even document it in some sort of special way.)
4. And, well… I’ve never been to Europe! (Really.)

Seriously… This is more exciting than I could ever express here.

Thank you Nokia/Maemo — and, most notably, Quim — for continuing to support this community in such an amazing way.

I’ve submitted a number of ideas myself, and I thought I’d post them here too. I’ll keep posting my ideas as I come up with them (clicking the image will take you to a larger version at the maemo.org wiki).

All of the submissions can be found here (there are some good ones too!).

Good luck everyone!

I realized the other day that there is something I never mentioned here on my blog (and maybe not even to my parents). It’s a really huge thing too and I don’t know why I never brought it up. Last year (while 35-years old), I filed for my first patent! Seriously. Myself, along with four others that I work with put together an idea that will now and forevermore be known as:

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING EMPLOYEE TRAINING TIME
AND DISTRIBUTING CORPORATE AND JOB INFORMATION
TO EMPLOYEES

Cool, no?

So, what is it? Well, it would take too much time to explain here. But, it is basically a new paradigm for creating and delivering XML feeds — not much new technologically, but very new considering the systems and methods for utilizing it. Think of it as a highly-administrated form of niche-blogging and targeted RSS generation for specific company employees. (I know, I sound really smart right now — please, send me your adoration.)

All kidding aside, I am pretty proud. And, to commemorate the moment, here is a photo of me being presented with a certificate from my company CEO.

Whether you’re a skeptic (about global warming or Sci-Fi/CyberPunk/Post-CyberPunk literature) or not, this is simply amazing (and something some of us have been reading about for decades). It’s incredible to think that people had ideas like these back in the 50s

Get a summary of what The Masdar Initiative and Masdar City is here (at NPR.org).

There’s a very cool video at the NPR page or at the Masdar Initiative media page here.

Aside from a few issues that we’ve had to resolve (as well as some continuing maintenance work), there aren’t a lot of complaints here.

So, happy birthday, house. I hope that you can last a few more years for us.

Follower of Jesus. Husband of Julianna. Father of Josiah. Musician, artist, filmmaker, reader, writer, thinker.

Other places you can find me:

• KC Samoffs
• MySpace (personal)
• Flickr (personal)
• Flickr (Josiah)
• YouTube (films and animations)
• DoodleBug (drawings)
• A Different Kind of Cop (my long-running electronic music project)
• A Different Kind of Cop (MySpace)

• Tim and His Guitar (listen to some of my singer/songwriter music)