so, its been almost a month since I started blogging. How time flies when you’re addicted to Google Analytics.

Two things have happened recently that make me really feel like a *proper* blogger.

1. I was out for a beer or two with the lovely Melissa and on several occasions sentences started with ‘aahhh, yes! I was just talking about that on my blog the other day!’. I think I’ve got to stop doing that and fast. I can’t think of any way you can say something like that without sounding like a complete dork.
2. I got my first comment spam! I must be a real blogger now.

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Just a couple today as I’ve been diverted with a Microsoft Project battle. Not particularly inspiring (although I’ve noticed some new features of the 2003 Edition that I like). These links – much more inspiring.

• CSS Reboot Spring 2006
  The CSS Reboot is a community event for web professionals. May 1st, 2006 at 6:00 GMT Rebooters from all over the world will launch their web standards-based redesigns simultaneously, bringing traffic, interest and a little respect to their sites.
  (tags: standards redesign CSS)
• That Wicked Worn Look ~ The Series ~ Authentic Boredom
  yes, yes, i know that shiny glossy is in right now, but i figure.. it’ll pass. Cameron Moll does DIY for getting that grungy, worn, kind of hand made look that was so popular just before 2.0 hit :)
  (tags: design resources photoshop)
• BunnysTechnoratiTags – WordPress Plugin Repository – Trac
  another option for adding technorati tags to Word Press posts… I’m looking at this one at the moment (and struggling to find the template to add the code to, but such is the plight of a WordPress beginner with limited PHP skills! :)
  (tags: wordpress plugins technorati)

I don’t really use Hotmail very much anymore, but I do love a Beta test, so of course when they asked me I said that I’d be happy to play with their beta version of Windows Live Mail, the new and improved Hotmail.

Well, yes, it is new and improved.. but then, that’s not saying much is it? Hotmail was an utterly ugly dog of an interface that we only put up with because it was free. And then along came Gmail. Say no more.

Back to the story… some people do still use my hotmail address to send me email, and so it happened that today I went into the new-ish Windows Live Mail to check out and reply to some email. Except, I couldn’t.

I was using Firefox, as I do. And they haven’t enabled ‘Reply’ for Firefox yet.

No, seriously. You can’t reply. Only make new mail and delete it.

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• Six Tips for Improving Your Design Documentation – Boxes and Arrows
  “Writing effective design documentation (like design itself) is really all about making sure you serve the needs of your audience.”
  (tags: interactiondesign informationarchitecture process documentation specification)
• DiggLicious.com – a cool blend of digg.com and del.icio.us
  watch the action on Digg and Delicious, updated live (which is fun just on its own!). You can compare the number of Diggs to Delicious book marks, and then… ponder, I guess!
  (tags: web2.0)
• Gesture Recognition Home Page
  resource list for a range of gestural interaction styles and applications
  (tags: gesture)
• Mouse gesture – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  not something I’m thinking of using right now but potentially an interesting interaction tool
  (tags: gesture mousegesture)
• Coding Horror: Will Mouse Gestures Ever Be Mainstream?
  the post that prompted my foray into gestural interaction today!
  (tags: gesture mousegesture games interactiondesign)

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