Archive for February, 2008

I create things… No, I really do!

Feb 25, 2008 | Filed in: Personal, Rants

I – that’s me, as in Sean Johnson!

Create - to produce through artistic or imaginative effort.

Things – graphics, websites, animations, photos, music, etc.

Today I noticed a referral link to my site from sean-johnson.com (no relation!) who had a concern over my tagline of ‘I create things’. Upon searching his site I could only find the phrase in his introduction on his home page.

“My name is Sean Johnson. I create things. I live in Chicago and split my time working…”

Now, where as I didn’t copy it from him, I will put my hands and say I did steal the idea from somewhere else, and I have no problem in admitting that, remember - Good Designers Copy, Great Designers Steal

Also, if you Google “I create things” you’ll see it’s a popular phrase with over 20000 results. You’ll also notice that a search for “Sean Johnson(of which I’m the first organic result) brings back over 60000. So, for two creative people who share a common name to share the same descriptive phrase ain’t so bad, is it?

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How to use the Lucida font properly!

Feb 25, 2008 | Filed in: CSS, Fonts, Rants, Web Design

I’m seeing more and more websites that are not specifying the Lucida font correctly in web pages. I’m guessing the culprits are Mac users for one simple but obvious flaw. They specify Lucida Grande and/or Lucida Sans in their CSS and whilst this may be correct for Macs, the majority of internet users are on Windows and you need to call the correct font of Lucida Sans Unicode.

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Work trip to Barcelona

Feb 24, 2008 | Filed in: Photography, Travel

Barcelona
Each year we run an incentive at Bluestone Creative to give everyone a bit of focus on the financial side of the business. This year we were rewarded with a trip to Barcelona. Despite a leaving England on a rather nippy February morning we arrived in the Catalan capital to glorious sunshine. We had 72 hours before the flight home, so cameras ready, prepare to flash!

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