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?
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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Feb 21, 2008 | Filed in: Rants, Street Art & Graffiti
This week I’ve received a number of invites, through Facebook and email, to sign the petition to Hackney Borough Council to stop the removal Banksy’s art. I love his work and have a soft spot for all things ‘street’ since an early introduction to 80s Hip Hop culture and an ‘active’ interest in graffiti as a teenager, but to me one of the attractions of street art is the temporary nature of the works. Whether it’s removed by the authorities, painted over by other artists or simply wears away over time, street art should be left to its own fate.
Also, why should only Banksy’s work be excluded from graffiti removal? One of my biggest grips about Banksy’s fame is that there are many more stencil and graffiti artists around the world, but whenever a new piece of stencil art appears outside of Bristol or London it’s labeled a Banksy Rip-off! Ggrrrrr!!
Details of the petition on Facebook
Banksy on Wikipedia
Banksy’s Website
