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  • The Wilson Project – 20th Anniversary

    April 16th marked the twentieth anniversary of this site. Originally a portfolio site, it became a WordPress blog in 2010 which continues today. The current version, Delta, is called “Charles”.

    History/Site Versions

    Alpha

    Project Name – Alpha
    4/2001 – 12/2003
    Flash (primary)/XHTML (secondary) sites

    Beta

    Project Name – H3 (Name based on John Harrison “H3” marine timekeeper)
    7/2003 – 12/2003
    CSS-only layout/XTHML (started but never used)

    Gamma

    Project Name – Athena
    12/2003 – 1/2010
    CSS-only layout/XHTML/ColdFusion backend

    Interim

    Project Name – Regent
    1/2010 – 8/2013
    WordPress Blog

    The reasoning behind calling it “Charles” and “Regent” –
    https://www.thewilsonproject.com/2010/07/31/call-me-regent-or-whats-in-a-name/

    “Regent” views –
    https://web.archive.org/web/20100213190157/https://www.thewilsonproject.com/

    Delta (current version)

    Project Name – Charles (Named after Charles Darwin)
    8/2013 –
    WordPress Blog (HTML5)

    Link to “Charles”/Delta TWP design screenshots –
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/thewilsonproject/albums/72157618117542936

    https://www.thewilsonproject.com/2010/07/07/mental-steeplechase-hurdle-i/

    https://www.thewilsonproject.com/2010/07/11/mental-steeplechase-hurdle-ia/

  • Long Live Charles.

    …a Ratio of Increase so high as to lead to a Struggle for Life, and as a consequence to Natural Selection, entailing Divergence of Character and the Extinction of less-improved forms. Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals, directly follows. There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms for into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.

    Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species (1859)

    The Wilson Project/Delta Version (8/2013 – ), “Charles” after Charles Darwin

  • The Regent Is Dead.

    It is interesting to contemplate an entangled bank, clothed with many plants of many kinds, with birds singing on the bushes, with various insects flitting about, and with worms crawling through the damp earth, and to reflect that these elaborately constructed forms, so different from each other, and dependent on each other in so complex a manner, have all been produced by laws acting around us. These laws, taken in the largest sense, being Growth with Reproduction; Inheritance which is almost implied by reproduction; Variability from the indirect and direct action of the external conditions of life, and from use and disuse;…

    Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species (1859)

    Goodbye, Regent (The Wilson Project, 1/2010 – 8/2013)

  • Post Ottawa

    Three months between posts. Sorry for the long delay. Been rebuilding…

    Conferences

    Conferences in late 2013

    Earlier in the year, I went to the IxDA Interaction 13 conference in Toronto, Canada. I have two more conferences for this year.

    Next week, An Event Apart DC in Alexandria, VA (another serving…).

    Then, in late October, CSS Dev Conference near Denver, Colorado.

    Charles

    View of Charles

    As of this entry, finishing contruction/testing of the WordPress theme. Will be writing blog entries related to the whole history/process of Project Charles. Debuting on Monday, August 5.

    August is going to be a busy month…

  • Today, I’m Blowing Up My Code

    Seriously. http://twitter.com/#!/iwilsonjr/status/124622801914171392

    This is not a joke.

    If you are laughing at this, I understand. It still won’t change anything.

    Let me explain.

    In 2009, through contact with interaction designers, I saw the coming wave that we now call mobile. That wave moved so fast that it took everyone by surprise. Today, designers and developers are dealing with this via responsive design and other techniques.

    Now, what does it have to do with me. One day recently, I was tasked to revised some code I made in late 2009. Now, it was good by those standards but it has a few faults. Not perfect but usable and everyone was satisified.

    At the time, it was "Job done. Go to sleep."

    But I didn’t.

    (more…)

  • And Now This Message From The Author…

    Sorry for the three month delay. Usually reasons: work, personal, and fencing. I would say that nothing has changed but that would be a bold-faced lie. As a matter of fact, more things will be changing in the next six months than the last year.

    Writing

    • Finally starting work on The Information Layer, with the first part ready Saturday, August 6th.
    • Writing a few more blog entries for CDG, one this month
    • One very important blog entry for TWP this month, currently writing now

    Conferences

    Going to a number of events during the last couple of months of this year. Two of the most important are in the month of October:

    Exhibitions

    In short, been really too busy to go any art exhibitions in the last couple of months. However, there are a few that I am trying to get to before they close in September.

    Work

    As I mentioned before, many things will change. How much/what kind will be detailed more in the next TWP blog entry, called “A Love Letter.”

    Indirectly, eventhough Project Charles ended in April, the Delta version of this site will be completed by the end of the year (if nothing else drops from the sky…).

    Fencing

    Well, fencing will be…fencing. Practice three times per week, one competition per month. Still working out the schedule for 2011-2012 season.

    Music

    Due to my work schedule, missed out on attending Met’s performance of Berg’s Wozzeck. However, looking at the 2011-2012 schedule, will be marking my calendar for the following operas:

    • Satyagraha – Philip Glass opera about Ganhdi (November 2011)
    • The Makropulos Case – Leoš Janáček opera, based on a story by Karel Čapek (May 2012)

    Apart from the classical scene – Elbow comes to DC in September (Yeah!!!)

    That is that I have for the next couple of months…

    And yes, I will be taking a vacation. Back to the PNW (Portland, OR/Vancouver, Canada) for my birthday.

    What’s that sound? That’s the sound of my Google Calendar crying like a baby…