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• To All My Co-Workers And Clients:

  I want to apologize for all the bad coding decisions that I have made during the last couple of years. A number of decisions were made with ignorance as the impact they may have made in terms of performance. Some of those decisions may have been made without consideration for the user.

  If I seem out of sort during the last couple of week, it was simply because the changes I need to make will require changing not just code but a mental process. Like anything, this will take more than a fortnight to change. It is a process of renewal and making mistakes and just throwing stuff into the trash bin.

  What I need is some understanding and some patience while this process works itself out.

  Sincerely,
  Ivan Wilson
  Front-End/UI Developer

• 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:

  • jQuery Conference in Boston (October 1-2. 2011)
  • An Event Apart DC (October 24-26, 2001)

  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.

  • Designing Tomorrow (National Building Museum, Washington, DC) – about the world’s fairs in 1930′s
  • Talk to Me (MoMA, NYC, NY) – design exhibit about interaction between objects and people
  • The Allure of the Automobile (Portland Art Museum) – automobile design during the last century
  • The Colour of My Dreams: The Surrealist Revolution in Art (Vancouver Art Gallery) – various works from the Surrealists

  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…

• London and Back

  

  Just re-entered the country, after a week in London for the last FOWA (Future of Web Apps) conference for 2010. Take a while to settle down (not to mention get back to a regular sleep schedule). Spending a week going through all the notes and ideas from the conference. However, all this information will be slowly integrated for the remainder of this year. I was able to get some sightseeing, as well as going to The National Theatre (Hamlet) and a concert (BBC Symphony @ Barbican).

  Now, going home to DC to a stack full of work at CDG.

  Later.

• In London

  

  Currently attending the Future of Web Apps conference here in London, UK. The first time that I have gone outside the Americas in my life. Got off to a bad start by missing the first day due to the Tube strike (thanks for a memorable start, guys…) and mobile phone problems.

  Hopefully, things will get better. Even as a write this, planning to do a few new things and the next two days will still hold some importance with regard to the work that I will be doing for the rest of the year.

  And then, two free days in the city…yes!

  Later.