davidthedesigner

year three and all that it brings

I won't be here tomorrow (maybe you won't either). So maybe you'd like to know that tomorrow marks the second birthday of this little blog of mine.

Been fun, hasn't it?

this made me smile #63

Double (or should it be triple?) take.

this made me smile #62

THE BROKERS WITH HANDS ON THEIR FACES BLOG.

(via I can't remember where. Sorry.)

it's a new day. and i'm feelin' good.

david = loser

NUF ACTOF

I'm out and about, looking at walls 'n things.

on the beaten track

I'm not supposed to mention the day job on this blog (it's one of my unwritten rules: not to talk about what I'm working on at this moment). But I'm making a rare exception here.

I've just completed a book concept for the AA in readiness for the Frankfurt Book Fair next week.

 

I designed a lot of books for the AA back in the 90s, but then we lost touch (as you do). And now we've reconnected - which is nice, because they feel like old friends.

Anyway, they're looking for a co-publisher for 'On the Beaten Track'. Wish it luck.

ah, that's better

Turns out that Peter was right: it was the display setting in System Preferences > Universal Access. Funnily enough I was at the Genius Bar at the Apple Store (who also identified the fault straight away) when I got an email telling me that Peter's comment had come in. So, thanks Peter (and Corey): nice to see that there are more than just the usual suspects that read this here blog.

And thanks to Apple, too. It's a sad fact that we've become accustomed to appalling levels of customer service from large organisations. But no-fuss, friendly help and advice - ooh, I could get used to that. And of course it means that when this computer gets replaced, the next one will be an Apple - just as it's many, many predecessors have been. (Some lessons to be learned there, NatWest, since I'm still waiting - more than three months later - for you to sort that card reader that you insist I have to have.)

complete meltdown

Maybe it's come out in sympathy with the bankers of the western world, but I got to my desk yesterday morning and found that my computer had decided to go into meltdown mode. Just the screen display, mind - everything else works fine (it's just that I can't read anything behind the solarisation and extreme pixelation).

Maybe it's a secret sign that it was time I threw caution to the wind and embraced the new ugly. Or change my surname to Carson.

What shall I do?

succinct and to the point