It's been a while since I blogged here! There's buckets of stuff going on at Semacode Corporation but nothing I can talk about right now. I've entered the stealth zone! However I can say that We Are Hiring (must be willing to live in Waterloo)!

I just ordered a Nokia N95 8GB. What can I say, I'm very excited. Yes, I know I've already messed around with it plenty but I'm excited about actually owning one. For whatever reason I've refused to purchase an iPod forever (who wants to carry two devices) and so the N95 will be the first all-in-one device that I actually get to carry around all the time. And travel with. Etc. I guess one of my fears though is that I will become the kind of blackberry zombie who's always checking his emails, interrupting meetings to answer emails, etc., etc. I'll have to not do that.

Oh yeah, and as for the iPhone? I don't know ... I just don't like that touchscreen, and the sliding effect when you switch photos and stuff makes me sea-sick. So no go with that one (as expected).

Is Ruby on Rails the best thing ever or what? I've been doing some web sites on the side and it's so fast and productive. I'm re-educating myself. The last time I did serious web programming was pre Web 2.0. Back when XML was the Best Thing Ever. Only 2 years ago. Now Javascript has grown up and we have wonderful things like Prototype and the unobtrusive technique. And firebug, cool! Making interactive websites is so much more fun now.

Here's a useful collection of visual design patterns for websites. Good for when you're trying to decide just what your login box should look like.