Updated Shiny Trike Website Design

Updated Shiny Trike Design
Originally uploaded by lynndro

To view a larger image, click and move over to my flickr account. From there you can select "view all sizes."

I made some edits to the original post. Hopefully I can get some feedback from my ENORMOUS group of followers... giggle, giggle, laugh, laugh.

Overall the colors shifted slightly and more elements were added. Texture and a gradient overlay were also placed on the road. If you've got some feedback, I'd love to hear it! Thanks in advance!

Tweetup, noun: A physical meeting for online users of Twitter

Houghton
Originally uploaded by Hajj Flemings

So recently I've been getting some flak from friends and people who don't understand my new obsession, twitter.

Twitter is a new-ish social networking, micro-blogging application. It allows you to make posts (160 characters or less) about your thoughts, interesting links, etc. People can "follow you" which means they can see when you post new things and you can choose whether or not to follow them back.

This "no-follow-required" system has its pluses and minuses but I have found it useful because I can follow CEOs of companies, big name marketers, magazines that I'm interested in, etc. And then I receive information about what they are doing, how they are doing it, and what their thoughts are on x, y, and z.

I post about graphic design findings, marketing/branding articles, greg's pictures, seo tips, etc. I tend to follow people with the same interests.

This weekend we had a meeting of fellow tweeters, the tweetup pictures associated with this post. A few people that I've already known about on twitter were there and I also had the opportunity to meet new people. It was a great time for social interaction and meeting people with the same interests as you is always entertaining. I would definitely do it again.

If you aren't on twitter and you would like to be, you can ask me any questions about it and definitely consider following me!

Happy Friday!

"It will cost you nothing to dream--and everything not to." --Author Unknown

Tis Friday! Lots of house stuff to do this weekend. A few brave and awesome friends are going to help with insulation, drywall and other odd projects. I'll be doing the photography documentary as usual and probably making some foods to keep everyone's hunger at bay.

I should be updating the flickr account with more photos. I've taken some through the course of the week and there has definitely been a few changes!

Stay Tuned!

random rant...

It isn't a commonly known fact but I have long since had issues with my own name, Lynn. I point out that it only "sometimes" has a vowel, as the saying goes: "A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y." In high school I even propagated my own nicknames (really lame)... And today during my email sign-offs, I came up with yet another reason why it bugs me: Using an L as a sign off letter rather than my name just doesn't have the appeal of a b, m, h, j, or a.

I know, I know I must have better things to be doing right now than complain about this. But I feel as if I have been deprived of a useful letter to end emails, blog posts, or notes. A lowercase "L" looks like nothing more than a vertical line in fonts used for email communication, granted the font type makes a difference, but not much.

Alright, that's my week's worth of complaining... So everyone, appreciate your letter...

Bear is ready to go swimming!

Bear is ready to go swimming!
Originally uploaded by lynndro

AND it looks good on him! Slightly worried when I pulled it out of the box because it is kind of bulky (enter flotation properties) but once I snugged it up, he acted just like any other dog in a life jacket--awkward...

Hopefully he'll understand that I only have his best interests at heart :-)

Thanks Ruffwear!