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I received an iTunes gift card for Christmas, so at around 9pm I decided to download some TV Shows for tomorrow’s plain ride. (I also had some new songs and photos to add) When they finally finished downloading, I went to sync my iPod. The first time I tried, neither the new photos or the TV shows would sync, but the songs did. I eventually got an error (-50). I checked Google for some information on this -50 error but nothing I found seemed to help. I eventually got two more errors: “required folder cannot be found” and “required disc cannot be found”. After about three hours of Googling and experimenting I was finally about to give up when I found my solution.

In iTunes, I selected my iPod, then I selected the summary tab. In the summary tab about halfway down the page is a button that says “Restore”. This button clears everything from your iPod. After completing a restore, I re-synced my iPod, and everything went smoothly first try.

I hope this helps all of you out there with this same problem

Over the past few days, I made a lot of changes to the site. The only design change you will notice is the subscribe button at the end of each post. However, I have made many more changes to the sites coding. So please let me know how everything looks.
Thanks,
Greg

When you get a badge from Twitter and put it on your website,

you may notice that it doesn’t validate.

The code Twitter gives you looks something like this:

The first problem is that the ul elements are empty. So in order to take care of that, I added a space (or  ) to get

this:

Now you may be wondering, where did the javascript go? I put that at the very end of the page so it is the last thing to load.

This ensures the rest of the page will load before Twitter. The last I did was changing the & symbol to &.

And thats it. Now you have a valid Twitter badge!

I liked the redesign of my site, but it just wasn’t functional. The content was too far from the scrollbar, the content area was too small, the background didn’t look very good in smaller browsers, the list goes on. So I re designed it yet again. Let me know what you think via comment. Thanks.

Also, here is the old background if you want it for anything

I believe there are three parts a designer needs to make a name for his or herself. These are realism, functionalism, and non-conformism.

A realist?

So you probably wonder what a realist even is. I’d define it as someone who realizes things can go wrong, and probably will. In other words, they live their lives by Murphy’s Law. This is a good thing because when problems occur, it is easier to deal with them if you already know they are going to happen. This applies to everyday parts of life, and especially to the design world.

How it applies to design.

Realism applies to design, in the form of deadlines. Everyone hates them; well, at least I do. I used to often find myself scrambling at the last minute to finish things because I thought they would take an hour, and they ended up taking five. (Usually the problem doesn’t take that much extra time, but I was very out of practice with my javascript.) So anyways, as far as time management on projects, it is good to look at everything that can go wrong (because it will) before establishing a deadline with your client, audience, etc.

A functionalist

A functionalist is a person who puts the usability of a website, interface, etc. in a higher place of importance than the design itself. Think about it this way; what is the point of design if it isn’t conveying a message or main point?

A clean and minimal theme. It is valid and widget ready. Download it here. Enjoy ;).

Preview it here 

I was recently thinking about this because recently I’ve had two design jobs; both for bands. Both bands wanted completely different types of designs. So I’ll get right to it, is there a relationship between the music a person likes/listens to and the style of design that they prefer. I’ve come to the conclusion that there is.

For instance, people who prefer music types such as metal, or newer genres like screamo seem to prefer grungy design. As you may be able to guess, this is the type of design and music that I prefer. On the other hand, designers that like softer types of rock seem prefer more clean types of design.

Of course, this is all just my opinion, and it leaves gaps for styles of music like country, rap, classical, etc. So if you think there is a correlation between music and design let please me know. Just comment with your style of design, and the type of music you listen to.